By: STEPHEN SALISBURY SGA President According to Webster’s dictionary, a demagogue is “a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power.” There is no doubt, based on this definition, that America elected a demagogue last week. There is also no doubt that there are many communities
By: EMILY YUSSUM Staff Writer/Copy Editor “Do something that scares you.” I shouldn’t say that is the best advice I can give to students. Let your college years scare you. Again, it doesn’t sound like the greatest advice. College is unlike any other stage of your life. Whether you attend right after high school or
By: RYAN LOHMAN Editor in Chief editorpreface@gmail.com Dear reader, I am the editor in chief of The Preface, the official student newspaper of IU South Bend, and I never would have had this job at any other university. I am a non-traditional student, a term demographers use to describe those of us in college who
By: CHRISTINE GIVER Staff Writer We all know that technology fades quicker than the Cleveland Indians in the World Series. Sorry to any Tribe fans, but the joke was right there. Video game systems are one of the most prominent casualties out there and have been for some time. Before the day I turned 18,
By: STEPHEN SALISBURY SGA President When I look out the window of my office onto the center of campus and I see the beautiful fall colors that surround us, I’m reminded of how quickly time passes on our journeys. It seems like so many of us are just counting the days until the semester is
By: CHRISTINE GIVER Columnist I did not play with Legos as a child. It is not that I wouldn’t have liked to, it is just my parents never thought to give them to me. Because of this, I have definitely had a weak perspective on how much fun it is to play with Legos and
By: STEPHEN SALISBURY SGA President By this time next week, we will know who the next President of the United States is. Whoever is elected, the choice will be historic. Either we’ll have the first woman to serve in the office or the first to never have held public office prior to being elected. No
