Ms. Glasgow wrote a very interesting article concerning the brain development of a fetus and postulated that to kill a fetus with a developed brain is killing a human. Though insightful, I find one major problem with the argument: How…
If Israel is a dictatorship, how did Hamas get elected?
I would like to respond to Mr. Chowdhry’s commentary in the Mustang Daily on Monday. First, Israel never stopped the payment for the collected taxes. She reversed her original decision and paid ALL the money due to the Palestinian Authority.…
A swift rebuttal to Campbell's proposal
Sometimes I just cannot believe the idiocy of some of the people who write in to the newspaper. There is nothing “modest” about Brenton Campbell’s proposals. They are totally impractical and completely undeveloped. First of all, the construction of proper…
American history and black history: Not one in the same
This is in response to Brian Eller’s “American history and black history: It’s one and the same.” Black history diverges far from American history in terms of perspective. While it is true that they are coinciding and interacting events that…
Mr. Mullady needs to think as a human first, journalist second
Michael Mullady should stop placing blame on others who break the law and focus on his own offenses. Over my (relatively short) lifetime, I’ve taken note of many journalists willing to break the law in the name of “sound journalism.”…
Jack Ingram: Go write a blog
Remember when you were 10 or 11, if someone said something in full honesty only to immediately realize that all within earshot were in complete opposition, they would attempt to save their dignity by quickly stating, with a smile, that…
Act now to stop violence against women
Tyler Middlestadt Today is International Women’s Day, part of “Women in History Month,” both acknowledging women as the makers of history and their continuing struggle to attain equal footing with men in society. But while we celebrate women’s achievements, we…
Reasons why Republicans are happier than Democrats
Brian Eller The past few weeks have been rough on Republicans. President Bush was blasted in the media for his questionable port deal, the vice president accidentally shot someone, people are being killed in Iraq, Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons…
Try reading between the lines for a change
Jack Ingram In December, I read a Washington Post article, the content of which has been fresh on my mind since. The article highlighted a recent study which claimed that “only 41 percent of college students could be classified as…
Religious generalization a dangerous game
The boldness in which Brian Eller simply mocks people’s faiths or their followers in his article “Organized religion and the bigger picture” is appalling. It provides a few examples that do not tie into the faith, but rather to those…
You Can Click, But You Can't Hide
Jennette Ballas and Aliza Elbert Dilemma: For my BUS 401 class, our teacher asked us to download software for a project. After class ended, my roommate and I approached the professor and asked if just one of us could download…