Opinion
OSU study: first impressions count
First impressions are important, especially on first dates. Read some tips on how to stay calm for your big date.
By Lindsey Kupfer
| October 13, 2010
Paying America’s dues
Last week the nation saw a preview of life in America as envisioned and legislated by ultra-right tea party types — a country where everything will be “privatized.”
By Ben Karris
| October 12, 2010
Editorial: Midterm blues
The only people at ASU who like midterms week are probably the managers of the campus Starbucks. So as an open gesture of appreciation, thank you, baristas for serving up the fall fuel, even if sleep-deprived students aren’t the best tippers.
By Editorial Board
| October 12, 2010
Vargas Llosa wins Nobel: finally, a worthy recipient
Mario Vargas Llosa won the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday. It’s about time someone worthy wins the Nobel in Literature.
By Daniel O'Connor
| October 12, 2010
Editorial: All shook up
The most-populous city in the U.S. has a liter-sized problem, according to the city’s mayor Michael Bloomberg. Bloomberg’s ongoing campaign to fight obesity, which targets more than half of the adults in New York City, has gone from asking for salt restrictions to proposing a 2-year plan to ban using federally distributed food stamps on sugar-sweetened drinks, like soda. The federal food stamp program, which has been around since the ’60s, currently bans using food stamps for cigarettes, alcohol and prepared foods, like deli and bakery sandwiches. And while there is certainly some merit to thinking Bloomberg has no business doing your Dew or telling you where to spend your stamps, there is some merit to his effort. Over the last 30 years, the consumption of sugary drinks, like soda, have more than doubled, and Bloomberg’s proposed 2-year ban on food stamps for the popular beverages aims to attack the connection between consuming high levels of sugar and the development of type-2 diabetes. The climbing levels of obesity and the resulting health effects are certainly frightening for America’s future.
By Editorial Board
| October 11, 2010
Turn it up for this bill
A bill may soon become law that would require the regulation of volume on commercials.
By Abbey Murrell
| October 11, 2010
Know your Nobelists
Last week marked the announcement of this year’s Nobel prizes in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature and peace. Here's what you should know about this year's Nobelists.
By Dan Garry
| October 11, 2010
Crimes of the coyotes
Some illegal immigrants rely on human traffickers and drug cartels to get across the border, but a recent report found that this leads to crimes more horrific than illegal immigration.
By Emilie Eaton
| October 11, 2010
‘Eat, Pray, Love’ author writes more than ‘priv-lit’
Elizabeth Gilbert’s bestseller, “Eat, Pray, Love,” has recently come under the criticism of being “priv-lit,” or literature of the privileged. But books like Gilbert's provide an “affordable” opportunity to be transported to a different life through her writing and glean from them what we will.
By Anna Bethancourt
| October 11, 2010
Female football coach misses progressive mark
When it comes to viewing women and men equally, or at least treating them as such, America still has a long way to go.
By Jessica Stone
| October 10, 2010
Editorial: Talking point
Anyone who regularly walks past the Memorial Union is sure to have seen lively, if not uncivil, arguments over any number of issues.
By Editorial Board
| October 10, 2010
Study abroad program sends wrong message
ASU’s decision to implement a study abroad program with Ben-Gurion University sends the wrong message about our University’s values.
By Oday Shahin
| October 10, 2010
Improving race relations in a post-racial presidency
A Rasmussen telephone survey found more people think race relations are getting better. But in a post-racial presidency, why are there still pessimists?
By Sean McCauley
| October 10, 2010
Boos & Bravos: Oct. 8
Bravo to the return of Tempe Town Lake. Boo to the NBA referees at Wednesday’s Toronto Raptors vs. Phoenix Suns game for kicking out two players for excessive butt slapping.
By Editorial Board
| October 7, 2010
Scorching our future
Proposition 100, a temporary 1-cent-per-dollar sales tax increase meant to fund education and public safety, has fallen short. And our education will soon follow.
By Andrew Hedlund
| October 7, 2010