The University News

24-hour library desire questionable

Editorial Board • November 20, 2008

The proposal for keeping Pius XII Memorial Library open 24 hours is a lot like shopping for a coveted Christmas gadget. Like a new laptop or Blackberry, you desperately want it when you see it on the shelf. But when you glimpse at the price tag and feel the sticker shock, you reevaluate that desire.

Prop. M as social justice

Editorial Board • November 13, 2008

On Tuesday, Nov. 4, Proposition M failed on the St. Louis County ballot by just 5 percentage points. Though it's surprising that the initiative failed by so little, resulting cuts in MetroLink service will prove just how integral public transit is in St. Louis.

Forecasting Billiken basketball

Editorial Board • November 13, 2008

Fans, St. Louisans, Billikens, lend us your ears: Basketball season is about to begin. Tomorrow night at 7 p.m. at the Chaifetz Arena, Saint Louis University's Basketball Billikens take on University of Missouri - St. Louis for the first game of the Fall season.

Beauty out of ‘Ugliness Ahead’

Editorial Board • November 6, 2008

You've seen the fliers around campus: Yellow and black caution signs emblazoned with "Warning: Ugliness Ahead!" These signs advertise the startling exhibit "Them: Images of Separation," which hangs in the Busch Student Center until Nov. 26. The display includes a series of everyday objects from the past 100-or-so years, from postcards to T-shirts to comic strips and board games.

Technology: Telepathy or Social Tool?

Editorial Board • November 6, 2008

OMG. IDK. Txts r def a prob srsly. Probs. Totes. Lmao. N libes w/ bff and obvi awk rando. 2 apt n 5 mins. Forget French or HTML-text abbreviations are the language of the future. E-mailing, texting, chatting, Twittering ... each of these technologies uses the telepathic shorthand of text-speak to communicate thoughts without words.

Voting time

Editorial Board • October 30, 2008

Here it is . after months of speculation, after scrutinized debates and swarming rallies, after so many volunteer hours, so many voter registration drives, so many foreboding television ads and pre-recorded phone calls, so much sweat and so much rhetoric, it's here.

All the President’s Billikens

Editorial Board • October 30, 2008

Dear Father Biondi, As the students of Saint Louis University consider what we want in a U.S. president, we can't help but consider what we want in a university president. After your October monthly message, we're starting to wonder what your platform is, what priorities you hold.

The University News endorses Obama

Editorial Board • October 23, 2008

During the presidential primaries, the editorial board of The University News endorsed Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain to represent their respective parties in the 2008 presidential election. These two candidates were chosen because they presented the greatest degrees of poise, integrity and sound reasoning for progressive policies among their fellow contenders.

Vote “no” on Amendment 1

Editorial Board • October 23, 2008

Proposed Amendment 1 to the Missouri constitution asks voters to require all official government business to be conducted in English, and only English, when public policy is discussed or decided. The mandate includes meetings, video and conference calls, Internet chats and message boards.

More than apathetic, less than fanatical

Editorial Board • October 9, 2008

Last week, Saint Louis University became an incubator of political activity. Two rallies, one for each party, touched down on campus. The first was for Republican Gov. Sarah Palin at the Chaifetz Arena on Oct. 7. Nearly 10,000 people gathered to watch the vice presidential debates and catch a first-person glimpse of Palin and her family, students and St.

Stress Prep 101

Editorial Board • October 9, 2008

The month of October is ticking away, and that means midterms are creeping around the corner at Saint Louis University. Many students will experience a great deal of stress as they study (or put off studying) for these academic halfway markers. Before they hole up in some secluded corner, plug their skulls with iPod headphones and start devouring those textbooks, however, it's important to plan to relieve that stress in a constructive way.

Town hall is students’ call

Editorial Board • October 2, 2008

Just as vice presidential candidates Gov. Sarah Palin and Sen. Joe Biden are clearing their throats tonight before the big debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis University administrators will be preparing for a little dialogue of their own.