Archive | Editorials
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Editorial: Grade charade
Of all of the changes to American society due to outsourcing, one in particular has recently raised eyebrows: the delegation of paper grading at some colleges to companies that work in India and Malaysia.
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Editorial: FDA makes good move to restrict tanning bed use
With the weather getting warmer and swimsuit season approaching, students are lining up at the tanning beds to achieve a darker shade of skin.
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Editorial: More NCAA games equals less madness
We get it. You’re frustrated. We are, too. With each 1 seed that falls, with each 14 seed that knocks out Georgetown and with UNI knocking off Kansas, our brackets got worse and worse.
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Editorial: Student loan reform saves failing system
Regardless of your political stance or opinion on the Health Care Reform Bill signed into law by President Barack Obama, part of the bill will have a large impact on many students.
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Editorial: Fossil fuels trump green promises
President Barack Obama has been at the center of multiple Republican attacks regarding health care and educational reform. Now his decision to unfreeze oil drilling off United States coasts has garnered critiques from both sides.
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Editorial: Stepping Back
When the Israeli government announced new East Jerusalem settlements during Vice-President Biden’s visit, it seemed at first to be just another political misstep. But as weeks have passed, and with a chilly Israeli state visit to the White House, tensions have grown rather than decreased.
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Editorial: Texas school board cuts out Jefferson, distorts history
The Texas State Board of Education handed right-wing extremists a landmark victory in advancing its political agenda this month. Only this time, the board’s decision applied not just to the oft-attacked science of evolution or global warming, but rather to a much broader target: history.
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Editorial: Shocking Disrespect Rises in Face of Reform
Yesterday, President Obama succeeded in passing some of the most controversial legislation to hit the federal level in recent years.
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Corrupted texts hurt education
Contrary to popular belief, the history of the United States has not always been a fight between the two political groups, conservatives and liberals. Members of the Texas Board of Education are attempting to change that, though.