Opinion

  • Prying eyes: How would you feel if your parents could stalk your every move?

    HAYLEY ROSS | OPINION COLUMNIST   An absolutely absurd application called Class120 is available in the app store. It allows parents to see if their child has been going to class or if they have been skipping. In other words, it is an app that will allow parents to virtually creep on their children. It…

  • Survival tactics

    ALEX BARTLOW | ASST. OPINION EDITOR   I won’t lie to you: I had quite the attitude when I came to college.  Most kids in my position were nervous or timid, but not me. My arrogant motto shortly after completing my first semester was “Veni, vidi, vici,” or “I came, I saw, I conquered.” Yes,…

  • A degree that really pays

    CHRISTIAN HARTSELLE | OPINION COLUMNIST   If you are not in love with your degree, it will not pay off in the long run, no matter the income it promises you. The beginning of the feature documentary “Happy” asks people what they want most out of life. They all ultimately respond with the same answer:…

  • In defense of Phi Kappa Psi

    In defense of Phi Kappa Psi

    PAIGE LISTON | pliston@butler.edu | OPINION COLUMNIST When I first heard the news, it was hard to believe. It is hard to believe a part of my school, which was fully functioning last semester, has been taken away. It is hard to believe such a tight-knit community of young men will no longer be able…

  • Syllabus week: A fun or focused fresh start?

    HAYLEY ROSS | haross@butler.edu | OPINION COLUMNIST After the long—although not long enough—winter break, there was plenty to talk about: old flings back home, gifts you got for Christmas and, most importantly, which new show on Netflix was worth watching. In the midst of all this, classes have started and the familiar struggle of getting…

  • Don’t break the bank: A new Google Chrome plug-in helps students save money on textbooks

    ALEXIS PRICE | adprice1@butler.edu | OPINION COLUMNIST   As philosophical, musical trio LFO once said, “Billy Shakespeare wrote a whole lot of sonnets,” and Paul Revere was, in fact, a good man. This bit of information has shown to be beneficial through English and American history courses. Unfortunately, students in college courses cannot just rely…

  • Judge a school by its newspaper

    My younger daughter has been shopping for a college for three years, and in that time we have visited 10 schools. That’s a lot of tours and a lot of talks from admissions counselors and tour guides whose job is to put the best face on their schools. You can learn a lot in those…

  • Medical device tax discourages innovation

    I was humbled to receive in November the National Medal of Technology and Innovation at the White House for the development of life-changing medical devices. Traveling to our nation’s capital, I couldn’t help but think: There is no way I could have had the same impact if the tax on medical devices was in place…

  • Invest in surpluses and locally grown food

    If we are going to spend billions every year on health care and food assistance programs, then we need to start investing more of that money into sustainable projects that are nearly free or can pay for themselves over time. Community farms on every block would boost every local economy in this country.   I…