Opinion

In the past few years of my life, I’ve had the overwhelming experience of witnessing a shift of values in my own generation, as well as the generation before mine. This shift has been characterized almost solely by the integration of social networking into the everyday lives of the people around me.  Social networking was, […]

Anonymous: the easiest name to use for any comment you want to make on the internet. Whether on a message board, a news article or a blog post, anonymous comments allow anyone to say whatever he or she wants without attaching any part of his or her personal identity to it. This ability to shirk

I’ve heard all the criticisms of Facebook. Some say that the popular social networking web site is reducing face-to-face human communication. I’ve even read an argument that said Facebook was affecting students’ grammar. Personally, I thought that article was simply absurd. You can’t blame a web site for the way students are writing their essays.

The tragedy in Tucson, Arizona on Jan. 8, 2011 has shocked America to its core. When the carnage wrought by Jared Lee Loughner finally ended, six people were dead, including a Federal Judge, and thirteen more were wounded. Most prominent among the survivors is United States Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who is believed to have been

Parting words from the Opinions editor

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Response to anonymous Westboro Baptist letter

As I walk to and from class, I notice a significant group of diverse students. I credit part of this to the fact that Eastern University accepts many different types of people regardless of their ethnicity and religion. Having a number of students of different races and religions can help us all get a taste

No matter what they say