Opinion

  • Obama budget filled with job killing taxes

    In “The Obama Budget,” an article published in the February 23 issue of The Collegian, I talked about President Obama’s proposed budget for the 2012 fiscal year. Since then, the president has made some adjustments. Unfortunately, I still feel that the president simply does not understand the flaws of his proposals and that major changes…

  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Changes within CCOM cripple college

    As a recent graduate of the College of Communication, it has come to my attention that several changes are occurring that greatly concern me. First, let me say that as a student I was worried about the changes that were taking place in the college, more specifically the strategic communication program. I was dissatisfied with…

  • Air traffic controllers need more sleep, not longer shifts

    Last month, an air traffic controller at Reagan National Airport fell asleep as two planes landed on the runway. Although no one was injured, the Federal Aviation Administration flew into a rage. They released press statements saying that air traffic controllers falling asleep was “unacceptable behavior.” While I understand the massive concern that people watching…

  • Ryan’s political stunt misses target

    The Republican majority in the House passed the “lean government” budget championed by  Rep. Paul Ryan, R-WI. The proposed legislation focuses on cutting spending with little to no tax hikes. Ryan’s plan slashes the budgets for “sacred cows” like Medicare and Medicaid—what the Republicans are calling necessary sacrifices. The way I see it is that…

  • STAFF EDITORIAL | Importance of rights at private universities

    La Salle University, a private Catholic school, came under fire after its student newspaper published a story on the front page of an April issue about a professor who had used exotic dancers at an off-campus event to demonstrate a point. Head university officials had protested the publication of the story. The newspaper staff placed…

  • The issue with drug trafficking: Mexico’s crisis is U.S. crisis, too

    I’ve heard several people express the idea that if we as a nation are not careful, Mexico’s drug crisis might spill over into the United States. The problem is it already has. There is no uniquely Mexican drug crisis. We are experiencing the American drug crisis. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, recently proposed that Mexican cartels…

  • Trump for president?

    With Republican hopefuls for the 2012 election beginning to assemble, one individual just cannot seem to go away, and will likely be making a run—or at least attempt to. For a few months, Donald Trump has been toying with the idea of running for president. For the sake of my party and the country, I…

  • Blurring the lines of gender identity

    A recent J. Crew catalogue included a picture that is causing controversy. The president of the company, Jenna Lyons, is shown painting her son’s toenails pink. Beckett, the five-year-old, is laughing and modeling a J. Crew shirt. Critics, including psychiatrist and Fox News contributor Keith Ablow, claim that Lyons’ actions will result in her son…

  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR | CCOM should be a professional college

    I am a 1966 graduate of Butler University and a member of the Alumni Association Board of Directors. I’m proud to have served on the Board of Visitors to the Jordan College of Fine Arts for a decade. In a recent article by Brooke Deady in The Butler Collegian (“CCOM introduces new major,” March 30),…