Two Walmart shoppers walked into the toilet paper aisle last week. It was empty. They turned to look at one another, mouths gaping. Then they began laughing hysterically. Read more

If there’s one word in the English dictionary to describe the Boilermakers’ season, it would be “inconsistency.” More specifically, how inconsistently they play against ranked teams at home. Read more

Purdue’s next opponent, Jacksonville State University, is recovering from a blowout loss to Virginia Commonwealth University. Read more

Thursday night football this past week featured the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cleveland Browns in a rivalry game, but what happened at the end might have changed National Football League history. Read more

We’re writing to show our support for the staff of The Daily Northwestern, from one student newsroom to another. Read more

To those with enough grit to stand up to the injustices of discrimination that still ripple across this campus, stand proudly. Read more

Purdue released a statement on Sept. 13 confirming, after recent controversy, that it would bring a permanent Chick-fil-A to campus. Read more

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These selections are based upon criteria to limit recency bias, favoritism and the impact of an athlete’s career. The selections are based solely on the athlete’s success at Purdue, not factoring in professional or international competitions and victories. They also do not take into consider… Read more

Since Purdue’s founding, the military has played an integral part in the University’s development. The existence of military training was a condition of the Morrill Land-Grant Act, the law which authorized the foundation of Purdue and many other public universities across the country. Read more

Billionaire Howard Schultz delivered his first national policy speech to the country Thursday from a podium in the usually intimate, but on that day relatively roomy, confines of Fowler Hall in Purdue’s Stewart Center. Read more

A recent column written by Purdue President Mitch Daniels touts the value of GPAs when used hand-in-hand with ACT and SAT scores to determine the “grit” of college applicants, a thesis statement clouded by his contradictory rhetoric and antagonistic view of students’ mental health. Read more

Entering the third year of his five-year contract, athletics director Mike Bobinski has been the architect behind the revival for the Purdue football program. His short tenure included the hiring and — more importantly — the retention of head coach Jeff Brohm. Read more

On the morning of Nov. 8, 1968, I was eating breakfast in my Grant Street apartment when the phone rang. Read more

Editor’s note: Kent Hannon was The Exponent sports editor and managing editor from 1967-69 before going on to a career as a writer at Sports Illustrated. He is now retired and living in Athens, Georgia, where he was an alumni magazine editor at the University of Georgia for nearly 25 years. Read more

A thin disc of dough rests on a delicate hand as the other hand dips into a bucket of water. The fingers trace around the circle, and then move to a spoon to scoop up filling. Then it’s fold and pinch until a dumpling forms in the palm of the hand. Read more

The Purdue housing crisis, well-known to many in the Purdue community, has recently gone viral due to a series of Buzzfeed News and Purdue Exponent articles and their responses on social media. The attention has also led to an investigation by the Indiana Department of Homeland Security. Read more

At the first meeting of a class I teach about the causes and consequences of World War I, each student is assigned a seat at a table with the flag of one of the combatant countries in the center. I explain that, during the semester, they will be asked to speak about and defend the actions of… Read more

You’ve seen the women’s protests, you’ve been told how men unfairly discriminate against women and you’ve definitely heard something about women making “77 cents to men’s dollar,” even though you’re still not really sure what that means. Read more