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Opinion

In this magazine cover image released by Wenner Media, Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev appears on the cover of the Aug. 1, 2013 issue of "Rolling Stone." (AP Photo/Wenner Media)

Opinion: Rolling Stone, other media glamorize criminals

By Robert Klare July 22, 2013

The cover of Rolling Stone has paid homage to countless accomplished musicians, influential political figures such as Barack Obama or Mitt Romney and movie stars like Clint Eastwood or John Travolta. While...

Opinion: Group projects do not work as professors intend

By Chris Ortte July 22, 2013

Although it is an inevitable facet of college, the group project assignment may be the most unproductive form of learning we encounter. To consider it a form of learning is a stretch. Professors and instructors...

Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, chair of the Senate Education Committee, announces to reporters that a bipartisan agreement was reached on rates for government student loans, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 18, 2013. From left to right are Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Opinion: Oregon college tuition approach could be a good idea

By Elizabeth Garcia July 22, 2013

Oregon legislators are in the spotlight after voting to have a commission study a new tuition plan for state public colleges. The plan, known as Pay It Forward, provides a means to pay back tuition costs...

French Quarter Café replaced Quiznos in the Student Union's Tiger Lair in fall 2012.

Letter to the Editor: Campus dining options too limited

By Qin-Qin Lü July 17, 2013

Currently, dining options on campus are limited. Most food vendors, mainly fast food chains, concentrate in the Student Union, and a few dining halls and sandwich kiosks scatter the campus. Thousands of...

Opinion: Memory-regrowing worms a sure sign of the apocalypse

By Connor Tarter July 17, 2013

Just below your feet, there lurks a beast that is poised to take over the world. The slimy, slithering, slippery little heathen may be inching its way to the surface at this very moment on a bloodthirsty...

Feminist Frequency blogger Anita Sarkeesian is a leader in the feminist movement in video games. Of 27 new games announced for Xbox One at E3, none of them featured a female protagonist.

Opinion: Video game industry needs to embrace women

By Elizabeth Garcia July 17, 2013

During June’s E3, the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo, Microsoft announced 27 new games for the Xbox One console — but none of these games have a female protagonist. When Feminist Frequency...

FILE - In this March 12, 2013, file photo, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats pursuing a far-reaching immigration bill are counting on help from Republican Rep. Paul Ryan. Mitt Romney’s running mate last year is an unlikely candidate for delivering the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s second-term agenda. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Opinion: America is in debt to immigrants and reform is needed

By Robert Klare July 17, 2013

Estimates of the amount of illegal immigrants in the U.S. are now up to 11 million. Immigration reform has been necessary for a long time, yet a bill that aims to do just that is stagnant in the Republican-led...

Pope Francis hugs a child after he delivered the Angelus prayer at the Pontiff's residence of Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, Sunday July 14, 2013. For a day, Pope Francis has abandoned his traditional Sunday greeting at the Vatican, opting for an informal front-door encounter in a hill town outside Rome which hosts the papal summer residence. Unlike his predecessors, Francis isn't staying in Castel Gandolfo for the summer, but came for the day. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Opinion: Pope Francis’ lifestyle unprecedented, yet simple

By Chris Ortte July 15, 2013

The pomp and circumstance of the Catholic Church has been a subject of amazement to me throughout my life. The vestments and garments of the priests, the rituals of the mass and most particularly, the...

Oakland police officers in riot gear line Frank H. Ogawa plaza Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011, in Oakland, Calif. Occupy Oakland protestors were evicted from the plaza early this morning. Police in riot gear began clearing anti-Wall Street protesters on Tuesday morning from the plaza in front of Oakland's City Hall where they have been camped out for about two weeks. City officials had originally been supportive of the protesters, but the city later warned the protesters that they were breaking the law and could not stay in the encampment overnight. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Opinion: Police brutality is a growing issue nationwide

By Elizabeth Garcia July 15, 2013

Elizabeth Daly, a 20-year-old student from the University of Virginia, bought bottled water and ice cream for a sorority fundraiser. As she was walking back to her car, she was approached by seven plainclothes...

Opinion: Candy Crush addictive, costly to some gamers

Opinion: Candy Crush addictive, costly to some gamers

By Connor Tarter July 15, 2013

Addiction, according to Dictionary.com, is defined as “the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming.” A sheep, according...

FILE - In this Saturday, July 13, 2013 file photo, a mother holds and sits with her children after hearing the verdict of not guilty in the trial of neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman at the Seminole County Courthouse, in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman was cleared of all charges Saturday in the shooting of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, whose killing unleashed furious debate across the U.S. over racial profiling, self-defense and equal justice. Some view Zimmerman's acquittal as a blow to race relations. (AP Photo/Mike Brown, File)

Opinion: Trial protesters do not understand judicial system

By Robert Klare July 15, 2013

What do the trials of Casey Anthony, O.J. Simpson and the officers who assaulted Rodney King have in common? Beside widespread national media coverage, each trial featured an unsympathetic defendant accused...

FILE - This June 24, 2013 file photo shows people waiting outside the Supreme Court in Washington as key decisions are expected to be announced. The Supreme Court said Tuesday that a key provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act cannot be enforced until Congress comes up with a new way of determining which states and localities require close federal monitoring of elections. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Opinion: Recent bill poses danger to student voting rights

July 10, 2013

Shortly after the Supreme Court ruled that Section 4b of the 1965 Voting Rights Act was unconstitutional, many states started moving to pass legislation that would make voting difficult for key minority...