November 13, 2009

I wonít lie ó I spent the majority of my childhood and young adult life under the false impression that television watching actually ó through reasons inexplicable even by science ó decreased brain cell count. Or was it actual brain size?

I, like many people in the last few weeks, recently saw the figure online from Cleveland Plain Dealer that ranked Ohioís private school presidents in terms of salary. Then I saw that our president, Grant Cornwell, was ranked fifth at $373,880 per year in compensation, …

As I sat though my 50-minute Politics lecture at the University of Edinburgh on Monday, I started thinking about the title of the course: ìCooperation in the European Union.” Most would assume that, like the title suggests, we were discussing the European Union. However, for …

Although I agree with the fundamental point in Alex Parrottís article last week about the Freethinkers Club ó it is essential that the voices of atheists, agnostics and humanists be added to the outspoken religious diversity of our campus. However, I think that many of …

Healthcare reform has been on the tip of everyoneís tongue recently.† First, Republicans were beside themselves with anger over the initial reform proposals.† Now, Democrats have also banded together against the newly proposed Stupak/Pitts amendment over regulating the coverage of abortion in public healthcare.