Opinion

Blocking out the bad: The future is in your hands

Since entering college, the majority of us have heard one thing: negativity. Sure, we’ll typically hear the “college graduates earn $1 million more in their lifetime than those without a degree” certitudes, but for every one of those encouragements, three discouragements tag along.

Letters to the Editor

Mid-year tuition increases. Furloughs. Loss of critical programs and services. While it’s easy to blame Michael Crow and the ASU administration for our financial woes, we want students to realize the true culprits behind our rising tuition costs: the Arizona State Legislature.

NFL concussion rules could cause headaches

I applaud NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s efforts to change the way the league views concussions. The commissioner implemented new rules late last season that kept players who showed symptoms of a concussion from returning to a practice or a game.

Best picture or best ratings?

The Academy chose to make a change in, arguably, the biggest category of the night. Instead of having five movies up for “Best Picture,” there are now ten. Grumbling among critics abounds.

Editorial: Powered up

ASU announced a Carbon Neutrality Action Plan, which will lead the University down the path to cancel out its carbon footprint. It takes almost no effort to make an ecological impact and it will likely save you money in the short and long term.

Will Arizona adopt the wrong future?

Finding a loving home for children should be the primary focus of adoption agencies, but if a bill passes the Arizona Legislature, marriage might become the focus instead.

Facing off with Facebook

Downsize me

Hummer, the unnecessarily large, overly-destructive off-roading vehicle that is more often seen on suburban streets than rugged terrain, may have guzzled its last gallon.

The insistence of memory

I have a hypothetical situation for your consideration.

A hitchhiker's guide to charity

Bryan is also a member of The Hitching Society, a local branch of Link Community Development (LCD), which for the last two decades has hosted the world’s largest hitch for charity.

Tiger: Lost in the 'Woods'

Tiger Woods may be the world’s best golfer, but he still can’t see the forest through the trees. He is a real-live human being who pulls his pants on the same way we all do, one leg at a time. But he took those pants off too many times and now has a lot to overcome.

Beck drinks Tea in keynote

Beck spent the bulk of his speech blasting progressivism in all its forms, repeatedly equating it with communism and socialism. He provided some sensational sound bites — angry mobs love latching on to simplistic anthems to give their rally the illusion of purpose.

Letters to the Editor

A campus wide smoking ban was discussed at a town hall meeting. Such a ban scares me, and I don’t even want to smoke on campus. The proposed ban is limited to campus so the goal of the ban must be to eliminate the annoyance of smoke and cigarette butts, not to encourage quitting.

Editorial: Don't bash baseball

Calling what ASU does to opposing baseball teams “wins” and “blowouts” during the early portions of the season doesn’t quite do justice to just how dominating the baseball team is.

BlackBerrys blocking family communication

While some technological advancements have reconnected families who are separated from one another, they are destroying communication among families who live together.

Best picture or best ratings?

The Academy Awards, one of the biggest nights for film, is right around the corner.This year the Academy chose to make a change in, arguably, the biggest category of the night.

COUNTERPOINT: Commercial on wheels, not sport

The overriding presence of corporate sponsors detracts from NASCAR’s validity. From the cars racers drive to the very jumpsuits they wear, fans are inundated with visions of advertisements. NASCAR isn’t a sport; it’s a three-hour commercial on wheels.

POINT: Sport is not necessarily athleticism

Just like any game, to excel at any sport requires the acquisition of skill, and to say that NASCAR doesn’t require any skill is simply ignorant.

Blurring the line: no commandments at the Capitol

Of the many tasks the Arizona Legislature ought to be accomplishing, the least important one is passing a bill requiring the Ten Commandments to be placed on the front of the old capitol building.

Ayn Rand and the limits of individualism

The Randian, individualist myth rests on a fundamental mistake. Markets without morality, individuals without community, liberty without order — none of these are enough.