Daily Skiff, Texas Christian University, TX
2 days ago by Danny Peters
Michael Jackson transformed the pop music genre, sold millions upon millions of records and made headlines, both good and bad, throughout his life. After Jackson's untimely passing, it was made known to the public and his adoring fans that Jackson was in the process of releasing a movie about his musical comeback and his rehearsals for the massive global tour that was going to put him back on the map.
Daily Skiff, Texas Christian University, TX
8 hours ago by Allison Branca
The fifth annual "Frogs for the Cure" football game will be held Saturday, Nov. 14. As our beloved Frogs continue their winning streak, it is impossible not to be excited for the game against our biggest remaining competitor, Utah. The Utes, who are No. 14 in the Bowl Championship Series rankings, are hoping for a win that will ruin our perfect season.
Daily Campus, Southern Methodist State University, TX
1 day ago
In Charanya Krishnaswami's defense of the Democratic health reform plan on Tuesday, she reiterates some common fallacious arguments that are misinformed, misrepresent the opposition, and frame the debate in a rather elementary fashion.
Krishnaswami seems to believe that the "public option" will bring honest competition to the health insurance market.
Daily Campus, Southern Methodist State University, TX
1 day ago
Nathaniel French delivers several wrongheaded attacks on the public option in his editorial piece titled "Protect health care privacy" in The Daily Campus last Tuesday. These range from a slippery slope argument drowning in hypotheticals - the public option suddenly morphing into the dread specter of Uncle Sam himself, hovering over a woman's hospital bed and forbidding her abortion - to a confounding contradiction: government insurance being both so excellent that it puts every private insurance company out of business, yet so terrible that it results in stingily "rationed" care.
Daily Skiff, Texas Christian University, TX
3 days ago by Rylee Nye
Chris Brown, the singer infamously known now for his domestic dispute with fellow musician Rihanna, is doing what anyone else in his position would do: a "fan appreciation" tour.
Not only that, but he publicly announced the tour only a few hours after the release of a new Rihanna single.
Daily Campus, Southern Methodist State University, TX
3 days ago
In response to the Oct. 28 article titled "Partying too hard?," I want to clarify the quote "that the problem is the freshman class." My faculty, staff and administrative colleagues, and student leaders are all concerned about the increase this fall in the underage drinking and hospitalizations of first-year students.
The UTD Mercury, University of Texas at Dallas, TX
4 days ago by Lauren Buell and Alex Ransom
Lauren Buell: Support The vehicles purchased by the school for the police department certainly have practical uses - namely helping officers negotiate our construction-addled campus quickly. But their greatest value may reside in intangible reactions. If UTD Police Chief Larry Zacharias is to succeed in getting students to see campus law enforcement as part of the community, he has to find a harmony between contradictory messages - "We're authoritative enough to keep you safe or hold you accountable," and, "We're a friendly resource.
The UTD Mercury, University of Texas at Dallas, TX
4 days ago by Editorial Board
Whether you love Temoc or hate him, our mascot seems emblematic of another university habit - we've got our naming scheme backwards.
Many of the recent developments that promise to buoy UTD's reputation and capacity for fundraising have blossomed against the backdrop of UTD President David Daniel's admonition to "tell our story better.