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Head to Head: Pumpkin Spice Not-tes

September is officially here, so that means pumpkin spice lattes are back earlier than ever. The summer heat may not have retreated to crisp fall days yet, but that has not stopped Starbucks from rolling out their seasonal fall drink. Unfortunately, I have already seen posts on Snapchat and Instagram.

Mask Up, No Matter What

Hi, I’m Quincy Balius. Some of you may know me as the Opinion Editor of the MSU Exponent. Others may know me as a peer mentor through the Sophomore Surge program, a student fellow for Texts and Critics, a Presidential Scholar, an employee at Archives and Special Collections or

It's Time to Change the Way We Think About "the Media"

There it was again, my worst nightmare: the all-too-common phrase “the media won’t show you this.” It struck my social media feed in a tweet referencing a video of Black Lives Matter protesters in Colorado marching for justice, undeterred by a torrential downpour. It racked up 159,

Yellowstone Management Plan Benefits Bison

The thought of a fallen bison, the noble and proud American mammal, lying dead upon the ground may be a troubling image. For Yellowstone National Park (YNP), the death of these animals is sadly a necessary, common occurrence. YNP must cull, or selectively slaughter, bison herds in the park in

Ballot Measures Blaze a New Trail for Marijuana

This fall, Montanans will have the opportunity to vote to turn the state “green.” MontanaCan and Coalition 406 submitted The Marijuana Regulation Act to the Montana Legislature at 4:20 p.m. on June 28, 2019. Two proposed ballot measures, funded and lobbied for by MontanaCan or Coalition 406, would

Death on Demand

Salmon still struggle to swim upstream to spawn, even though it would be much less trouble to stay in the ocean. A fox will still gnaw off its own paw to escape a hunter’s trap, even though it would be much easier to lay down and die. The very

Dropping the Drinking Age

It’s no secret that people drink alcohol before they turn 21. Stories about binge drinking on college campuses and alcohol-fueled high school parties are as easy to find as the online photos that document them. In 1984, Congress passed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act, which altered the