Tea Time with Tagwa: Don’t touch my hair
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Tea timers, what if I told you your hair could get you suspended and prevented from attending your senior prom and high school graduation ceremony? Wouldn’t be too pleased, would you? Yeah, neither would I. That’s exactly what’s happening to Texas teenager DeAndre Arnold, an 18-year-old black student in the Barbers Hill […]
OPINION: Protecting the Second Amendment shouldn’t come with loaded threats
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Rally. Next to sit-ins and petitions, it is one of the most popular forms of demonstration in the United States today. Thousands upon thousands of civilians congregate in one space to either advocate or protest a firm belief they hold. Citizens use their First Amendment right to assemble to voice their concerns. […]
Tea Time with Tagwa: Muslims are friends, not foes
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Tea timers, according to Twitter memes, World War III is upon us. As we prepare ourselves for the infamous draft and impending doom, just remember: We should not put Muslims in internment camps. Laugh all you want, but if history serves me right, the last time the United States found itself in […]
Xinjiang: a genocide in the making
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor As you start your first week of classes and get resituated into your college life, there is a genocide happening across the world. A genocide that isn’t being discussed with the urgency it deserves. A genocide that is being silenced and hidden by its leaders. A genocide that holds an amplitude […]
Tea Time with Tagwa: NFL, enough cap about Kaep
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Tea timers, it’s well into the football season, and 2019 was riddled with injuries. Quarterbacks dropped like flies, and a handful of starters left their teams after getting hurt, including Ben Roethlisberger of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints and Cam Newton from the Carolina Panthers. Another quarterback […]