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Alumni offer valuable experience

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Alumni this, alumni that. Students glance over the calendar of Homecoming events and, almost subconsciously, ignore any paragraph containing the word alumni. It's not that former students annoy current ones. They have the same right to be here that we do. But, children take their Wii to family reunions for a reason. Youth has its advantages, and ... [Read More…]

Game preserves music history

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It's 4 a.m., and somewhere, someone is rocking out to Metallica, Blink 182 or Queen. Unless you've been living under a pile of typewriters and floppy discs for the past few years, you've at least heard about Guitar Hero by now. But how many of us have stopped to think how it's changed the very fabric of our lives? What's that? It hasn't? Au ... [Read More…]

Christianity provides sense of hope

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When young children play, they seem lost in their own perfect worlds, where good always triumphs, the prince always saves the princess and Matchbox cars resurface from pileups unscathed. Nothing can disturb this utopia, except perhaps occasional potty breaks or Mom's call for a snack. Kids don't care which country may or may not develop nuclear ... [Read More…]

Discussion essential to sexual health

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Sex is complicated. God gave us sex. It is a natural part of life, and it is essential to our existence. But every one of us has faced our own sexual demons. We live in a world consumed by carefree and casual sex, but we claim a faith and attend a university that holds us to a different standard. Unfortunately, most students on campus hear the ... [Read More…]

Committee awards undeserved Nobel

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Nelson Mandela. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Mother Teresa. Barack Obama. What do all of these individuals have in common? Other than being the recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize, not much. Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in prison and overcame numerous hardships fighting apartheid, before becoming the first South African president to be elected in a ... [Read More…]

Bennett neglects issue of justice

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DR. VIC McCRACKEN, Assistant Professor of Theology and Ethics I disagree with my friend Cole Bennett's recent article about Christianity and health care. Dr. Bennett falsely treats the issue as if it can be boiled down to the issue of individual need and private charity. The larger issue here is one of justice. What does justice require in a ... [Read More…]

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