Columns
Since when were we OK with religious bigotry? No one can get away with racist discrimination in a national election. Anyone who said anything about Barack Obama’s race during the 2008 campaign was given a well-deserved proverbial crucifixion by the media. However, during this latest election, several disturbing incidents have occurred regarding discrimination amongst the […]
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Has anyone heard about the student senate-led discussions about creating a so-called “smoke-/tobacco-free” campus? I heard about it briefly a few months ago, but didn’t think it was serious until I saw a poster on the first day of school encouraging students to voice their opinions on the discussion board of the student senate’s Facebook […]
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The game is tied with only a minute left. It’s a time-out, and he looks to his left and to his right and sees his teammates looking right back at him. He looks up to his coach and sees the confidence in his eyes. He knows it; the impossible can be done with the help […]
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I’ve learned and grown so much since I began in 2007. Back then, I was an anthropology major with long brown hair and a fear of all things social. Now, four major changes and hundreds of boxes of red hair dye later, I’ve finally settled on journalism as my area of study. Last week I […]
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Ogden played host this weekend to the largest outdoor gathering of a capella groups in America at A Capellastock 2011. Many student music fans might be unfamiliar with the musical genre, however, outside of liking Andy Bernard on The Office or owning one of those singing, electronic fish on a plaque. For those students who would […]
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A few weeks ago ex-NFL great Dion Sanders was inducted into the Hall of Fame. In part of his introduction speech, Sanders said he has become the person he is because of football. Throughout my life, I too have learned many lessons about life from my love of sports; I’ve learned things like respect, honesty, […]
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So, I haven’t written my weekly column for awhile . . . and I promise I have a horrible reason for this. On the morning of July 10, I had an ischemic stroke, brought on by a cerebral venous sinus thrombosis. In other words, a blood clot formed in my brain and then it burst, […]
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Earlier last week, an op-ed entitled “Stop Coddling the Super-Rich,” written by entrepreneur-extraordinaire Warren Buffett, was published in The New York Times. It came as a surprise to me what he wrote. He wrote of the unnecessary tax breaks that he and his fellow mega-rich friends receive. According to Buffett, in 2010, he paid only […]
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As you are reading this column, I am relaxing in Hawaii. Well, actually, I’m back by now, in school. So, as you’re reading this, I am not actually in Hawaii, but as I’m writing it, I am. But where will I be if I start reading it? Maybe I should stop writing in the present […]
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I’ve commented on the economy in previous columns, but, in all honesty, my words, despite their genius, have no effect on the actual economic future of the United States. After all, I am just a measly, poor college-student nobody whose opinion means little to nothing in the ‘real world’. In fact, the next time I’m […]
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