Have you ever had problems with your ACU e-mail account? Maybe there was a time when Sing Song consumed your life for two months and you just finished that research paper that was due six weeks ago. But when you pulled up to your trusty myACU account to e-mail the tardy term paper to your professor at 3:15 a.m., the system was inconveniently ... [Read More…]
Know your boundaries this spring break
All week students heard to make good choices and to know boundaries. While this usually results in many students tuning out, the advice and approach of this year's Making Choices Week has served as a reminder of safe thinking before spring break more than a preachy list of do's and don'ts. About 400 students will be part of Spring Break ... [Read More…]
Be part of the change to end slavery
With the abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade in the early 19th century, the slavery issue would appear to be one the Western world has successfully kicked. And though the U.S. is still dealing with the effects of its inhumane treatment toward a multitude of foreign individuals, fears and thoughts of slavery would seem to pose little threat to the ... [Read More…]
Stop violence, change attitude toward homeless
Killing the homeless for sport is an increasing problem, according to CNN.com, which cited a study by National Coalition for the Homeless reporting that the most attacks on record in a decade occurred in 2006. According to the report, 122 attacks and 20 murders occurred. In most cases, teenagers attack the homeless with objects like paintball ... [Read More…]
Energy conservation aids universe
Global warming and the need for energy conservation are upon us. OK, so they have been for some time, but after former vice president and 2000 presidential candidate Al Gore reheated the public's awareness of environmental responsibility with the Oscar-winning documentary "An Inconvenient Truth," it is the most convenient time to take action, even ... [Read More…]
Make an educated decision to vote
Only 39 percent of registered voters showed up to vote in Taylor and Nolan counties in November, despite a major election with two hot issues on the ballot: the tax-freeze for the elderly and the citywide public smoking ban. Nearly four months later, business owners of local shops and restaurants, where smoking was once allowed, turned in more than ... [Read More…]
Newspaper held accountable to public
The First Amendment guarantees American citizens freedom of speech and of the press, but what happens when these liberties push hateful and harmful boundaries? On Feb. 7, the opinion editor for Central Connecticut State University's newspaper, the Recorder, wrote and printed an editorial that has drawn strong protests from not only the community ... [Read More…]
Benefits outweigh cost of new HPV vaccine
The American Cancer Society estimated that in 2007, more than 3,600 women out of the more than 11,000 reported new cases will die from cervical cancer. Now a new vaccine is on the market that can prevent against four types of HPV that cause 70 percent of the total cervical cancers and 90 percent of genital warts. This vaccine is a huge ... [Read More…]
Get engaged this Valentine’s Day
Valentine's Day inspires countless commercials for expensive diamonds, gourmet chocolate and all things expensive and romantic. For a holiday that is supposed to be all about love, it sometimes seems to have a very narrow scope, focusing only on romantic love and overlooking love for one's friends, family or neighbors. But in a refreshing ... [Read More…]
Spend money on economy, technology, not fence
The Great Wall of China kept unwanted northern invaders out. The Berlin wall physically and symbolically divided a nation after World War II and up to the end of the Cold War. But one wall that will not live up to these historical examples is the wall that soon will be built in sections along the U.S.-Mexican border to keep unwanted illegal ... [Read More…]
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