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The entire school is well aware that tuition skyrocketed for next year — by at least $1,200 or maybe more depending on your class standing. But the rapidly increasing smaller fees are a students’ death knell.
Students are constantly being told withdrawing from a class and ending up with a “W” on a transcript looks bad. But how are we supposed to make decisions for classes if we don’t know what the workload is going to be or how the class will be structured?
The political sky in Arizona fell on Monday. In an unexpected move, Gov. Jan Brewer said no to guns. As if that weren’t enough, she then said no to so-called “birthers.”
What characterizes the college experience in the public eye today? Forced to respond, many might say drinking and Facebook. It seems studying would come in a distant third, if even that high.
Boo to Kobe Bryant’s behavior on the court Wednesday. The larger-than-life basketball star decided he did not like one of the referee’s calls, so he decided to call him a homosexual slur. Kobe seems not only to excel at basketball, but also at offending people. The NBA fined him $100,000. Apparently NBA Commissioner David Stern understands something that Bryant doesn’t — that slur is an offensive word. Stern put a heavy price on the word, and Bryant offered a lukewarm apology. While we are offended by Bryant’s actions, we are glad that a swift and fitting punishment has been dealt.
The time-traveling community has suffered yet another setback.
They hype around the “It’s Time” campaign definitely created the buzz that was hoped for. The new uniforms are slick, and there were a lot of people pulling for a black jersey. Personally, we like the maroon and the white football jerseys, and keeping Pat Tillman on the front was a nice touch.
On Monday the ASU Empire was brought to its knees by one mighty mouse.
We often complain of petty politics that occur in Washington and at our state Capitol, but how about the goings-on of our very own student government on the Downtown campus?
Boo to the looming federal government shutdown. As of Friday night at midnight the federal government runs out of money unless Congress can pass a budget. Congress and the White House are trying to hammer out a deal that would fund the government through the rest of the fiscal year. Disagreements stem over how much to cut — talks have it between $33 billion and $39 billion, which is pennies in Washington money — and measures that House Republicans want to attach to the spending bill. Several of the measures would remove federal funding from Planned Parenthood and strip the Environmental Protection Agency of its ability to regulate the emission of greenhouse gases. On the bright side, the shutdown will at least give the government an excuse for not doing anything.
As this editorial is being written, Americans — particularly journalists — are mourning the loss of Glenn Beck’s television show on Fox News. His over-the-top personality and the way he relayed the “news” to the country nightly will be sorely “missed.”
These next two days mark the end of this year’s campaign season for student government. While elections take place on Tuesday and Wednesday, we expect to be bombarded with Facebook events and statuses, flyers on campus and people stopping and encouraging us to vote for one candidate over the others.
In case the weekend’s weather led you to falsely believe that summer was here and the smell of freedom was in the air, we are here to let you know that Mother Nature duped us.
Boo to Gov. Jan Brewer’s selection process for a student regent. On Monday, Brewer selected ASU student Tyler Bowyer to serve as the next student regent on the Arizona Board of Regents. We have no qualms about the governor picking Bowyer, who is also the president of the College Republicans and a USG presidential candidate for the Tempe campus. Bowyer may very well be qualified for the position, but he should have gone through the established process for selecting a student regent. The interview process is intensive, consisting of multiple rounds of interviews. Brewer just ignored the three recommended students and appointed Bowyer. Only time will tell if he is qualified. For our pocketbook’s sake, we hope he is.
Remember the last time you spent $60? It may very well have been on a tank of gas. As our involvement ratchets up in the Middle East again, our gas prices aren’t far behind. This is yet one more reminder that our nation has a dangerous addiction to oil.
Amid investigations of financial misuse, Fiesta Bowl CEO John Junker was fired on Tuesday, bringing along questions about the future of the Fiesta Bowl’s status as a Bowl Championship Series game. While we’re pretty used to bad press in this state, this news is harder to stomach than most.
We often hear how history repeats itself, but rarely does it happen so clearly and quickly.
As Americans we enjoy many freedoms, and this includes a free press. The government cannot infringe upon a citizen’s right to report the news, and this has undoubtedly led to a thriving, free and open society.
Boo to the Oxford English Dictionary’s attempts to bring the Internet into real life. The OED, known for leading the pack when it comes to adopting new words, announced Thursday it will add “LOL,” “OMG” and “<3” to its list of words in the English language. We here at The State Press take Internet culture very seriously, and any good netizen knows that when a piece of online culture becomes “official” in any way, it loses all its win. To the dictionary’s credit, the ironic use of these phrases is mentioned, saying they can be used to “perhaps parody the level of unreflective enthusiasm or overstatement that can sometimes appear in online discourse.” But really, wouldn’t you rather learn that from a cat with poor grammar?
In Libya, people are fighting against their tyrannical government. This is not a civil war. Rather, it is a fight against the government that is supposed to ensure their safety.
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