Opinion

  • 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),…

  • Teaching ESL classes inspires a change in perspective

    We all have our prejudices. I will admit I have some of my own. However, I was recently reminded we need to continue to be open-minded about those who we meet throughout the course of our lives. I teach English as a Second Language classes once a week at St. Monica’s Church for one of…

  • As election looms, Obama team gets ready

    President Obama officially announced his candidacy for re-election April 4. The president made the announcement via a video that was released on his website. This was not a surprise. The last president to not seek re-election was Lyndon Johnson in 1968. The Obama administration has certainly seen better days and many confident Republicans are writing…

  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Views from a UConn student in Houston

    When I stepped out of the San Antonio airport Friday morning, I thought about the possibility of weekend success for my Huskies and I thought about the fans from the other schools thinking the same thing. I thought about the attitude I could expect from each. Having met Kentucky fans at previous UConn basketball games,…