Let us be forgiven
Columnist Billy Rainsford outlines the problematic system of student loans and criticizes the out-of-touch views of elected officials.
View ArticleUMass vs Amherst College: Why do we have more debt?
Billy Rainsford explores why lower tuition costs at UMass do not necessarily equal less debt.
View ArticleChick-fil-A not OK in Massachusetts
Billy Rainsford explains how students can have a say in the future of Chick-fil-A in Massachusetts.
View ArticlePaul Ryan’s roadmap to losing youth support
Does Paul Ryan’s stance on higher-education put Mitt Romney at risk of total loss of support from youth voters?
View ArticleChicago teachers strike to better children’s education
The main goals of the teachers’ union are based around one theme: making sure quality teachers are kept in the classroom so that children are receiving the best education possible.
View ArticleUniversity to educators: resist the TPA and you’ll pay
Billy Rainsford discusses Education students’ protest of the Teacher Performance Assessment and the unjust dismissal of the resistance’s leader, Dr. Madeloni.
View ArticleThe debate on student debt
Billy Rainsford explores President Barack Obama and presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s views on the future of federal aid for higher education, as stated during the recent presidential debate.
View ArticleA call to end rape culture
Does rape culture exist at UMass Amherst? Billy Rainsford says it does, and has ideas on how to curb the trend that promotes violence against women.
View ArticleUncertainty surrounding David Petraeus scandal
The recent resignation of former CIA director David Petraeus, as a result of a sex scandal, took the media by surprise. Columnist Billy Rainsford questions the resignation of Petraeus.
View ArticleBuilding up the male body image
Collegian columnist Billy Rainsford writes on the physique of unattainable male body image.
View ArticleFor better, for worse
In New York, an Argentine woman married to an American in danger of being deported has a brief respite while the future of the Defense of Marriage Act is decided by federal courts.
View ArticleA step in the right legal direction
Billy Rainsford isn’t a pothead, but last weekend’s Extravaganja convinced him that the push for legalization wouldn’t be such a bad thing.
View ArticleSave MariaTalks
Collegian columnist Billy Rainsford says it’s important to save MariaTalks.com, a sex education website partially funded by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
View ArticleUniversity needs adult policies on alcohol
Columnist Billy Rainsford thinks that the University of Massachusetts’ new alcohol policy goes against the ideas of individuality and adulthood that come with starting college.
View ArticleBuy a cupcake, support racism
Collegian columnist Billy Rainsford talks about the UC Berkeley Republican club’s “racist bake sale” and points out the club’s ignorance of their own white privilege.
View ArticleRAs unhappy with their role this Halloween
Columnist Billy Rainsford picks apart a new university policy for Residence Assistants for this upcoming Halloween.
View ArticleBenefit those who benefit us
Columnist Billy Rainsford advocates for better standards of safety and health for the people who build the University of Massachusetts.
View ArticleAmerican politics need compromise
Columnist Billy Rainsford explains the importance of compromise in American politics, especially in light of a controversial anti-bullying law.
View ArticleAn influence inequality problem
Columnist Billy Rainsford argues that the biggest gap between the 1 percent and the rest of the nation comes down to political power.
View ArticleTransfer students lost in the housing shuffle
Columnist Billy Rainsford draws our attention to problems with the University’s new policy of not guaranteeing housing to transfer students.
View ArticleStudent overload results in unfair cuts
Columnist Billy Rainsford links the recent changes to University Health Services to the University’s taking on more students than it can handle.
View ArticleSoliciting free speech
Columnist Billy Rainsford outlines the effects that the University’s solicitation policy has on student groups and on the campus community as a whole.
View ArticleStop Kony in 2012
Columnist Billy Rainsford supports the United States sending advisors to the war torn nation of Uganda to overthrow the leader of a violent rebel army.
View ArticleReproductive rights on campus
Columnist Billy Rainsford discusses the debate over contraception in the United States and relates it to the debate over cuts to University Health Services.
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