Column: Time has come to remove Confederate flag
Message of stars and bars nothing to be proud of
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Message of stars and bars nothing to be proud of
Mandatory minimums unfair, racist
President Obama, Congress need to thread lightly before engaging in Syrian conflict
MTV held its annual Video Music Awards Sunday, despite the deliciously ironic fact that there hasn’t been a music video among their volumes of teen-oriented, melodramatic, campy and trite reality television in years.
Obama’s proposal addressing domestic surveillance concerns won’t do much
National conversations on race must be based on fact
Americans need to focus more on issues at home
Recent case highlights inadequacies in courts
A number of scandals have arisen that, regardless of personal involvement by Obama, do not reflect well on his administration. It was revealed that the Internal Revenue Service was targeting Tea Party groups last month, and the organization took well-deserved heat over that. But more alarming is the recent scandal over the National Security Administration and the amount of information about random citizens that it has. This is just one of several events that demonstrates the Obama administration’s lack of concern for civil liberties.
Unfair blame after terrorist attacks breeds mistrust within community
SC must adjust archaic, unreasonable curriculum
Government must act upon wishes of people
DREAM Act, evolving views sign of progress
The Issue: Recent cheating scandals in schools have called into question the effectiveness of standardized testing
Potential court case highlights unfair policies
As we get closer to May, many upperclassmen are forced to start thinking ahead to post-undergrad life. A lucky few of us will find jobs in our fields, and some will struggle to find any employment. Others will move on to do some kind of postgraduate study, and law school is a popular choice among that crowd. But is law school really worth it?
War too costly for nation right now
This week has seen yet another eurozone economy on the brink of default and serious financial collapse. Eyes around the world have turned to Cyprus, the small island nation just south of Turkey. The country just secured a deal with the European Union (EU) to receive 10 billion euros as an emergency loan to keep the country’s banks from defaulting. Cyprus is just one of multiple eurozone economies who have required large bailouts from the EU and the International Monetary Fund(IMF) just to stay solvent. Along with these bailouts have come stringent austerity measures that cut spending to the bare bones in order to reign in government costs. But that strategy is doing more to hurt the fragile economies than it is to help.
After the last election, many pundits began tirelessly working on obituaries for the Republican Party. After Republicans lost significantly in the fastest growing segments of the population, like Hispanics and the under-30 demographic, things seemed glum. These lamentations were mostly overreactions, and the Republican Party isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. However, it does face serious problems in the long run if it cannot connect with important segments of society. That is why the GOP released a report on what it can do to better prepare itself for the future and remain viable. One of the big focuses in the report is reaching out to the groups it lost in 2012. If Republicans want to make progress within the demographics they are losing, particularly minorities, they must make changes.
Last week Zerlina Maxwell, a political analyst and a victim of rape, stirred up a controversy by claiming men could be “taught not to rape.” Maxwell was taken to task by several publications for what was regarded as “bizarre” logic and was subject to threats of rape on Twitter and Facebook. Though thorough instruction on what rape is and how to handle sexual relations wouldn’t stop all sexual assaults, Maxwell is really onto something.