Author / Grace Portelance
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Porn Is Bad
Pornography is inherently and irrevocably harmful to human sexuality, and you all are a part of it. I say you all, because the supermajority of college men and about 18 percent of college women watch porn regularly. Those who watch porn multiple times a week, or even a day, see themselves as one of millions…
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Where did the Girls Go?
In the United States, women earn well over half of the bachelor’s degrees awarded each year. They represent nearly 50 percent of the workforce. Through extensive STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) programs and heavy encouragement, women’s participation in science and math as a whole (though still far less than their representation in the population)…
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In Baseball We Trust
BY GRACE PORTELANCE Competitive markets and baseball are two things that are quintessentially American—though not everyone loves them, they occupy a huge cultural space in our society. However, these two cultural staples have historically been at odds – since the inception of anti-trust laws, baseball has enjoyed a strange and unique exemption. In fact, one…
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Supporting the Smoker
BY GRACE PORTALANCE Defending cigarette smoking in today’s world yields little sympathy. Given that tobacco is an admittedly unhealthy and addictive substance, finding pro-tobacco advocates is relatively rare—and for good reason. Smoking has been linked to many terrible diseases, and people generally do not support habits that are detrimental to health. Despite this, I have…
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Is it the Government’s Job to Prevent Resegregation?
BY GRACE PORTELANCE Most modern, rational people believe that laws segregating a population based on race or class are morally wrong. Most people also believe that no law should tell people where they must or must not live. However, preventing concentrations of homogenous populations was and continues to be a focus of social engineering efforts…
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The New American Dream
BY GRACE PORTELANCE On the surface, the unpaid internship is an insane prospect for a college student: why would anyone, particularly someone who is likely garnering large amounts of debt, choose to work unpaid? You don’t need to be an econ major to see that this is a terrible deal for the student. So, why…
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What’s in a Name?
BY GRACE PORTELANCE Think back to the last election you voted in- it may have been student government; it may have been for your state government. Odds are, you found yourself staring at two or more unfamiliar names, and you made an arbitrary choice, picking the candidate who “seemed the best.” Unless you closely…
