The NEIU Independent, Northeastern Ilinois University, IL
2 days ago by Michelle Jacobson
Barack Obama's election on Nov. 4th made me so proud to be a part of this wonderful, open-minded, accepting nation and gave me so much hope for the future. Within 24 hours that pride in the good of America was reduced to shame when I found out that California voted to pass Proposition 8.
PUC Chronicle, Purdue University Calumet, IN
4 days ago by Steven VanderVelde
"Why so serious?" said Heath Ledger as the Joker in "The Dark Knight." Yeah, I know. If I hear one more Joker impression I'm going to make a pencil disappear into my eye socket. But I think this quote really works with what I want to say here.
A couple weeks ago News Editor Brian Bultema's column addressed why we need to lighten up in our daily routines, and Editor in Chief Nathyn Gibson told us last week about his hunger to stick out in the crowd.
Chicago Flame, University of Illinois, IL
4 days ago by Whitney Paige Green
On the night of the election, I was at the home of a conservative. I was watching the Comedy Central Colbert-Stewart special when the announcement was made: "Barack Obama is the President-Elect." I wanted to scream and rejoice, but I didn't want to offend my friend's mother, so I yelped into a pillow.
Chicago Flame, University of Illinois, IL
4 days ago by Gaurav Garg
He had a mental breakdown. He ran a left-handed specialty store. He fought numerous fistfights with his next-door neighbor, got drunk and married a woman in Las Vegas despite already being married, and then lost his true wife to a tragic accident caused by his "neighborino.
Torch, Roosevelt University, IL
4 days ago by Daniel Smrokowski
The student door monitors and security are asking that everyone, who is not handicapped or does not have a large bundle, to refrain from using the handicapped entrance to the lobby of the Auditorium (AUD) building.
A growing problem that constantly arises in the lobby of the Auditorium building is that able-bodied persons use, or attempt to use, the handicapped door located on the Michigan Avenue side of the AUD building.
Flyer, Lewis University, IL
5 days ago by Nicholas Kerr
In 1975, after a stunning loss in the 1974 midterm elections Ronald Reagan stated about the future of the Republican Party, "Our people look for a cause to believe in. Is it a third party we need, or is it a new and revitalized second party, raising a banner of no pale pastels, but bold colors which make it unmistakably clear where we stand on all of the issues troubling the people?"
Twenty-three years later, the same situation arises in the Republican Party about where the party should go after a defeat that has seen the party lose the White House.
Chicago Flame, University of Illinois, IL
5 days ago by Harry Vasilopoulos
The issue of race has always preoccupied Americans, one way or another. In every piece of history written from the colonial days until today, Americans have been faced with a great dilemma: on one hand stands a deeply-rooted desire to maintain the American Dream, keep Democracy alive and support ideals and ethics like the value of family, life, right to work and equal opportunity.
Flyer, Lewis University, IL
5 days ago
America is facing a big change. We have gone in a new direction and elected a president that goes against the norm. That candidate won through strong campaigning and knowing what the American people wanted. Now he has to stand and deliver. Here's a look back at how he won and how he must meet the needs of the people who elected him.
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