I’d like to think of myself as politically active ““ that I care about the world around me, the impact my country is having on other countries and the social inequalities no rational person can deny exist. Read more...
Opinion
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January 31, 9:00 pm
Saving the world one receipt at a time
Opinion
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January 30, 9:00 pm
USAC could use image makeover
“What does USAC stand for?” I asked some fellow students in Ackerman Union. The most popular answer was “Uh … .” Some people tried to take a good guess. Read more...
Opinion
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January 30, 9:00 pm
Letters to the Editor
“˜No Ordinary People’ campaign ineffective Human trafficking and sex trading are unforgivably atrocious actions and have absolutely no place in modern society. However, I think the way the “No Ordinary People” campaign was approached last week was ineffective. Read more...
Opinion
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January 30, 9:00 pm
Public care violates rights
The notion of a “right” to health care is merely a perversion of the concept of rights. Any system that seeks to fulfill this “right” is, ironically, a system that violates the actual rights of almost everyone involved. Read more...
Opinion
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January 29, 9:00 pm
Global warming threat overblown
The notion that global warming represents a threat of impending doom is commonly portrayed as indisputable fact, one entirely beyond discussion. We are told, as in Al Gore’s film “An Inconvenient Truth,” that the warming trend may kill countless numbers of people living in coastal regions as melting glaciers raise the sea level. Read more...
Opinion
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January 29, 9:00 pm
Professors should explore new ways to engage students in lecture
Reading some of the professor reviews on BruinWalk is like reading death threats. They read something like, “AVOID THIS PROFESSOR AT ALL COSTS!!!!! The lectures are boring, terrible and only good for doing crossword puzzles.” However, the real culprit for ineffective learning is not the professor but rather the restrictions of the traditional lecture setting. Read more...