Sometimes I lay in the bed at night and constantly chant to myself, “I really need to change my life.” Over and over the statement dances around my head.
As I am not a woman, I cannot be totally sure of the impact an abortion can have on someone. Whether it is emotional, mental or physical, I’m sure there must be some level of effect on the woman having the procedure. And as if this and the procedure itself aren’t traumatizing enough, she also must go up against the pro-life activists. These activists block entrances, hound and shout at patrons - basically doing everything in their power short of physically assaulting women to get them to change their minds.
I’m sure everyone is sick of reading columns on the Pledge of Allegiance by now, so today I’m going to talk about something else that has ties to religion - ethics. I know that sounds like a boring subject, but given recent headlines showcasing shady accounting practices, and now a lawsuit, against Vice President Dick Cheney and the oil company he ran for five years, I think it’s worth some discussion. President George W.
Blah blah blah, the Pledge of Allegiance and so forth. I’m sure every other columnist over the last couple of weeks has more than addressed every possible viewpoint that you’d care to read, so I’m going to bring up something just as insightful.
Have you ever wondered what exactly our legislators in Washington think about when they propose legislation?
This past weekend, having a few hours, I watched the movie “Shallow Hal.” I thought the comedy might be a good way to relieve some of my agitation that had built after I had spent the week kvetching about the Pledge of Allegiance debate.
I’ve been an innocent, Catholic, law-abiding citizen for 20 years; no underage drinking, no pot smoking and no jaywalking - until now.
MSU has a large number of classes where the total enrollment of students is well into the hundreds. These are classes where seats are scarce and the only interaction a student has during class might be yelling out an answer when the professor offers a rhetorical question.
In a country engulfed in violence, terrorist attacks are an everyday concern for the people of Israel.
Despite the fact my television set blanked out once last night during the second annual Black Entertainment Awards held at Kodak Theater in Los Angeles, watching the event was both entertaining and challenging.
“Everybody deserves a second chance.” That’s not something you hear in the business world very often, and it’s certainly not something anybody hears in relation to the flaming wreckage of the dot-com business model.
It is with some trepidation that I voice an opinion that might raise the anger of a few people on campus.
“Experience,” wrote Benjamin Disraeli, “is the child of Thought, and Thought is the child of Action.
What a weekend! In case many of you haven’t noticed (and judging by the 2:30 a.m. EST kick-off time Monday morning, you very well might not have), the U.S.
Before coming to the United States to study at MSU almost three years ago, I had never even heard of affirmative action, let alone possessed an opinion on the matter. That sort of scenario doesn’t last long with people who are as opinionated as I am. Affirmative action was present, and still is, everywhere - in the media, lecture halls and casual conversation in the cafeteria.
Years ago, while attending middle school, I noticed a trend - a trend that has continued, for the most part, up until now, about a decade later. All my friends, the ones with whom I played video games, sports or just plain committed small-time juvenile crimes with, were changing.
Life is fragile. Tragedy strikes every second of every day and nothing can stop it from happening. I’ve lost people I love when I shouldn’t have.
Can you hear the silence? Can you feel the silence? Before the year 2002 came crashing in, I would have said that those kinds of questions are ethereal and should be relegated to the discussion of poetic nuances.
Saturday night’s heavyweight bout confirmed my belief that Mike Tyson has forever fallen off the plateau of boxing superiority. The man called “Iron Mike,” who used to intimidate opponents first with his psychological warfare - he was quoted as saying he would eat Lennox Lewis’ unborn children - then knock them out with brute strength, was beaten by Lewis, clearly the more skilled and tactical fighter. I suspected that Lewis’ height and reach advantage would be too much for Tyson to overcome.
Act I I fell in love with drama at a young age. Growing up in the flourishing community of Canton, I was exposed to all sorts of traveling and high-school entertainment troupes. Acting owned Canton, with yuppies, including myself, packing the theaters every night. I soon realized I was tired of being a spectator.