Opinion Pieces – Page 4 – The Register Forum

Boston to Lose Breakers Team

April 25, 2018

March 28th marks the start of the Women’s Professional Soccer League season, and while teams throughout the nation are preparing for another season, J...

Reflecting on the March for Our Lives

Anya Harp, Contributing Writer

April 25, 2018

Filed under Opinion, Opinion Pieces

On March 24th, 2018, I stood among an estimated 800,000 people in Washington, D.C., for the March for Our Lives. The march was accompanied by around 800 sister marches across the country. It was organized by the survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting to push for stricter gun control measures such as a ban on assault weapons and universal background checks...

From Muskets to Assault Rifles: The Second Amendment Is Outdated

April 25, 2018

The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, guarantees the right to a well regulated milit...

Rifles Are America’s Favorite Scapegoat; They Shouldn’t Be

April 25, 2018

Another mass shooting has occurred and the media and the left are advocating for gun control. But again, it is actually the politicization of a tragedy...

Secretary of State’s Comments on Venezuela Are Worrisome

February 28, 2018

As Secretary of State Rex Tillerson prepared to embark on his first tour of Latin America, the former ExxonMobil CEO stirred controversy with his comments a...

Leveling-Up Must Happen Before Freshman Year

February 26, 2018

The achievement gap has been of particular concern to Cambridge Public Schools for many years, and underrepresentation of students of color in Honors ...

Formulating the Perfect Resolution

Juliana Vandermark, Contributing Writer

January 30, 2018

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2018 is finally here! We’ve made it through to a new year, though now the only question is, what’s so new about it? How much will an eight replacing a seven change? The truth is that this new year can change a lot or nothing; it’s all about the approach. According to a recent Statistic Brain Research Institute research study, over 41% of Americans make New Year’s reso...