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War in Afghanistan too expensive to pursue

By David Gomez · Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009

This Oct. 7th marked the eighth year our country has spent fighting the war in Afghanistan. This is one of the longest wars we have ever been involved in.

Lazy litterbugs do not respect campus

Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009

People seem to have a problem with holding on to trash until they can throw it out where it belongs.

'Don't Ask' policy needs more details before being cut

By David Gomez · Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009

At the annual Human Rights Campaign President Obama pledged to the LGBT community that he would end the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in the military.

Social technology ruining chances of real relationships

By Hannah Schwab · Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009

I have a bone to pick with technology. I am the first person to admit that I have become addicted to many of the 21st century tech advancements: iTunes, texting and Facebook.

Great Lakes in need of security

By Tom Brandt · Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009

When we think of Michigan, many of us conjure up an image of a broken down, rust-belt economy, or a dysfunctional Detroit government or perhaps even the wonderfully evocative label “Militiagan.” But when I think of our state, I picture beautiful blue bodies of fresh water extending out to every horizon.

Preserving the past for the future good

Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009

Hypocrisy is defined by the English Oxford Dictionary with a really long, boring definition that makes no sense, and would make you fall asleep if I repeated it.

The pros and cons of Argo Dam

By Marcus Teklemariam · Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009

In the ongoing quest for progress, most people would not give an aging dam much debate on keeping it or removing it.

Palestinians miss opportunity

By Ben Petiprin · Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009

After 1,400 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli campaign last winter, an increasing number of Eastern Michigan University students began decorating their throats with the traditional checkered keffiyeh.

Media misuses power for public manipulation

By David Gomez · Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009

Mainstream media outlets are mostly unreliable these days. Instead of serving the public good as our founders intended they are operating only to make a profit.

Glenn Beck represents anxious America

By Neil Weinberg · Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009

“Mad Man.” Written in big white letters on the cover of the Sept. 28 edition of TIME Magazine. “The Agitator” is written in those same white letters inside.

EMU football deserves defending

By Donald Stuckey II · Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009

You know, I find it interesting how some people criticize something they know nothing about. Last week, in a letter to the editor, some genius said Eastern Michigan University could do without a football program.

Prophetic cult preys on campus

By Andrea Lorfel · Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009

On Thursday, I was walking out of my Native American Literature class in Pray Harrold and I was appalled to see a poster with President Obama posing with Adolf Hitler’s mustache.

Letter: EMU could do without football

By Zachary A. Jones · Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009

Eastern Michigan University has about a $1.8 million yearly football budget. We have 99 men on the roster, yet only 40-50 will see any play time. This means we spend about $13,000 per player this year or $26,000 per player who will see play time this year. EMU has only won 22 games in the past seven years. This is an average of 2.75 wins a season, meaning it costs us about $645,000 per win.

How to keep your ego in check with reality

By Bobbie Jones · Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009

Some would say the impossible happened on Aug. 5 of this year. Early on that blistering summer morning a wonderful thing took place on a runway in Los Angeles, California. Two American journalists (Euna Lee and Laura Ling) held captive in a North Korean prison camp for close to five months came home to America, courtesy of former President Clinton’s strategic diplomacy.

24-hour news cycle one cause of cable's factual unreliability

Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009

Television news as we know it has reached a new pinnacle of excellence. Jon Stewart has been recognized as the best modern journalist. The downside is, this means the news channels have reached the bottom of a long, slowly downward slope to being a laughingstock.

Presidential advisers raise ethical concerns

By Sean Podell · Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009

When a new president takes office in the United States, I want that person to do well. It doesn’t matter if he/she is a Republican or Democrat, as long as the country benefits. This current administration, however, has me wondering what the agenda is.

Obama needs to focus on quality education

By Jenice Pettibone · Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009

President Barack Obama promised America change, and now he’s threatening to deliver it in the form of longer school days and shortened summer vacations.

Live, online course options needed

By Erin Gullekson · Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009

These days, there are many different ways to get an education. There is the traditional method of sitting in a classroom, there are private teachers whom you can pay to teach a specific skill, and then there are online classes, which seem to be growing in popularity.

Letter: Halle labs should require clean-up

By Kaylan Kimbrell · Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009

I am a student worker at one of the computer labs in Halle Library. I have been here about three years and have witnessed a lot of sick people using the computers on a daily basis.

Several thousand people marched peacefully across Pittsburgh in protest of the G-20 Summit.

Letter: Idealism battered at G-20 summit protest

By Andrew Stefan · Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009

Between September 24th and 26th I was in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania covering the G-20 Summit resistance movement as an independent journalist.

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