Perspectives

To any rational individual murder inspired by the mere disapproval of another's behavior is absolute absurdity. However to those who are compelled by the belief that improper behavior or a simple accusation of improper behavior is deserving of death such a mentality is not only accepted it is expected.This view is what has driven the term "honor" killing to become a reality. … [Read more...] about 'Honor Killings' carry no honor at all

It was the 13th century. While the period of the High Middle Ages was well underway in Europe in the distant cultural universe of medieval Japan there lived a Buddhist monk known as Nichiren Daishonin.  Challenging government sponsorship of the religious establishment of his day he sought to reclaim the teachings found in the Lotus Sutra (an earlier Buddhist sacred text) … [Read more...] about Resisting the 'eight winds'

We have all been there: the seemingly endless line at the mailroom. Maybe you were waiting to acquire the much-anticipated package from back home or collect the clothes you recently ordered off the Internet.  Maybe you experienced the freshman frustration of having to stand in line to see if you have any mail at all only because you can't get the mailbox open and sometimes … [Read more...] about Staff Editorial: Mail services frustrates students needs support

In 1961, during his final address to the nation as president, Dwight D. Eisenhower coined the term military industrial complex warning the citizens of the United States of the possible consequences of the rapidly expanding military defense program. He cautioned against the development of a system in which the military, government and defense-contracting companies each have … [Read more...] about Miltary industrial complex influences university world

I had a first this week. I cried at work for the first time in my life. No I didn't get fired. I didn't have my head bitten off by some entitled local who wanted "Cookies! As in Oreos you idiot not cookie dough!" I didn't have a freak accident with a yogurt machine. No the earth-shattering event that whittled my composure — from Pollyanna to pathetic — was a pair of … [Read more...] about Puppy pal sparks memory