OPINION


3/10/2014, 7:25pm

Let's talk about sex…after marriage

Sex is good. Sex is incredible. Sex feels incredible, or so I am told. I would not know because I am waiting until marriage to find out. The decision to wait until your wedding night is split in our culture, but there seems to be a shift with waiting until marriage being labeled taboo.


3/3/2014, 7:28pm

The cost to kill: Is death worth $24 million?

When some people think of the cost behind the death penalty, they think that it is cheaper than life imprisonment due to the fact that only one bullet is needed or just a needle shoved into the arm to kill somebody.


3/3/2014, 7:26pm

No capitalizing on capital punishment

It is 2000. The year of Y2K, Backstreet’s Back, and Nintendo’s Game Cube. According to The Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) for six years, William Nieves has been on death row, but this year, a Philadelphia jury has acquitted him of murdering Eric McAiely in 1992.


3/3/2014, 7:23pm

The gender bias behind capital punishment

It is one of the topics in the United States that always receives mixed reviews. Capital punishment has been part of U.S. It is a point of contention that sparks disputes in everyone. I will say that I am in favor of capital punishment, however there is a side to the death penalty that I feel people do not necessarily think about. I feel that there is gender bias when it comes to trying women in court.


2/24/2014, 7:19pm

Marijuana: The history and hysteria

Ganja, hookah, pot, grass, Mary Jane, Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) whatever you want to call it, we all know about marijuana. While the drug may go by dozens of names, there seems to be only two opinions regarding this recreational substance, pro-pot, or anti-pot.


2/24/2014, 7:16pm

How hemp can help

What if there was some kind of super crop that cured fatal diseases such as cancer and epilepsy, made great building materials, was a renewable eco-friendly resource and could seriously bring in some money?


2/17/2014, 7:05pm

The harsh reality behind cyberbullying in society

In the past, we defined a bully as someone who would pick on you at recess in the schoolyard, or trip you in the hallway on the way to class. Nowadays, society unfortunately has a new aspect of bullying to deal with — a form that can reach children or teenagers 24/7.