If procrastination is so heinous, why do so many of us still do it? The honest answer is that in spite of the rushing and the stress, procrastination is awesome. I would guess that more procrastination happens in November than in any other month of the academic year. For the […]
Opinion
Pro-life cause still matters
Regardless of our political climate at the time, or what else may take place on the world stage, there are some issues that will invariably thrust themselves back into our country’s political dialogue every election season. Abortion is one such issue. Somehow, as exhausted as the subject is, with nobody […]
Halloween costumes causing controversy
Halloween fever has officially hit Tech. I’m loving every minute of it, but there’s one thing that keeps bothering me. Why are we so judgmental about people’s costumes? We’re too old to walk around and fill an old pillowcase with free candy. All we have left is the right to […]
Media misunderstands evangelicals
Recently, political pundits and news anchors have spent a lot of time discussing, and in many cases, making light of, Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann’s claims that she “talks to God.” While Bachmann may bring much of the criticism on herself in the sometimes puzzling way that she articulates her […]
That’s what she said
DEAR SHE SAID: Is there anything outdoors to do in this town? And do any restaurants give discounts? -Broke freshman DEAR BROKE: Most restaurants in town actually offer 10 percent discount to Tech students. There are some places that have Tech nights. If you like to do things outdoors then […]
Think before you speak
We need to have a frank discussion about what we’re saying in public settings. I’m talking to you, woman on your phone in Walmart describing you menstrual cycle in detail. I’m talking to you, too, freshman boys loudly comparing sexual histories in the dorm lobby. I suppose it’s possible that […]
Troy Davis: justice served?
On September 21, 2011 Troy Davis was put to death for the 1989 murder of police officer Mark MacPhail. The case sparked a national media-frenzy as celebrities and activists such as Al Sharpton, Jimmy Carter, and the NAACP cast doubts over Davis’ guilt and called for a new trial […]
Intolerance is an epidemic
I was watching CNN the other night when a story came on about yet another teen suicide as a result of bullying. On Sept. 18, 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer committed suicide in the backyard of his suburban Buffalo, N.Y. home after being taunted, bullied and ridiculed online for years for being […]
Obama: four more years?
Last Thursday, President Barack Obama spoke to a room full of donors at a campaign fundraiser in Washington D.C. sounding very confident of his chances for re-election. “Here’s one thing I know for certain,” Obama said. “The odds of me being re-elected are much higher than the odds of me […]
Enough with the tests
Is it just me, or is our society obsessed with test taking? It feels like every time I finish studying for supposedly the most important test of my life I turn around and start studying for an even more important test. In elementary school, it was all about the TCAP. […]
