Opinion


Cuts will only deepen state's economic crisis

Last Thursday, Governor Jennifer Granholm issued an executive order cutting approximately $345 million from the state budget, most of which was cut from the general fund, the state's primary resource pool. »

Alternative Breaks a life- changing experience

I thought I was missing out when the majority of college students were tanning on the beach at their Spring Break destinations. But I now know that I was wrong. At the beginning of March I participated in my first Alternative Break. I learned that a beach isn't the only thing able to give me an experience of a lifetime. »

Students should enjoy college

Most people reading this are in the prime of their life. We've finished the high school thing and we all made the choice to go to college. We're somewhere in between teenagers and adults, and I think it's perfect. »

Depiction of famous battle unrealistic in 300

submitted by Thomas Renna

Reviewer Mat Easterwood is dead right: 300 is fantasy, not history. This movie is a cartoon in the manner of The Lord of the Rings, with no attempt to re-create the battle as described in Herodotus' The Persian Wars. »

Students must balance biological urges, respect for one another

submitted by Laura Fountain

How about some middle ground here! I was lucky enough to be able to speak to Mary Oakley about her column "Sex should wait until marriage." Although I don't completely agree that sex is only acceptable in marriage, I respect her opinion. »

Ludacris concert not proposed by a group of African-Americans

submitted by Crystal Dillard

The article "African-American students should make voices heard" is not telling the complete truth.

Having been a member of Program Board during the Ludacris concert, I feel that I should tell what really happened. »