GOP racial views less than equitable
November 29, 2011
Last week the GOP had their National Security Debate. America is in a sad state of affairs when the villainous Dr. No is the most sane and reasonable person running for the Republican nomination. Newt Gingrich evidently forgot his dementia medicine and was convinced he was in World War II ...
Greed influences Internet regulation
November 21, 2011
Congress has yet again shown that it knows nothing about the Internet but is willing to legislate on it if they are paid enough with the recent PROTECT IP Act. This bill is aimed at “protecting” intellectual properties by allowing corporations to shut down any website that has infringing material ...
Religion more than arguing proofs
November 14, 2011
There is a trend among religious communities to justify their beliefs no matter how absurd their reasoning may be. The thing about religion is that it is an unprovable belief in the metaphysical to answer the unanswerable. Why are we here? What happens after we die? How did we begin ...
Strict ‘manliness’ overrated, outdated
November 07, 2011
What do you think of when you hear “manliness?” The most common stereotype of men is that a man is supposed to be a cold and emotionless tool that can lift heavy objects and cares not for the world around him. Watch any Hollywood film and the “good men” are ...
Street preaching causes unrest
October 31, 2011
“Oh father high in heaven — smile down upon your son who’s busy with his money games — his women and his gun. Oh Jesus save me!” — “Hymn 43” by Jethro Tull
Anyone who has been on the UT campus over the past couple of weeks can agree with this statement ...
Rocky Horror caps Halloween
October 24, 2011
On Oct. 28, the UT Film Committee will be hosting the annual event of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” Rocky Horror is an event in the grandest sense of the word. We have been rehearsing since September and I have seen the movie way too many times. For those who ...
Wall Street sentiment spreads
October 17, 2011
“Occupy Wall Street” is the newest extravaganza to hit the news, since the rich have recently become the scapegoat for all of America’s problems. These people believe that just because Wall Street may have caused a little bit of a depression that they have the right to regulate the ...
Discussion on gay marriage
October 10, 2011
Today, Monday the 10th, the Issues Committee is having a “civil debate” on this very topic. Is there anything to debate, though? The Anti-Equality side is merely creating unsubstantiated facts based off of their own homophobia and insecurity. They love to claim that gays marrying will destroy the sanctity of ...
Satire reflects deeper societal ills
October 03, 2011
The Onion recently reported on the startling and terrifying situation occurring inside the Capital Building. Congress has decided to take a group of visiting school children hostage for the ransom of $12 trillion. John Boehner has emerged as the speaker for this bipartisan group and demanded that the money be ...
Respect for individuality critical
September 26, 2011
On Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011, Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell was officially repealed. Homosexuals in the military can now express their sexuality without being discharged. “Pro-family” groups and the Religious Right have been crawling out of the woodwork to express how the military will collapse and God will smite ...
Abortion protest poorly conducted
September 19, 2011
I’m sure you’re all well-informed on this topic and don’t need another psychotic liberal telling you why we should allow abortion because I just hate babies. Therefore, I’m not going to say that. Why? Because this argument has been run into the ground, beaten, buried, dug ...
Dangers lurk in crossing street
September 12, 2011
I almost got run over this evening. I was walking home from the Film Committee’s showing of “The Blind Side” in the UC auditorium and crossing the street in front of the library. Being a good, law-abiding citizen, I crossed along the crosswalk after checking both ways. On my ...
Avoid loneliness by taking initiative
August 29, 2011
“Mr. Moyer!” I heard as I walked past the library. I am neither a professor nor a person who deserves such an address, so I was thoroughly confused. It was a fellow student from one of my classes with whom I often share my textbook. We talked for a while ...
