The death penalty is necessary in order for justice to be served. With the debate about convicted murderer Michael Morales heating up, it seems appropriate to look at the arguments for abolishing the death penalty in Lana Yoo’s column “As death penalty fades, U.S. Read more...

Hillary Clinton’s comments last week about Karl Rove and his alleged obsession with her are really nothing short of ludicrous. Her comments are a response to Rove’s rather unoriginal prediction that Clinton would win the Democratic presidential primary, but lose the general election in 2008. Read more...

In my high school years I was somehow placed in the honors track. I took honors English and honors biology and I was expected to be one of the smart kids, the kind of student who took Advanced Placement tests and went to a four-year university straight out of high school. Read more...

When an editorial calls to rescind the “50 percent rule” in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (“Budget bill jeopardizes legitimacy of education,” March 3), it’s easy to target the knee-jerk panic among brick-and-mortar elitists, despite growing acceptance of the Internet’s impact on learning. Read more...

In Coke debate, think of Taco Bell How soon we forget. Have we learned nothing from the Taco Bell fiasco? Perhaps students should be a little more concerned with the clearly defined and solidly proven health risks posed by the presence of sodas on campus ““ like obesity, diabetes, and dental caries, among others ““ and a little less concerned with the alleged incidents of worker rights violations against the Coca-Cola Company (“Coalition campaigns against Coca-Cola & Coke’s practices have no place on campus,” Feb. Read more...

By Saul Wyner After a steady decline in profits in recent years, the fully featured on-campus arcade ““ X-Cape as we knew it ““ has closed its doors for good. Read more...

It seems that capital punishment stands on death row, and rightfully so. Developments within the case of convicted murderer and rapist Michael Morales are convincing enough to illustrate capital punishment’s termination in the United States. Read more...