Is former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich the next Nelson Mandela? He'd like you to think so. Comparing himself not only to Mandela, but also Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi, Blagojevich professed his innocence across the airwaves and at his impeachment trial last week to no avail. (0) comments
I am writing in response to John Andrew Willis' Jan. 29 column "SGA Should Get Feedback Before Using Student Money." Having served as the Student Government Association Programming Council chair for the past two years, I understood the problems and challenges described regarding concerts and general programming on campus. (0) comments
In the 30 years that Hillary Clinton has graced the political limelight, she has worked her way from the governor of Arkansas' wife to first lady of the United States and then to a New York senator before becoming the only female presidential candidate to ever really be taken seriously. (0) comments
Just two days after taking office, President Barack Obama ordered the closing of Guantanamo Bay. The U.S. naval base in Cuba has been used as a detainment camp where prisoners have been subjected to "enhanced interrogation" since 1991, according to the History News Network. (2) comments
Michael Lauck's Jan. 30 column "Obama shouldn't shut out dissenters" is another example of the persecution complex that seems to drive modern American conservatism. The article characterized Obama's remark as a warning to Republican congressional leaders not to listen to Rush Limbaugh, "or else. (1) comment
According to President Barack Obama, the United States now lives in a "new era of responsibility." Except, apparently, in Washington. Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle is the latest casualty of the political tax evasion fiasco in the nation's capital, a situation that is far from "responsible." (0) comments
It seems like everyday this spot in the Skiff is reserved for students to vent about the lack of quality parking for commuting students. Like everyone else, I have my issues with our current situation. I don't understand why the lot across the street from Smith Hall doesn't have at least a second floor. (0) comments
Before we break our arms patting ourselves on the backs because the plan to have a natural gas well on campus has apparently been avoided, maybe we should read between the lines. It's true that if Chesapeake Energy's south side plan is approved by the city of Fort Worth, we will no longer have a gas well near the stadium, but the proposed well didn't disappear. (4) comments