We live in a world that at times seems to be crumbling beneath us, slowly suffocating from the pollution, wars and grinding poverty that blanket much of the planet.
In the aftermath of the Virginia Tech massacre, the spotlight has been trained once more on people who for some reason or another are isolated from the rest of society. '
Last Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court issued a landmark 5-4 ruling that upheld the federal government's ban on partial birth abortions. In a stinging dissent, Justice Ruth Bader-Ginsburg called the decision ""alarming.""
Students should take the same, active role in politics in addition to pop culture trends such as American Idol. '
If deserted dorms and an eerily quiet State Street are any indication, many students left Madison for Spring Break last week, off to the land of parents and sleep. '
As students head into that happy place known as ""Spring Break,"" the sense of relief is practically palpable. '
Election season is upon us once again! Oh yes, it is time to cast your vote and show the world once and for all that university students are not to be trifled with. First the election and then the world! We know what we want and we're going to use o'
Ahh, the many sounds of spring: birds chirping, icicles dripping and the first cries of damnation ... and the possible apocalypse. Oh yes ... spring may still be a week away, but the zealots are already coming.'
Ours is a society that strives to be politically correct. We avoid certain words or come up with new ways to describe things so as not to offend anyone anywhere ever. The question then becomes: How correct is correct enough? Is the insistence on avoiding '
Minneapolis and Madison are two cities that have spent years turning a blind eye to their most vulnerable population. '
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