On Nov. 6, America ended prohibition — again. Sort of.  Colorado and Washington both had referendums on their ballots asking citizens to vote whether to tax and regulate marijuana like alcohol.  ...

When I first heard that a possibly dangerous, mood-altering, motor skill-impairing controlled substance was being legalized somewhere in the United States, I nearly choked on my beer. There it was in...

The South is a beautiful place of blaring contradiction. Our contradictions lay strongly in our social existence, within the relationships we have created among all demographics. Maybe the most telling...

You might have noticed an inflatable barn outside the Student Union last week. Meet PETA, otherwise known as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals – but you can just call them People for...

That was fun, wasn’t it? It was another tedious election cycle with lots of nasty words thrown around, and now we’re back where we started. The president and Senate are Democratic; the House...

How would you react if your future boss told you how to vote? To many, this probably sounds like a silly question. It surely can’t be legal for a boss to do such a thing, right? Wrong. Until...

The Star Wars franchise holds a special place in my heart. The films that made up the original trilogy were the first movies I can remember watching – and on laserdisc of all things. I owned multiple...

The national election season may have come to a close Tuesday night, but the University’s election season is just starting to roll.  In my time here at the University, I have voted in every...

I waited with bated breath Tuesday night as the election results came in. It wasn’t until nearly midnight that the results came in and my choice was vindicated. After months of debate over issues...

Election day has come and gone, and many important questions have been left unanswered. Which candidate will fix the deficit in the sleep budget? Does Barack Obama hang his toilet paper over or under?...