POINT: Industry looks crude, refined in reality
The recent oil spill off Louisiana’s coast has devastated the local fishing industry, but it would be foolish for the state and the nation to turn their backs on offshore drilling due to the economic and social impact that the industry has on the state and the nation.
It’s nothing personal, it’s just education
A professor at Louisiana State University has been dismissed from her teaching duties because the introductory biology class she was teaching was too hard. This is due not to lazy students or a crazy professor, but to assembly-line college educations.
Categories: Columns Opinion Tags: academic integrity LSU
Experimenting with education
What is wrong with the product that American schools are churning out? By exploring and implementing new teaching methods, we may be able to reverse a growing trend of outsourcing upper management positions.
Categories: Columns Opinion Tags: Education U.S. United States USA
Chinese censorship an economic issue for US
By American standards, the amount of censorship put on Chinese Web browsers is a travesty of human rights, but US input regarding the issue seems to be dollar-driven instead out of a genuine concern for the Chinese people.
Categories: Opinion
POINT: Ban just makes sense
The tobacco ban being discussed by student government needs to be enforced due to the dangers of second-hand smoke.
A case for guns on campus
Open carry laws serve as a way for people to defend themselves when the civilization contract fails. It is relevant even on college campuses.
Categories: Columns Opinion Tags: open carry
‘Hot For Words’ could revolutionize education
Is student learning really improved by having a hot teacher? So, in my quest for the answer, I took a not-so-scientific approach and consulted the thousands of teacher reviews available on RateMyProfessors.com.
Categories: Opinion
NFL concussion rules could cause headaches
I applaud NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s efforts to change the way the league views concussions. The commissioner implemented new rules late last season that kept players who showed symptoms of a concussion from returning to a practice or a game.
