Perspectives

RYAN SAWTELLEContributor During this year’s election season, you are certain to hear that “the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer,” closely followed by the orator’s opinion on what government needs to do to solve such a “moral dilemma.” This, of course, presupposes that the gap between the rich and the poor is a moral bad.  Such presupposition is found … [Read more...] about A reasonable political morality needed

MARC CHOQUETTEPerspectives Editor With another new year comes another run-of-the-mill State of the Union address from our commander in chief. As required by the U.S. Constitution, our fearless leader shall “from time to time give to Congress information of the State of the Union and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.” The … [Read more...] about State of our Union is irrelevant

STAFF EDITORIAL Personal responsibility is supposed to be something a student refines in college. The recent decision to ban the Web site Juicycampus.com from the campus Internet network runs contrary to the idea of personal responsibility.The role of the Student Government Association is not to dictate what content is appropriate for the rest of the student body, and it is not … [Read more...] about SGA decision on Web site troubling

MARC CHOQUETTEPerspectives Editor With all the boxing analogies thrown around in every “gloves off,” “fight to the death,” “rough and tumble,” “duke it out” presidential debate, it was Monday night’s Democratic “throwdown” that was closest to seeing some actual fisticuffs on stage. Most of this was thanks to CNN’s free-for-all debate format hosted by the too-timid-to-moderate … [Read more...] about CNN’s debate format causes fireworks

ELI SAYEGHStaff Writer The next time you order a double-double from In-N-Out Burger, you may literally be getting a double. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined that milk and meat from cloned cattle, pigs and goats are safe to eat. With this decision, food producers, markets and restaurants have been given the green light to sell food products from cloned … [Read more...] about Consumers should have ‘cloned’ option