Economy hinders basic living
The economy is stupid. And I’m going to bitch about it until someone fixes it-someone who understands its crappy nature better than I.
Student columnist designs new interrogation ideas
So it’s the year 2008, and one of the biggest stories in the news is the debate about whether water boarding—torture or not—should be used against certain prison inmates to…
Big men expected to step in, assist
Every so often a college student needs to return to his or her roots. I did this just the other day, by making a trip to the Wendy’s in Hudson.…
Season is evil in many ways
I don’t like you. I don’t like you one bit, Old Man Winter. You rolled into River Falls back in December, and it’s time you make like a tree and…
Addiction: compulsive need for a habit forming substance
Now that winter break has come to a close and we are all readjusting to our normal lives of school, work and play, it becomes crucial to establish the kind…
Lack of religion is not animosity
To me, the two most forbidden conversation topics have always been the most interesting: politics and religion. Last week, I wrote about the politics of the 2008 Presidential Election. This…
Ron Paul looks like the best candidate so far
As Joe Eggers declared in last week’s issue of the Voice, I have also been disappointed with the Democratic Congress since they took control last year. I don’t feel like…
Text-messaging out of control; common courtesy disintegrated
To some extent, the following article is an open letter to the victims of a dangerous addiction poisoning my generation: text messaging.
Laziness: Not so close to godliness
In recent months, I have become lazier and lazier in lots of things I do. It’s an interesting experience to analyze, because becoming lazy has saved me dozens of minutes…
Personal rights education goes too far
So last week, FIRE, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, issued a press release regarding a situation involving the University of Delaware. According to the release, the university recently…