This past Thursday, the Arizona state house voted to ban medical marijuana on college and university campuses across the state. This decision comes no more than a week after the senate revised SB 1474, which allows concealed weapons to be carried on the same campuses. Pause for just a moment and consider the rationality there. [...]

Illegal immigration is a touchy subject and there never seems to be one good solution to solve the problem. In a country that is made up of immigrants it is almost our curse to always have these issues. However, immigration laws are meant to protect our country’s resources. Some may think that deporting people and [...]

College students demonstrate an unsurpassable ability to explore and criticize global and local issues, and move rapidly toward resolving problems; investing almost wholly their efforts in the bettering of our tomorrow. Unfortunately, this furiously burning passion dies out soon and is directed elsewhere often too prematurely for an issue to be resolved. We move from [...]

Less than two years after the passage of Arizona’s controversial SB 1070, which allows Arizona police to question citizens about their immigration status if they have suspicion, the Arizona Senate Appropriations Committee passed SB 1083. This controversial new law would instate the “Arizona Special Missions Unit”, a state militia with a yearly price tag of [...]

While the Occupy Movement is a subject that has been widely over publicized and scrutinized by the media, its influence is still very relevant to 99 percent of us, making this extremely important. The social networking site, Facebook, is one of the methods to attract attention to their goal. It is very efficient in that [...]

Ron Paul is a candidate who sticks to his beliefs but has some extreme views. A lot of students are for Ron Paul because he is in support of the legalization of drugs and he believes in taking the government out of a lot of aspects of our lives. Ron Paul also promises a fight [...]

Defending politicians is risky business. Despite all incentives; when they endorse one’s interests, share similar opinions and promise to advance their constituents’ agenda, citizens feel almost an instinctive reflex to hedge glorifying statements in protection of their candidate’s credibility. Perhaps it is because politicians will not allow a meaningful period of time to pass between [...]

George Washington: Revolutionary War hero, founding father of the United States of America and our nation’s first president. As one of America’s greatest historical figures, Washington is remembered across the nation in museums, monuments and everyday when we pull a dollar bill from our pockets. The dollar bill not only serves as a testament to [...]

The Susan G. Komen Foundation has come down with a case of toddler-itis frequently found in political arenas, employing the juvenile sentiment of “takesies-backsies” in its recent debacle with Planned Parenthood.
The breast cancer charity announced earlier this past week of its plans to pull breast cancer screening grants in the amount of $700,000 from Planned [...]