Staff Editorial
Thank you for the stellar semester
All good things come to an end. Fortunately for our readers, The Daily Cougar is not always good. This means that, while this is our last print issue for this semester, we will return...
Documentary reveals Texas revisionists
Any Texan who wants to know why the State Board of Education recently lost much of its control over setting the standards for educational materials for Texas public schools should watch a new documentary...
Senate candidates won’t worry about young vote
The 2012 Senate election for the US will be in November, and Texas candidates can’t wait for Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson to retire. Hutchinson could have had a fourth term all the way through. She...
Texas scholarship creator is not forgotten
At 95, Howard Terry, founder of the Terry Foundation non-profit scholarship organization, suffered a fatal heart attack Friday morning. “Success is the attainment of goals you’ve set for yourself in life,” Terry used to advise...
Rick Perry should abort his 2016 ambitions
Gov. Rick Perry gave some horrifying information Wednesday during an interview with CBSDFW following a speech to the Plano Chamber of Commerce. Perry told the station that he is considering making another run for...
Genital mutilation cake was tasteless media stunt
Few would attest the claim that cakes are generally pretty inoffensive. However, there have been few notably offensive cakes — or references to cakes — in the history of the culinary concoction. Marie Antoinette...
Seamus controversy unnecessary
Mitt Romney’s dog Seamus received some good news this week: He will never again have to ride in a crate strapped to the top of his owner’s car. As a potential “first pup” candidate,...
Santorum pulls out of Republican primary
Rick Santorum pulled out of the Republican presidential primary on Tuesday — and not a moment too soon. If he had stayed in any longer, he would have had to further deal with the...
Smartphones are no longer a useless luxury
Students without smartphones are disadvantaged in today’s technological society. The more often a student can check their inbox, social media and other online necessities, the better off they are in landing an internship or...