NewsfeedWhile the nation mourns for the lives lost at Virginia Tech last week, a heated political debate has been rekindled over gun control. Newspaper editorials and columns, everybody's blog and the broadcast media all seemed to come down on one side of the debate at the same time. »
So here's my thought on news: it's just too depressing. Whether it's war, natural disaster, white-collar crime, or politics, not much good seems to come out of the TV and newspapers these days. We're all too focused on the downsides of life to realize that there's still a fair amount of good left. »
As you may have heard, our theater department and our University have come under some scrutiny over the past weekend due to the performance of the Pulitzer Prize winning play "Angels in America." »
The embers of the abortion debate were reignited last Wednesday when the Supreme Court upheld the ban on a procedure popularly labeled "partial-birth abortion." The decision signifies a reversal in the direction the Court has historically taken with regards to abortion, and has the potential to define Chief Justice John Roberts' Court. »
It seems like we all kind of expected something like this to happen. I was shocked, yet not really surprised. The shootings at Virginia Tech this week stunned us all, but were we stunned because it was what was expected of us? »