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Boos & Bravos: Oct. 14

(10/14/11 12:24am)

Bravo to a final season of “Arrested Development” and a full-length movie. The show, which ran from 2003 to 2006, went to the chopping blocks a little too early. Thankfully the creators have listened to fans and noticed the cult following it has drawn. The series will come back to life, even if it is only for a short period of time. News of the rebirth of the Bluth family brought smiles to our faces, and we hope it did to yours. Perhaps we find their interactions so funny because it mirrors our dysfunctional reality. Also, we can’t wait to see them act as a “model” household.

https://www.statepress.com/article/2011/10/boos-and-bravos-oct-14

Boos & Bravos: Oct. 7

(10/07/11 12:33am)

Bravo to the Arizona Diamondbacks for forcing a decisive Game Five against the Brewers. D-Backs fans across the state were a little worried after the team fell behind 0-2 in the series, but Paul Goldschmidt and Ryan Roberts hit grand slams in back-to-back games and Arizona kept its postseason hopes alive. It’s all rather fitting, since the D-Backs have been the comeback kids all year, and although most of us have no fingernails left, this has been the most fun we’ve had watching baseball in a while. Let’s hope we see them in the NLCS.

https://www.statepress.com/article/2011/10/boos-and-bravos-oct-7

Boos & Bravos: Sept. 30

(09/30/11 12:43am)

Bravo to smartphone dorm keys. Twenty-seven students and five ASU students were given phones that would allow them to test out this new technology. Only the new BlackBerry phones Bold and Curve have the technology. While phones with this technology are slim pickings, there is no reason to believe that it will stay this way. It will eventually spread as all new technology does. ASU Director of Business Applications Laura Ploughe told The State Press that this is unique because it has never been done in the country before. The unfortunate part is that this technology is at least two years away from being implemented at the University.

https://www.statepress.com/article/2011/09/boos-and-bravos-sept-30

Editorial: An energy choice

(09/28/11 12:38am)

The scene is one we are all familiar with — piles of textbooks, pages and pages of essays all next to an ever-growing pile of Styrofoam coffee cups and cans of energy drinks. It’s not a stretch to say that many college students would have a harder time functioning if the University decided to ban the sale of energy drinks on campus. That’s just what the University of New Hampshire is considering doing. The proposed ban comes on the heels of a survey of New Hampshire students that showed one-fifth of the student body has mixed alcohol and energy drinks in the past month. UNH released what was a firm decision on Monday to ban the sale of energy drinks on campus by early next year. The administration then relented under intense criticism from students and the public, saying they would review the idea. Whatever the outcome, this has raised the question whether universities should be able to regulate the health of its students. While ASU has not even talked about banning energy drinks, it has tried to regulate students’ health over the past year by proposing a campus-wide ban on smoking. Now, those for this type of policy would argue that smoking is not in the best interest of a healthy public, but this violates the idea that a person can choose what they consume. The same right should adhere to regulation of what food and drink the campus sells. This is excluding the fact that energy drinks alone have no relation to alcohol. What a person eats and drinks is their choice. “These drinks have a similar caffeine content as coffee and do not contain alcohol. Since it would not be right to ban the sale of soda, coffee or tea on a college campus, it’s also inappropriate and unwarranted to single out and restrict the sale of energy drinks,” Red Bull said in a statement. Orange juice, tonic water and pizza are other compliments to adult beverages, but removing those items from the shelf seems far-fetched. A line has to be drawn. If a public university can successfully ban energy drinks, who is to say that coffee, tea, soda and other junk foods might not be next? It is important to realize there is a difference between pulling unhealthy food and drinks from a middle school and a university. Even a middle school is contentious, but the argument of teaching children to eat healthily carries a bit more weight than an administration trying to impose a moral agenda on a group of young adults. If UNH moves forward with their ban on selling energy drinks on campus, other universities across the country may get the idea to make similar policies. Such a scenario would be more than unfair to students. Poor diets are no doubt a real problem in this country, but a better solution would be to subsidize healthy foods to make them cheaper. The most we can do are make healthier foods and drinks more cost-effective and promote the importance of a weekly exercise routine. Hopefully, the University of New Hampshire comes to the same conclusion. Click here to subscribe to the daily State Press newsletter.

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