Opinions

On April 4th the 2012 election officially began. President Obama surprised no one by announcing his bid for re-election approximately nineteen months before the election. The nomination and election process is too long. It seems like just yesterday that the midterm elections concluded and the process of the next election has already begun. President Obama is hoping to raise $1 billion for his campaign over the next nineteen months, which begs the question: is any election worth that? The race for the GOP nomination is also starting to heat up...

When people think of the word “raw,” one of the first things that comes to mind is probably bloody meat. Yet that is not the image of a raw foods diet. A raw foodie strives to eat only that which the human body is biologically designed to digest—organic and uncooked fruits, nuts and vegetables. Raw foods are defined as foods that contain their natural enzymes. Enzymes aid in the digestion and absorption of food. Because enzymes begin to degrade at a minimum of 106 degrees Fahrenheit, raw foodies avoid cooked...

One of the most commonly recurring phrases while touring colleges is “security.” For schools to be competitive, they need to sell campus security to the parents, so they believe that their “babies” are safe out in the big world. Security, however, is neither as stringent as is advertised, nor does it have to be. While Security Services is concerned with the safety of students, a big part of it involves the parking lots and helping people who have been locked out, not preventing bad things from happening to students. Even...

You know that character with schizophrenia who is convinced that the government is watching him and is used in nearly every hospital or alien related movie ever made? Today, he might not be entirely crazy to believe that his every move is being tracked. Although there are several situations in which devices that can track a person’s location can be good, and even save lives, it is necessary for the government to set up boundaries that limit the violations of personal privacy. After 9/11, the government implemented the Federal Communications...

Read for pleasure lately? Doubt it—in college, chances are that students have very little time to dedicate to reading material that is not required for a class, and here at Puget Sound, many students lack the time or motivation to even indulge in reading what is required. This trend reflects the habits of a majority of adult Americans. When I do occasionally crack open a required reading for a class (i.e. midterm in two hours), I often notice something interesting: that my mind is completely blown. Such books and articles...