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Making it better — today

It’s sobering to concede that being a teenager can and often is a brutally terrible experience — whether you’re gay or straight — and that we still have a long way to go before a growing chorus of tolerance and acceptance will exist.

By Dustin Volz | October 20, 2010

Angel investor offers devilish proposal

The 20 Under 20 program offers brilliant college students $100,000 to drop out of school and change the world, something they otherwise had no intention of doing.

By Sarah Whitmire | October 20, 2010

Avoiding the academic authority appeal

Some teachers cross the line of their academic authority, which can be misleading. Students must battle the logical fallacy of the appeal to authority.

By Athena Salman | October 20, 2010

Going the ideological distance

Israeli and Palestinian communities that are geographically near but ideologically distant are a more effective way to promote peace at the citizen-level of conflict resolution.

By Benjamin Negley | October 19, 2010

Stop bullying early

Bullying has become such a serious problem that parents are filing lawsuits.

By Abbey Murrell | October 19, 2010

Derailing the price of community

Taking a look at the necessity of the light rail and the legacy it may or may never live up to.

By Will Munsil | October 19, 2010

Sex ed abstains from teaching

Abstinence-only sexual education programs aren’t comprehensive enough to address the current rate of teenage pregnancy in Arizona.

By Anna Bethancourt | October 19, 2010

Finkelstein gives a one-sided lecture

Last Tuesday Dr. Norman Finkelstein gave a lecture on the Israel-Palestine conflict at ASU. Objectivity was not a highlight of the night.

By Daniel O'Connor | October 18, 2010

Nearly united on national defense

Defense spending is a bipartisan sour apple in the eye of Congress.

By Dan Garry | October 18, 2010

Tax cuts extend educational opportunity

Extending the American Opportunity Tax Credit is an imperative. It allows people to go back to school and will provide the country with a more educated workforce.

By Andrew Hedlund | October 18, 2010

Scare tactics

Hollywood just doesn’t make scary movies of quality anymore.

By Jessica Stone | October 17, 2010

Burying the package

Government spending is up, and millions of dollars have found their way six feet under.

By Sean McCauley | October 17, 2010

An open letter to the classmate who never shuts up

Each week, ASU students face an adversary that is both more common and more perilous than anything that is to be warned of in even the most conclusive student handbook — the classmate who never shuts up.

By Ben Karris | October 17, 2010

Testing the waters

The Internet has been woven into the fabric of the college experience from online classes to Netflix. It also happens to be “big business.” What can that mean for the average college student? It could lead to your next big break as a budding entrepreneur.

By Isaiah McCoy | October 14, 2010

How Obama will win in 2012

Barack Obama will win re-election in 2012. First, the Republicans will win back the House in the 2010 elections. Most political observers now expect this, and the White House seems resigned to it.

By Will Munsil | October 14, 2010

Challenging the stimu-less package

A new stimulus package will be an unstable movement to an already ill-balanced economy.

By Brian Anderson | October 14, 2010

The house tradition built

Instead of looking at what other schools do to bolster and maintain school spirit, we need to be working to separate ourselves from other universities by making the experience of being a Sun Devil an entirely unique and worthwhile one for all 70,000-plus of our students.

By Dustin Volz | October 13, 2010

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