Opinion
How we respond when the terrorist is white
In an effort to abate domestic terrorism, we have focused solely on jihadists. This narrow view has allowed other perpetrators to go largely unnoticed.
By Crista Jackson
| August 22, 2012
Freshman seminar fails students
While the required freshman seminar was developed with good intentions, it ultimately fails on a scholastic level.
By Shane Chergosky
| August 22, 2012
Editorial: Go big or go home
With an ever-growing population of hundreds of thousands of students spread across four campuses, local high school students may wind up at a university that’s too big for them to handle.
By Editorial Board
| July 22, 2012
Societal unity prevents tragedy
Events during “Dark Knight” premiere come with a double-sided effect.
By Jonathan Fortner
| July 22, 2012
Social sites drive traffic, not relationships
Facebook may help us keep up with relatives or long-distance friends better than if we just stuck to email or snail mail or phone calls, but it can destroy other interpersonal relationships.
By Julia Shumway
| July 15, 2012
Sheltered Arizonans frazzled by roadway rain
Theories and debates abound as to which state has the worst drivers. I say Arizona.
By Yvonne Gonzalez
| July 15, 2012
Editorial: Running against raids
Americans agree, largely, that there is a problem with the current immigration system and much like the health care system, have no idea how to fix it. Is it the job of a sheriff or of the federal government to come up with the solution?
By Editorial Board
| July 15, 2012
Questioning the funds for political candidacy
While the predominant conversation this week seemed to gravitate around Mitt Romney demanding an apology for the tactics used by President Barack Obama highlighting, in large part, Romney’s involvement with Bain Capital, I took issues elsewhere.
By Jonathan Fortner
| July 15, 2012
Rolling the first Stone
The Rolling Stones proved they are the greatest band for over 50 years.
By Jonathan Fortner
| July 9, 2012
Editorial: Camp college
The wonder of Palm Walk fades away, Hayden Library becomes less intimidating, and the Secret Garden gets outed early on as the pitter patter of little feet on campus heralds the unmasking of University mysteries.
By Editorial Board
| July 1, 2012
The saga continues
Last Thursday the Supreme Court upheld President Obama’s Affordable Care Act in a move that surprised many of those opposed to the law, even some who supported it.
By Jonathan Fortner
| July 1, 2012
Editorial: Quit whining, start locking
Whether personally or through a friend, students know that losing between $200 and $600 worth of metal, rubber and chain is something that happens daily. You’d think we’d have learned our lesson by now.
By Editorial Board
| June 24, 2012
Summer redemption
Having committed the cardinal sin of reporting out of turn to you, the reader, returning now as humbly as I can is the only proper course of action for me to take – one that I accept wholeheartedly – so here goes.
By Jonathan Fortner
| June 24, 2012
Love of the game
More than most NBA Finals in recent memory, this almost David vs. Goliath matchup speaks volumes about the coming years in professional basketball.
By Jonathan Fortner
| June 17, 2012
Editorial: Obama's politicking policy
President Barack Obama proposes a new program of possible optimistic deportation rules for illegal immigrants that are brought to the U.S. by their parents before they were 16-years-old.
By Editorial Board
| June 17, 2012
Morality not reserved for religion
Columnist Jacob Evans makes the case for an atheist’s morality, one that transcends religious and scientific conviction.
By Jacob Evans
| June 17, 2012
Editorial: Burgers wrapped in morals
The line between a company's morals and its profits can be very unclear, and sometimes nonexistent.
By Editorial Board
| June 10, 2012
Second guessing healthcare
Regardless of where you stand on the health care debate/debacle, regardless of what the Supreme Court determines to be constitutional or not, having a system in place that logically addresses the needs of the patients seems only fair.
By Jonathan Fortner
| June 10, 2012
Editorial: Rebirth of the salesman
Companies that give a monetary reward for recruiting other sellers deviate from healthy hiring behavior by creating an atmosphere where people who are not “salesmen” are entranced by the get-rich-quick mantra and end up failing as a result.
By Editorial Board
| June 3, 2012