Last week, I found myself awake at 3 a.m. flipping through the channels to see if anything remotely interesting was on, besides from infomercials, when I came across the ESPN show "Outside the Lines." The topic of the show was the alleged Kobe Bryant sexual assault incident.
During a conversation with a colleague the other day, the issue of adulthood was raised. When does the moment of adulthood arrive? Is it a magic moment that bursts upon its recipient with fanfare and wonder?
Americans, probably more so than any other culture, appreciate the pricier things in life. Robin Leech became a pop culture icon as host of the 1980s show "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous." Today, MTV impresses our youth with "Cribs." In the land of champagne wishes and caviar dreams, everyone wants to be the next rags-to-riches story.
It seems as if another president is guilty of lying to the American people - except this time, American lives were involved. In the months leading up to the war with Iraq, President Bush sold the American people on the idea that Iraq posed "an imminent threat to the security of our country" and that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction and was ready to use them.
Everyone at one point or another has talked about the war and ongoing occupation in Iraq, maybe even the potential military intervention in Liberia.
If you ask a hundred people the question, "What makes the world go 'round?" you're bound to get a slew of different answers. Some say it's humanity, some say it's nature, some say it's gravity.
"The Bible alone is inerrant, totally free from error." That quote, from an online ministry called "Back to the Bible," seems to echo the faith of many. Faith in the inerrancy of the bible led to a firestorm of Christian anger over the recent Supreme Court ruling, not surprising considering the overturned anti-sodomy laws were rooted in Biblical morality. When speaking on the topic of homosexuality, during a 1998 interview on "Face the Nation," now Attorney General John Ashcroft said "I believe the Bible calls it a sin, and that's what defines sin for me." Ashcroft's thoughts are illustrative of the odd fact that the Bible is still the "moral compass" for many Americans. In fact, it's quite common to hear conservative Christians demanding a "return to the Bible." Supposedly, the ills of our society can be traced to our deviation from the sacred texts.
I am a member of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity and the deputy managing editor for The State News. This is a combination that has been, at times, frustrating because of incidents such as the possible condemning of the Theta Delta Chi house. For the past few days I have been thinking about what I have heard from other students and my fraternity brothers about this issue.
Recently, a U.S. Congressman, decrying the President's military intervention, lectured Congress with an admonition of the administration's foreign policy.
Since sodomy laws were ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 26, the debate on same-gender marriages has gained a whole new vigor on both sides of the fence.
If you did, you would have discovered the many cries concerning the have and have-nots on campus are ill founded.
I was that girl at my math final. That's right, I arrived a modest 10 minutes early to the single most challenging class session of my college career without my calculator.
I'd like to paraphrase a story I read in a very interesting book, "The Tao of Pooh" by Benjamin Hoff. There once was an old woodcutter who lived in China.
It's easy to be reminded of the Fourth of July holiday with the senses that fill our memories - the delicious aroma of barbecues, the sun's warm kiss embracing us while we lounge poolside and most fantastic of all are the fireworks that dazzle our eyes in the twilight hours of our nation's birthday.
A while ago I wrote a column about the tragically growing trend of young murder victims due to their real or perceived gender transgressions ("Day offers remembrance, reflection on life's struggles", SN 11/21). The numbers are ever soaring, the victims and perpetrators alike getting younger, the murders ever more brutal. One of the many transgender hate crime victims was 17-year-old transwoman Gwen Araujo of Newark, Calif.
Today I want to echo the heartfelt sentiments of a wise woman I know. Hell yeah, America. This Friday is the Fourth of July.
The talking heads of the right wing claim they want to run the government like a business, yet they oppose an affirmative action program specifically supported in briefs by Fortune 500 companies. They claim to support national security, yet they oppose affirmative action policies which high-ranking military officers assert are essential to national security. In short, when dealing with affirmative action, the right wing is consistently inconsistent. On Monday, in a 5-4 decision, the U.S.
I am not any less offended than any other American by the reaction - or lack thereof - of France during the somewhat recent world events.
The U.S. Supreme Court's split decision on affirmative action doesn't end the debate. Universities will continue to change policy and new challenges will come.
The Supreme Court came up with an answer to affirmative action that, like a Qdoba burrito, had a little bit of everything.And, also like a Qdoba burrito, had some mixed results.