Ariana Grande concert bombing: Don’t jump to conclusions, concentrate on the facts first
Corlyn Key, [email protected]
May 23, 2017
Filed under FEATURE STORIES, OPINIONS
In the past few years there have been several attacks on countries by several groups of individuals. However, the thing that I’ve noticed is that anytime a terror attack has happened, we are way too quick to blame it on Islamic radicals, unless that person happens to have a whiter complexion. Then...
Cochlear implants are not needed in order to achieve success in life
Kandice Johnson, [email protected]
April 24, 2017
Filed under OPINIONS
My sign language professor asked us if we would install a cochlear implant on our children if they were deaf. I expected a couple of students to raise their hands, saying that they would. However, I didn’t expect shallow, insulting and discriminatory reasoning. When my professor told us that cochl...
Corporations don’t really care, why should you?
Cooper Doyle, [email protected]
April 24, 2017
Filed under OPINIONS
Did you see the recent Pepsi commercial? One of your Facebook friends did, and they are deeply offended and will be boycotting everything connected to it. Truly, the saga of our times. Whether we like it or not, controversial commercials and half-hearted boycotts are part of our modern world. It s...
Gas-powered cars will rule for a while
Alan Rawles, [email protected]
April 24, 2017
Filed under OPINIONS
Zero to 60 in just over two seconds, 840 horsepower and 770 pound-feet of torque. When people start talking about electric cars replacing gasoline cars, I will be pointing them towards these numbers of the new Dodge Challenger SRT Demon. If companies are still making these ridiculous performan...
Destruction should not be an option
April 11, 2017
Filed under Letters to the Editor
An open letter to Dr. Nick Bruno, President of the University of Louisiana Monroe from The Biodiversity and Conservation Research Group, The University of Mississippi. Dr. Bruno, Natural history collections and museums are valuable and vital repositories of biological information. These collections...
It’s fine to not know all the answers right now
Corlyn Key, [email protected]
April 10, 2017
Filed under OPINIONS
It’s OK to feel overwhelmed sometimes. As the semester draws closer to its end, it’s easy to feel suffocated by the homework, tests, papers and general assignments. Or the dread that comes along with preparing to answer the question of what you’re going to do for the rest of your life once you ...
Museum issue about lack of clarity
Olivia Barfield, [email protected]
April 10, 2017
Filed under OPINIONS
Two weeks ago, a frustrated museum curator posted a status on Facebook saying the ULM Museum of Natural History must find a new off-campus home for millions of research specimens, or else they would be destroyed under orders of administration. What really got people talking, though, was that the stat...
Government shouldn’t let ISPs sell our information
Alan Rawles, [email protected]
April 3, 2017
Filed under OPINIONS
Don’t you hate it when someone looks over your shoulder while you are on your phone or computer? It’s a breach of privacy. What I am viewing on the internet is my business unless I choose to share it with someone else. Well, this fact may change very soon with a flourish of a pen on paper. The S...
Some men just don’t meet our expectations
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April 3, 2017
Filed under Letters to the Editor
Women know what they want from men. It just so happens that some men don’t hold the qualities that women want. There was an article published last week that talked about how women are indecisive when it comes to their needs from men. I disagree with that. Now, this is not to bash the author who wrote the arti...
We need to make art, not war
Megan Kirk-Henderson
March 27, 2017
Filed under OPINIONS
The arts are important. Fortunately, I don’t think there are many people who would disagree with that statement. At least, not many sane people. In our culture, we celebrate the arts. They are a channel through which we can express our innermost thoughts and emotions. Art is what makes us unique, yet st...
Don’t rush relationships
Kaitlynn Harris
March 27, 2017
Filed under OPINIONS
I would never call myself normal, but I am an average 22-year-old. I enjoy margaritas, board games, books and movies. I also procrastinate my school work until the LAST minute. As I look around me, I see many people who are engaged or are already married. My best friend is already getting a divorce at...
Women need to decide what they want from men
Reginald Wells
March 27, 2017
Filed under OPINIONS
When I first came to college, I hated going home because I knew the first question would always be about my grades. Everybody asked the same questions, and I would have to give the same generic answer. Don’t forget the forced smile, so, people won’t think I’m being rude. Now, my parents are only concerned w...