To protect students and faculty, college campuses should allow certain individuals to carry guns.
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Dorner escapade reveals racial problems
The death of ex-Los Angeles Police Department officer and murder suspect Christopher Dorner provided closure for the families and friends of those who were murdered at his hands, not to mention the Southern Californian community at large. His actions? Inexcusable. Yet the entire Dorner debacle has forced dialogue regarding the effect race has in [...]
Read the rest of this article »The Sequester and STEM Congress, before the New Year began, agreed on a compromise to deal with the self-imposed âfiscal cliff,â a combination of deep spending cuts and a tax increase due to the expiration of the âBushâ tax cuts. However, this compromise only delayed the proposed sequestration cuts, which are across-the-board budget reductions for [...]
Read the rest of this article »Equality trumps patient choice in hospital case
With a twice-elected black president leading the country and increasing diversity in Americaâs communities, the move toward a world void of racism, sexism and other âisms seems to loom in the near future. Sadly, however, racism continues to persist in appallingly boorish ways, even in places where such behavior should be the last of oneâs [...]
Read the rest of this article »University of Colorado offers questionable defense tips for women
On Monday night, the Department of Public Safety at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs posted a list of 10 tips to help female students defend themselves against rapists. These âtipsâ have created a large debate as it includes controversial advice to female students such as informing their attacker âthat you have a disease [...]
Read the rest of this article »In regard to Pi Kappa Phiâs âPhi-estaâ Fellow Trojans, On behalf of the brothers of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity, I would like to apologize for the insensitive statements made on the Facebook event description for our âPhiesta.â We recognize that these statements were offensive and we want to take full accountability for the insensitivity of [...]
Read the rest of this article »Should mentally disabled inmates be executed?
Those considered mentally disabled deserve to be safe from executions that they cannot comprehend. With less than an hour until his scheduled execution, convicted killer Warren Lee Hill was granted a stay on Tuesday by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, Ga. In its statement, the court said the stay was necessary to [...]
Read the rest of this article »âTraditionalâ prom shows homophobia
A high school in Indiana has gathered support in favor of a prom that bans gay students.
Read the rest of this article »In regard to Pi Kappa Phiâs âPhi-estaâ I am proud of who I am. I am Catholic, liberal and sometimes a little outspoken. This is one of those times. I am a Trojan through and through, but first, I am a woman of Mexican-American descent. A couple weeks ago, the students of the Duke Asian [...]
Read the rest of this article »Vigilante cop doesnât deserve admiration
After six bloody days in which four people were killed, former Los Angeles Police Department officer and accused murderer Christopher Jordan Dornerâs body burned in a cabin in Big Bear. Itâs quite difficult to pick just one insane moment from his murderous rampage: Was it his merciless killing of an LAPD officerâs daughter and her [...]
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