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Current immigration practices don’t reflect our values

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Our nation was founded on immigrating for a better life, to escape a vicious ruler and to pursue freedom from inequality. But when it comes to immigration, our nation can’t seem to find practices that reflect these principles. Our current practices are at odds with our history. America, in principle, stands for everything great in the world. We ... [Read More…]

Snapchat will define the post-millennial generation

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Researchers have lots of theories about the Baby Boomers, Generation X and Millennials, but they don't know much about the post-millennial generation yet. I propose that Snapchat will be the defining technology for the next generation. According to the Pew Research Center, Baby Boomers were born between 1946-1954, Generation X was born between ... [Read More…]

Reading is a spiritual discipline

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Reading is often thought of as nothing more than one of many skills we learn in school. Some people will use it for the rest of their life, but the rest of us can get by using it minimally. Like math, I may need to know how to do it at a basic level to accomplish some tasks in life here and there, but I don't ever need to go very deep with it. The ... [Read More…]

America was built on compromise

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Businesses would tell you that compromise is rooted in losing, and no matter what the compromise comes to, neither side is truly happy with the result. However, in a country dictated by partisan agendas, compromise is the best option for inclusive policy. On Jan. 20, 2018, a government shutdown resulted from politicians refusing to compromise on ... [Read More…]

8 a.m. classes a terrible idea; science tells us so

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We've all been there. We've all seen someone else do it. Just this last Wednesday, I witnessed 3 people do it and it's only the second week of school. That's right, I'm talking about people falling asleep in their 8 a.m. classes. Personally, I love my 8 o' clocks this year (Shoutout Dr. Little), but even I've felt a mental haze at the beginning of ... [Read More…]

Fighting flu? No fried food for you

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Hundreds of flu cases have already been confirmed in Taylor County -and that means it's about to strike campus in full force. Whether you got a flu shot or not, the time to fight flu is now, while you're still healthy. Last year, while every GATA who stood around me in Sing Song fell ill to flu, strep and other illnesses, I remained healthy using a ... [Read More…]

Give a Hoot: The editorial board debates Hooters controversy

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Before finals week last semester, in preparation of Hooters opening just off I-20, we reached out to the Office of Student Life to see what position the university would take about students working at the business. Dr. Chris Riley, vice president for Student Life, cautioned students against working at Hooters, citing court cases and the student ... [Read More…]

Becoming comfortable with death

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Our generation has grown up in a world where terror, death and violence is normal. There have been 385 terror plots in the United States since Sep. 11. There is no question that millennials have grown accustomed to death and despair, but regardless of the increase in crisis in the past year, more and more millennials are becoming desensitized to ... [Read More…]

What ever happened to Charlie Brown?

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Christmas movie season is in full force. Over the past several years, we’ve lost a classic in the mix. Whether it be through Freeform’s (formerly ABC Family) 25 Days of Christmas, a TBS or NBC special, or more commonly the streaming specials on Netflix, Hulu or Amazon Prime, it’s of interesting note that A Charlie Brown Christmas is hard to come ... [Read More…]

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