Could there be anything more usefully pointless than Facebook? Not speaking for myself, but many of us waste hours on end delving into the far-too-personal information of anyone and everyone we know, don’t know, love or hate. It’s a beautifully disturbing thing, and we’re all guilty of such indulgence, but some more than others. If […]
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Opinion
Viewpoint: Labor Day
We hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend. We know everyone here at The Signpost did. We have worked hard these first two weeks of school to make the paper have great content and great art. We have also been working hard to push our online content and become more of a multimedia-based Weber […]
Read morePlayin' on Purple: Football at its simplest
I love sports. I know sports. I have played many different sports, and I have watched a great many more. Because I have been around sports for so long, I know enough about all of them that I can get by. But I wouldn’t say that I am the biggest sports expert, because I am […]
Read moreViewpoint: End political extremism and pettiness
One of the biggest hindrances that is currently facing America is the ridiculous political extremism that is currently on display in Congress and across the country. There are people who would be more likely to vote for a chimpanzee than for a member of the political party they aren’t affiliated with. It seems that recently […]
Read moreAbstract Academic: Reduce, reuse, reconsider
There’s something I really need to admit. Something very embarrassing. I really love bottled water. I know, I know. It’s the worst thing to be into these days, like dog-fighting, or working for Rupert Murdoch, or being a Cowboys fan. But drinking bottled water is one of those nasty habits that I fear I can’t […]
Read moreViewpoint — Religious discrimination not OK
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 […]
Read morePragmatic Perspective: A smoke-free campus, issues to consider
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 […]
Read morePlayin' on Purple: Once a teammate, always a teammate
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 […]
Read moreSenior Year begins
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 […]
Read moreViewpoint — Safe sex for everyone
No glove, no love. This simple little saying is what should become the mantra of most, if not all, sexually active individuals in today’s world. It should come as no surprise, in the world of resistant bacteria, which sexually transmitted diseases were going to become the next superbugs. In May of 2009, two cases of […]
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