Opinion

Opinion

College debt adds up after school

October 13

On average, AU students graduate with $19,000 in debt - near the national average of $20,000. It is a credit to this university's financial aid system that we are under the national average for college debt, especially when one factors in AU's sticker price.

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Opinion

Use words, not bombs to protect animals

October 13

At some basic level, most of us probably feel a good measure of compassion when it comes to animals. We're not talking about die-hard animal liberation; we just mean most of us aspire to live without causing other lives to suffer disproportionately. But some people can go too far.

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Opinion

Op-Ed: Politicians claim U.S. has top workers

By Dan Rosa | October 13

When John McCain asserted during last Tuesday's Presidential debate that "American workers are the best in the world," it stirred no commentary from the media, engendered no quizzical expressions from most of the tens of millions of Americans watching, and produced no controversy - and that's the problem.

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Opinion

U.S. needs to rethink its racial classifiers

By Kristen Powell | October 13

To the United States and for Americans, everything is a binary. If you're not male, you're female; if you're not a Democrat, you're a Republican; if you're not white, you're black. Anything that doesn't fit into the neat categories we create is of little value to us; just ask Ralph Nader.

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Opinion

Letter to the editor: College Dems are no good

By Caleb Enerson | October 13

It was with great joy that I read today's article about the AU Club Council funding allocations. As long as I can remember, the College Republicans and the College Democrats have received the same amount of funding, in an attempt to ostensibly promote fairness.

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Opinion

Correction for October 9, 2008

October 13

In "Students hang Obama effigy in Ore.," The Eagle incorrectly reported that George Fox University was a Catholic-affiliated institution. GFU is actually a Quaker university. The Eagle regrets the error.

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Opinion

Opening statements from College Republicans and College Democrats' debate

October 9

Below are the statements read at last night's debate between the College Republicans and College Democrats. The Eagle chose not to edit them for content or style and reproduced them on this page exactly as submitted. The views expressed are those of the respective organization and do not represent The Eagle's views.

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Opinion

Juicy Campus

October 9

Anyone who thought that college was supposed to be different than high school, or even middle school for that matter, was sorely mistaken. The recent popularity of the Web site Juicy Campus has proven that immaturity is endemic. The Web site, on which people can post anonymously about one another, has become an infested rat's nest of horrifyingly cruel and often completely untrue gossip.

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Opinion

Letter to the editor: Women's Issues column off mark on rape prevention

By Ashley V. Evans | October 9

While I respect Ms. Lincoln's point in her recent editorial about condom availability on campus, I think she has missed several important issues. First, the article inaccurately confuses safer sex programs and rape prevention. The data is quite clear that, for preventing the spread of HIV and other STDs and in reducing unwanted pregnancy, condoms are very effective.

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Opinion

Credit crunch hits student loans

October 6

The recent downturn on Wall Street was bound to hit home sooner or later. As the credit crisis stretches on, the interest rates on student loans have begun to creep upwards. Student loan interest rates, which traditionally hover around 11 to 12 percent, are now around 13 to 14 percent.

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Opinion

There are condoms all over the campus

By Rachel Lincoln | October 6

And just what does AU offer to help keep students safe and confident? I do believe, for one, that there is a self-defense class. And there's the faded hotline numbers posted in the bathroom stalls: rape hotline, abuse hotline, counseling. And there are free condoms.

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Opinion

Drop bad classes for better AU experience

By Carl Seip | October 6

As my time here at AU begins to come to a close, I've found myself wondering if I have any regrets - anything that I wish I had done. My initial reaction was to revert to the safe answer - how could I have regrets? For three years, I've managed to be active throughout this campus, from raising school spirit to volunteering my time helping others.

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Opinion

Letter to the editor: Republicans are no longer fiscally conservative

By William J. Haun | October 6

Apparently, in spite of how much we were told how "critical" and "important" it was that this bailout was passed "immediately," the U.S. Senate still found time to load up the bill with special projects and pork. Some of the goodies in this bill include an exemption from a 39-cent excise tax for children's wooden practice arrows, an extension of credits for businesses that employ residents of Indian reservations, millions for filmmakers, and wool research.

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Opinion

AU goes green

October 2

This week, The College Sustainability Report Card gave AU a respectable B- in its annual sustainability ratings for nationwide colleges and universities. This year's grade is a dramatic improvement over last year's grade of D-, which reflects hard work and improvement by students, administrators, faculty and staff alike.

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Opinion

Students need to be careful

October 2

The Eagle recently editorialized on appearances that crime had increased on and around AU's campus. At that time, Public Safety attributed the increase in crime to more comprehensive Cleary Act-mandated crime reporting as opposed to an actual increase in crime.

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Opinion

Correction for September 29, 2008

October 2

In "Ivy League ROTC criticized," The Eagle incorrectly identified John Concepcion's school affiliation as being a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He is actually a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Public Affairs.

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Opinion

Palin poses political problems for GOP

By Alex Knepper | October 2

I've criticized Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama for the past 21 months for his inexperience, lack of vision and paper-thin record of accomplishment. I've also lambasted his heavy reliance on speeches and crowd sizes to make up for all of this.

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