Author: Nick Harris

Nick Harris is a sophomore starting his first year writing for the paper tiger. He is currently a co-editor of the Sports section alongside George Dicke. His writing experience is fairly limited, but he loves to read the news, and is fascinated by politics. In his free time he enjoys rock climbing, surfing, running, and cooking.
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The Stock Market: The Perils of Bulls and Bears

  • Post Author By Nick Harris
  • Post Date December 11, 2017

There’s no questioning that the stock market is expensive right now. In the past year, two stock groupings that typically indicate market performance, the Dow […]

An old cartoon depicting a bull blowing “bubbles.” Financial bubbles are so named because they represent a rapid growth in the value of a sector. They are also called bubbles due to their fragility — they rapidly rise and rapidly fall. cartoon courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
POLITICS

Trump Considers Pakistan’s Involvement in the Afghan War

  • Post Author By Nick Harris
  • Post Date October 17, 2017

On August 24, 2017, President Donald Trump issued a statement on the United States’ foreign policy regarding Afghanistan and the Middle East. During his address […]

President Donald Trump's statements at Fort Myers were highly choreographed and presidential, suggesting deliberation and planning.
POLITICS

Turkey’s Erdoğan, Increasingly Authoritarian

On April 7th, 2017 Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (pronounced “Erdowan”) was given broad constitutionally assured powers in a tight 51-49 vote on a contentious […]

The votes for Turkey’s referendum were clearly split along urban/rural lines. According to the Turkish Government’s Turkish Statistical Institute, the provinces of Ankara, Istanbul, and Izmir, which all had majority “No” votes, made up about 45% of Turkey’s GDP 2014. photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
POLITICS

Why Trudeau Supports the Keystone Pipeline

To understand Justin Trudeau, Canada’s 23rd Prime Minister, one must understand Canada’s own plights under his father, Pierre Trudeau. Pierre Trudeau accomplished a lot as […]

Since 2010 nearly nine million gallons of oil have spilled from the 73,000 mile network of pipelines transporting crude oil in the US. Besides only providing temporary benefits in employment, Keystone has become a figurehead for negligence on the part of oil companies and their political allies photo courtesy of Rblood: Flickr
SPORTS

Olympics: Gorgeous, if Controversial

  • Post Author By Nick Harris
  • Post Date October 14, 2016

When Brazil was selected as a host country for the 2016 Olympics near the end of 2008, its economy was on the rise, and the […]

Marcanã stadium at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games - Photo Courtesy Wikimedia Commons
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Hurricane Hermine Review

  • Post Author By Nick Harris
  • Post Date September 18, 2016

Category One Hurricane Hermine, the fourth of this 2016 season, was the first to make landfall on Florida in 10 years. The hurricane was first […]

Radar Mosaic of Hurricane Hermine. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia Commons.