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Banning drugs limits joy

Many people have a deep-seated objection to drugs as a proper avenue to pleasure and happiness. Such a choice is deeply personal and each person should be allowed to choose for him or herself the ways to achieve happiness.

By Benjamin Morin | April 21, 2010

Anarchy as an alternative?

With the whole country arguing about how the government should be operating, one ASU organization asks us, ‘What if there wasn’t one to operate?'

By Dante Graves | April 21, 2010

Day of Prayer unconstitutional, may be abolished

Last week the National Day of Prayer was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge. The judge made the right decision and hopefully May 6, 2010 will be the last government sponsored National Day of Prayer.

By Austin Yost | April 21, 2010

Sophomores, like seniors, should celebrate learning

Remember that saying, “All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten”? Well, I feel like the rest of life’s lessons I learned during my first two years at college.

By Dustin Volz | April 21, 2010

Gods don’t wait, but people do

Idle waiting not only allows uninterrupted connection with what the mind and body are doing, it reminds us that no matter how many obligations we have or people who might wish to talk to us, we still have to wait for someone else.

By Alex Petrusek | April 20, 2010

Chronicled for ‘tweet’-ernity

If your future offspring ever want to research social norms of our era using the Library of Congress, your Twitter will be their primary source.

By Alana Arbuthnot | April 20, 2010

Tea Partiers uninformed, many untaxed

With 25 different tax cuts passed during the Obama administration, why aren’t Tea Partiers happy?

By Andrew Hedlund | April 20, 2010

RFID Technology: Where ‘sci-fi’ meets ‘I spy’

Radio-frequency identification (RFID) microchips are readily available for human insertion...still, the question remains: Would you agree to be low-jacked?

By Hal Cohen | April 20, 2010

3D films have gone too far

While 3D originated in the 1950s, the success of the 2009 box office record-breaker, “Avatar,” specially designed to wow the technology world, seems to have sparked a Hollywood obsession with 3D films.

By Monique Zatcoff | April 19, 2010

April 20: a half-baked holiday

April 20 has long been known to be associated with marijuana use, but how did the connection develop? A short history of 420.

By Zach Fowle | April 19, 2010

Hijacked by porn?

With at least 200 new pornographic websites opening up daily on the Internet, according to the Los Angeles Times, you are becoming more vulnerable to psychological, emotional, mental, and social harms each day.

By Catherine Smith | April 19, 2010

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.

By Cullen Wheatley | April 19, 2010

Earth Day is for everyone, not just hippies

Many people are critical of Earth Day, but there are many reasons to celebrate on April 22. Some of those reasons just aren’t obvious at first.

By Becky Rubenstrunk | April 18, 2010

Prescriptions from across the pond

If the United Kingdom’s current politics is a glimpse of a possible American future, conservatives would do well to watch and learn.

By Will Munsil | April 18, 2010

Homeless need refuge from rising temperatures

As the temperatures rise, homeless people struggle to find water and relief from the heat.

By Jack Fitzpatrick | April 18, 2010

Taking the steps to get rid of cancer, heart disease

Data collected in Arizona and elsewhere demonstrates that cancer is becoming a more prevalent killer. Therefore, we as consumers of health services should tailor or behaviors in a manner that works to counteract both diseases.

By Kristen Kelley | April 18, 2010

Focus on freeways may hurt economy

The Valley continues to plan for freeway expansion. The new plans do not aid the local economy or the needs and wants of residents. Instead, it contributes to an urban sprawl that makes Phoenix more spread out and less ecologically, socially or economically conscious.

By Nicole Gilbert | April 15, 2010

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