Nerma Turan

Cancel Culture

April 29, 2021 // 0 Comments

Humans have a long history of rejecting one another. In Nathaniel Hawthorn’s “The Scarlet Letter,” Hester Prynne is deemed an outcast and subjected to public ridicule [...]

Decoding Freedom of Speech

February 11, 2021 // 0 Comments

As rowdy rioters outside the Capitol building on January 6 turned into a violent mob that overran security forces and forced elected officials into hiding, the nation was [...]

Yo soy yo – I am me

November 6, 2019 // 0 Comments

Spanish. Hispanic. Latino. Latina. Latinx. These words are labels. But what do these labels mean? What’s the difference? Can’t I use them interchangeably? Why is this [...]

#VikingForLife

October 10, 2019 // 0 Comments

“We made a total mess. We threw flour at each other, but it just felt perfect. It felt like home,” said Emily Andrews, a junior at Grand View University. Andrews was [...]

So long, Social Club

October 8, 2019 // 0 Comments

Go to the Des Moines Social Club’s website, and you will find the following note: “For more than 10 years the Des Moines Social Club has served this community’s [...]

Fighting Hunger at Grand View

March 13, 2019 // 0 Comments

A study of 51 Grand View University students found that 31.4 percent of respondents have experienced food insecurity at some point in their life. In 2019, one in eight Iowans [...]