A Modest Proposal (for the Heating of the Evanston Area)
Guest columnist Jonathan Swift proposes a simple and effective solution to Chicago winters: student bonfires.
Category Archives: Opinion
Ask The Flipside: Getting Your Roommate to Do the Dishes
In “Ask Flippy,” you, our readers get the chance to ask the most wizened personalities on The Flipside staff for advice about school, relationships, and life. This week’s columnist is our angry feminist roommate.
Dunkin’ Donuts Violates Northwestern’s Academic Mission
This Dunkin’ Donuts is a diversion from, and therefore an insult to, John Evans’s dream of an uplifting Methodist education. It is a slap in the face to Robert R. McCormick; it is an obscenity against Henry Bienen; it is an open mockery of Joseph Medill.
Founding Fathers Would Have Discouraged Attributing Opinions to Dead People
If Thomas Jefferson and “Honest Ben” Franklin knew of the recent misattribution of opinions to the late Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. they would have been ashamed to call themselves ‘mericans.
Here’s How We Fix Northwestern Football, Part One: Ryan Field
Ryan Field’s location doesn’t make a lick of sense. What the hell, guys!?! We say we’re Chicago’s Big Ten team, and then we put our games in fucking Evanston. Huh?
OPINION: The War on Black Friday Must End Now
Thanks to the unavoidable “Christmas creep,” Cyber Monday, and this year’s Thanksgiving Day sales, Black Friday no longer signifies the designated celebration of capitalist excess it used to.
OPINION: No Shave November a Manifestation of Follicular Privilege
I CAN’T grow a beard, and when I walk down Sheridan, my hairless, female face literally being ASSAULTED by gale force winds, it’s both oppressive and marginalizing to see these fur-faced misogynists gloating in their superiority and facial warmth.
OPINION: Venric Mark’s Injury Could Derail Northwestern’s Dream Season
A healthy amount of national attention, a near-victory over a national championship contender, and a successful Hail Mary were just a few of the things that have made this season memorable so far. Yet, it could all be in vain due to Venric Mark’s season-ending injury.
I Have a Bone to Pick With You, Northwestern
Guest contributor John Evans has some choice words for those who’d tarnish his legacy by remembering all those things he did.
Hot Tips for Northwestern’s Early Decision Applicants
1. Northwestern University’s undergraduate campus isn’t in Chicago; it’s in Evanston. Mixing this up will send a message that you haven’t done enough research. Stay away from referencing the city of Chicago, and instead reference beloved Evanston institutions like The Keg or Mayor Tisdahl.