Category: Viewpoints

This November marks eight years since the beginning of the U.S.-led war against Afghanistan, triggered by the horrific occurrence of 9/11. Over the course of the past eight years, the failure of U.S. forces to either locate Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan and ëweapons of mass destructioní in Iraq or reduce terrorism in the region…

I wonít lie ó I spent the majority of my childhood and young adult life under the false impression that television watching actually ó through reasons inexplicable even by science ó decreased brain cell count. Or was it actual brain size?

I, like many people in the last few weeks, recently saw the figure online from Cleveland Plain Dealer that ranked Ohioís private school presidents in terms of salary. Then I saw that our president, Grant Cornwell, was ranked fifth at $373,880 per year in compensation, losing predominantly to dramatically larger schools.

As I sat though my 50-minute Politics lecture at the University of Edinburgh on Monday, I started thinking about the title of the course: ìCooperation in the European Union.” Most would assume that, like the title suggests, we were discussing the European Union. However, for the past 30 minutes, the professor had only been referencing…

Although I agree with the fundamental point in Alex Parrottís article last week about the Freethinkers Club ó it is essential that the voices of atheists, agnostics and humanists be added to the outspoken religious diversity of our campus. However, I think that many of the premises he used and facts he casually employed are…

Healthcare reform has been on the tip of everyoneís tongue recently.† First, Republicans were beside themselves with anger over the initial reform proposals.† Now, Democrats have also banded together against the newly proposed Stupak/Pitts amendment over regulating the coverage of abortion in public healthcare.