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…]
SA officer argues Facebook effective way to bring change
I am a junior class senator in the Students' Association. I am here to say I believe that Facebook has had a positive effect on the way I am able to communicate with those I seek to represent. I understand the need for students to have meaningful person-to-person communication. Facebook does not replace a good conversation or a political rally. ... [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…]
The majority of Texas gun owners are not gangsters
In response to Atsumi Shibata's editorial where she states "a gun is one of the most useless things in the world," I would have to disagree and say the estimated 20.1 million hunters in the United States would also. The majority of the people who own guns in the United States and certainly in Texas are not "gangsters." In fact, many people still ... [Read More…]
Facebook: the new way to protest
By Jared Fields, Managing Editor Say you're fighting mad about something or want to see some change around you. You need to let the world, or at least a few close friends, know the extent of your rage and how you plan to start the next big revolution. But you're smarter than previous generations who tried this. People before you held picket ... [Read More…]
Experience of a Sing Song Convert
By Daniel Johnson-Kim, Sports Editor My first impression of Sing Song was a picture of a red-cheeked, wide-eyed smiling girl on a poster in Moody Coliseum, and to be honest, I was scared and confused. I didn't understand why rotating your arms like a star, singing rip-offs of oldies and smiling like a person overdosing on Prozac were things that ... [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…]
No threat in Black History Month
I'm intrigued by the threat that Black History Month presents for some. Every year we have celebrations for Hispanic Heritage Month and Global Awareness Month, but no ongoing debate occurs about why we are celebrating these months. I'm certainly not advocating we start doing that, but I am curious as to why we project our fears when it ... [Read More…]
First listen before speaking out
I was baffled upon reading Wann's letter concerning the Essence of Ebony Chapel presentation on Friday. My difficulty lay in the fact that he claimed the presentation, a comparison of Dr. King and Malcolm X, was an attack on him and all other "Caucasian, middle-class American[s]." It puzzled me that he could think a piece ... [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…]
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