Miranda Martinez, Cactus Writer
May 10, 2017
Filed under Culture Connection, Editorial & Opinion
The 1,172-mile (1,885-km) Dakota Access line runs from western North Dakota to Patoka, Illinois. The $3.8 billion project became a focus of international attention in the last year, drawing protesters from around the world, after...
May 10, 2017
Kamille Ritchie, Cactus Editor
May 10, 2017
Filed under Editorial & Opinion
As May quickly approaches, the reality becomes clear. This will be the last editorial I write for the Cactus. No longer will my face will be inside the first page of this newspaper. Am I happy? Yes, because I am moving to the...
Monique Shifflette, Cactus Writer
May 10, 2017
Filed under Editorial & Opinion, Education
College and University students are provided different platforms to obtain their education. These different class environments provide varied learning experiences, and some prefer one over the other. Here are the reasons why.
Let’s...
Kamille Ritchie, Cactus Editor
May 10, 2017
Filed under Editorial & Opinion, Education
When a person graduates from high school, a question they are likely to encounter is “Where are you going next?” Now some students already know they are attending a university, but for others, community college is the way...
March 22, 2017
Monique Shifflette, Cactus Writer
March 22, 2017
Filed under Art & Entertainment, Editorial & Opinion, Film
The movie Split has seemed to cause a bit of an uproar in the LGBTQ community. The film is about a man with dissociative identity disorder (DID), and due to the mental illness, the character has 24 different identities, or personalities....
Miranda Martinez, Cactus Writer
March 22, 2017
Filed under Editorial & Opinion, Politics
As far as Planned Parenthood is concerned, I'm pro-life. I'm totally against abortion, having to do with Planned Parenthood. But millions and millions of women -- cervical cancer, breast cancer -- are helped by Planned Parenthood....
Kamille Ritchie, Cactus Editor
March 22, 2017
Filed under Editorial & Opinion, Politics
More unsettling news drifts from the Trump administration. It seems the nation can’t go a week without hearing something questionable our President has done. The weekend of President’s day, I heard some troubling news on my...
March 22, 2017
March 22, 2017
Miranda Martinez, Cactus Writer
March 22, 2017
Filed under Culture Connection, Editorial & Opinion, Politics
Water protectors at Standing Rock, who have fought construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, were surrounded by militarized police forces. They faced an evacuation order that the state of North Dakota and Army Corps of Engineers...
