Opinions

After Tuesday’s festivities at the Mark Jefferson building groundbreaking, I think many students are thankful to finally see the sciences brought to the forefront at Eastern.

As a biology major I know I am personally ecstatic to see the long needed renovation of Mark Jefferson get underway. Even though I will not be here to experience the new facilities, it is great to see Eastern brought up to date so these often underpublicized departments can compete on a state and national level for research grants and funding.

There are wildfires raging throughout California today, but those blazes pale in comparison to the political firestorm that has swept the Golden State since the passage on November 4th of Proposition 8, the state’s new consitutional ban on gay marriage.

The state’s voters decided by less than a five percent margin that, in the exact words of this simple amendment to their Constitution, “Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid and recognized in California.”

As an Eastern alumnus, I was pretty discouraged to read the article "Socialism will not fix our country,” written by opinions columnist Chris Hoitash.

While it's true that this was in the Opinions section of the paper, it is my belief that an opinion must be based on, and presented with, factual information. Anything else is disinformation, poor journalism, and agenda setting at its worst format.

Well, I managed to live to see the second coming. Of a Democrat in office, not Christ. Although, considering what’s been said about the new president-elect, he may well be on the way to a messiah complex. Mozeltov to the new prez-elect, may his single term be so horrible that the Democrats are booted out of office for a good long time.

In February 2001, Vice President Dick Cheney secretly met with oil and gas executives to craft the Bush administration’s new energy policy. Republicans firmly supported the VP’s unlimited “executive privalege” to conceal from congress whom he meets with and what he discusses. The president needs his candid advice, right?

There comes a time in every students college career when they look back and think, “What could I have done differently?”

Lots of ideas come to mind about procrastinating less, maybe calling our parents more often, or spending a little less money on beer and pizza.

While this list certainly applies to me, I remembered another one of my regrets while I was sitting in the Student Center computer lab a few nights ago.