Opinion

Opinion

Cold War thinking needs to be scrapped

By Michael Cartier | August 28

There is little doubt that a new Cold War would be devastating for people around the world, yet it seems that the United States is pushing the world closer to the brink of another Cold War relations. South Ossetia is a semi-autonomous area of Georgia with about 70,000 people, located in central Asia.

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Opinion

Letter from the editor

By Jimm Phillips | August 28

Dear readers, Since I took over as editor in chief in late April, and through the summer break, I have been working with my staff to plan The Eagle's direction for the coming academic year. While you may have already noticed some of our new features, I want to summarize what I hope our newspaper can accomplish this year.

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Opinion

HPV Vaccine

August 28

Over the summer, AU changed its student health insurance plan from Chickering to GM Southwest, a Blue Cross company. It was a relatively mundane change, done in the most part because GM Southwest provided similar benefits with a similar premium and also kept their annual cost-of-living increase lower than Chickering did.

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Opinion

Dems as solid as GOP on defense

By Jacob Shelly | August 28

Conventional wisdom is usually oversimplified and distorted - if not outright wrong, but when it comes to the Democratic Party's strengths and weaknesses it is especially so. The cable talking heads are quick to tell us that Democrats are automatically disadvantaged in national security debates, burdened with the need to prove their patriotism and demonstrate their willingness (eagerness?) to resort to violence.

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Opinion

Correction for August 14, 2008

August 28

In "A Guide to: Shudder to Think," The Eagle incorrectly reported that former Shudder to Think drummer Kevin March currently plays with the Raconteurs. Former Shudder to Think guitarist Mark Watrous is the one who currently plays for the Raconteurs. The Eagle regrets the error.

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Opinion

All Tripled Up

August 28

It's not a housing crunch, but it sure is a situation. As many of you are aware, there are quite a few freshmen living in temporary triples. In fact, approximately 55 percent of the class of 2012, 873 students total, currently live in this situation. Due in part to an 18 percent increase in enrollment, this scenario represents both a great challenge and a great opportunity for AU.

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Opinion

Introducing... politics@theEAGLE

By Tony Romm | August 14

With the help of students past and present across AU's academic disciplines, The Eagle is launching politics@theEAGLE, the newspaper's premier election blog, this fall semester.

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Opinion

Obama: A chance for real change

By Jacob Shelly | June 19

As a Democrat of a certain age, I'm accustomed to Republicans nominating Ronald Reagan wannabes for president - candidates who never saw a war they didn't like or a rich guy that didn't deserve a tax cut. While some on the right fret that Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.

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Opinion

McCain: The only logical choice

By Caleb Enerson | June 19

It seems every four years, we hear that this particular election is the most "crucial" one of our time. While one must always take this claim with a grain of salt - especially because one generally hears it from pretentious blowhards that threaten to leave the States if the election doesn't go their way (I'm talking about you, Susan Sarandon) - it is valid in the sense that the two major candidates for president offer extremely different views for our country and for its future.

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Opinion

Three campaign narratives to avoid

By Tony Romm | June 19

How tempting it is, this general election season, to succumb to the simplicity of elegant political prose. The never-ending jet stream of faux-"comeback" narratives and paltry predictions is enough to send shivers down the spines of even the most cynical of pundits, perhaps myself included.

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Opinion

In our own words: Finding a home: 4 years after AU

April 28

When I first got my acceptance letter from AU, I cried my eyes out. No, these weren't tears of joy, or even of excited yet nervous stress. These were there-is-no-way-I-am-going-there-you-can't-make-me tears. There were several reasons why I did not want to come here initially.

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Opinion

Correction for April 24, 2008

April 28

In "Students miss signals of cell addiction," Fufudio is the correct spelling of Maria's last name.

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Opinion

Capitol blues: Putting inequality back on the radar

By Lisa Petak | April 28

The 1992 election. Bill Clinton vs. Bush Sr. The campaign issue commanding the attention of America: maternity leave. Amazingly, it took until the early 1990s for this country to realize that new children, sick family members and the actual process of birth require some time away from the job.

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Opinion

Making the grade

April 28

Joe Vidulich, SG president Vidulich began his term with a promise to interact with students more than his predecessor, and it is safe to say he did just that. Throughout AU's magnificent NCAA showing, students witnessed a welcomed repeat of the Blue Crew spirit that made Vidulich so popular.

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Opinion

Letter to the editor

April 28

What turns so many people off to the idea of white privilege? Why have we as a young generation been afraid to question how we are implicated in the -ism's that hurt so many? We must question ourselves. There is a white institution that has naturalized a culture vested in whiteness and is represented through all forms of society.

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Opinion

Op-Ed: In defense of homestays

April 28

"In life, there are bad things. There's war. There's starvation. But amidst that, there is also music. There's dancing. There are loved ones that give life meaning. There is The Good." So my host mother explained in Madrid as we sipped sweet Andalusian sherry on a sunny Sunday afternoon.

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Opinion

Correction for April 24, 2008

April 24

In the "ATec Fest '08" photo, the singer in the top right photo's name is Matt Boerum.

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