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Starla Salazar / Illustrator

Abroad: A Chinese high-speed rail crash and new markets of the world

[email protected] October 6, 2011

  Living in America, we take many things for granted, even in these times of economic strife. One would think that China, being one of the wealthiest countries in the world, would be a safer...

School system job-oriented, not enough focus on education quality

[email protected] October 6, 2011

There are a million ways I could be fired from my job. Perhaps I am always late, or I don’t do quality work or care enough. Unfortunately, none of these are good enough reasons to fire an American public...

Starla Salazar / Illustrator

@FakerBiondi ignominious to Father

[email protected] October 6, 2011

On Aug. 31, the identity of Saint Louis University President Lawrence Biondi, S.J., was taken to Twitter to create the “Faker Biondi” parody account, found at @FakerBiondi. News of this Twitter...

Corrupt politics drives citizens to erupt in protests in Wall Street

[email protected] October 6, 2011

It is something we should have paid attention to a long time ago. The protests taking place in cities all over the nation are the latest consequences of the economic crisis the world has been suffering...

SGA should focus resources on students and important issues

SGA should focus resources on students and important issues

[email protected] September 29, 2011

  Five weeks into the academic year, getting a head start on making changes and establishing a presence on campus as representatives of students has proven difficult for this year’s Student...

SLU offers ample chances for career development

[email protected] September 29, 2011

If you made a visit to the Career Fair on Wednesday with a spiffy resume and received some good criticism on it, as well as some direction for the future of your education and career plans, you can pat...

Brandon Woods / Illustrator

Oath of Inclusion is not inclusive of all Billikens

[email protected] September 29, 2011

While I am not opposed to diversity and inclusion efforts, I do have opposition to the Student Government Association’s Oath of Inclusion. It has been my biggest fear since the inception of the...

Mental war on terror must end, does not mean preparedness

[email protected] September 29, 2011

“Future terrorist attacks are possible, but Americans are on guard” -the commentary that ran under that title in the Sept. 22, 2011 issue of The University News was a not-unusual response to the remembrance...

Execution of Troy Davis highlights flaws in American legislative system

[email protected] September 29, 2011

Before I had heard anything on the Troy Davis case, my grandmother had given me an audiobook to listen to called “The Confession.” It is by John Grisham and it follows the case of a black man in Texas...

Starla Salazar / Illustrator

Good riddance to Don’t Ask Don’t Tell

[email protected] September 29, 2011

Last week, the United States joined most of the developed world in ending its discriminatory policies against homosexuals in the military, leaving behind such illustrious paragons of civil liberty...

Future terrorist attacks are possible, but Americans are on guard

[email protected] September 22, 2011

Americans have asked themselves repeatedly over the past 10 years and 11 days since Sept. 11, 2001 if it could happen again. With the increased security measures implemented immediately following the coordinated...

Brandon Woods / Illustrator

Lack of knowledge about economy deepens pessimism

[email protected] September 22, 2011

We cannot all be experts at foreign trade, metal exchange or sovereign debt markets, but there is certainly something missing in our education when it comes to the economy. Money shapes our lives. When...

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