Opinion
Editor Aaron Manuel Email opinion@thedailycougar.com
Growing accustomed to your Facebook
The advancement of technology brings numerous benefits in society. Human achievement is measured in terms of technological innovation while downfalls such as interpersonal alienation, dependence on these tools and possible effects on mental capabilities are...
Putting an ENDA to job discrimination
Freedom from discrimination is something that Americans of different races and backgrounds have fought to achieve since our nation’s founding, and the federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act crucial to this pursuit. If passed, the act would prevent...
The public university system still works and pays
It is a common misconception that money invested in an undergraduate education at a private university will pay off in the future. I cannot say with authority that the experience will not make up for...
A textbook case of price gouging
Often forgotten until the beginning of the semester, textbooks are an added insult to the injury of ever-increasing educational costs. Time has shown that these prices will likely never decrease with even E-books becoming more...
Banking on broken dreams
Among those devastated by the Great Recession, students have had to pay a heavy price, as evidenced by the growing number of unemployed graduates. According to an April 22 report in The Huffington Post,...
Looming jobless tragedy
Unemployment in the United States could be worse; from a global perspective, it could be a lot a worse. Our European neighbors would tell us that much, if they could. Between an underweight employment...
Liberalizing the double standing
Hypocrisy might stretch across both sides of the political aisle, but when it comes from the left, the media seems willing to overlook the double standards and deception and move on. For example, when Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy voiced his...
Watching the cat’s back
About 180 thefts were reported from Aug. 20 to Dec. 20, and there is no way to know how many unreported incidents occurred. Bicycles in front of the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center...