National

These past two weeks should have clarified the reality of this election for every rational viewer — while the Democrats sounded with idealism and unity, the Republican Convention crucified fact with frenzied fiction. […]

The College Democrats provide their opinion on Mitt Romney’s VP choice Paul Ryan. […]

The College Republicans provide their thoughts on Mitt Romney’s VP choice Paul Ryan. […]

Popular music features a number of sexist lyrics and themes. […]

People shouldn’t focus on the “perfect” model body, but be happy in their skin. […]

Newt Gingrich apparently thinks the Founding Fathers made a terrible mistake when they established an independent court system. Under his proposals, judges would please the President, Congress, and the public–or suffer the consequences. Presidents could […]

A response to the Kony 2012 documentary. […]

The heated debate about the government mandate misses the more important point about health care costs. […]

The President’s decision to require all employers to include contraceptives at no copay to employees has disturbed many. […]

President Obama delivered his third State of the Union since the start of his presidency. The question is, will his words evoke real change? […]

The Stop Online Privacy Act has led to controversy and questions about its limit on freedom of speech. […]

It is well-known that women have gone through plights to be on equal status with men; however, it is still not achieved. There are still prejudices and discriminatory acts against women in many areas such as work and school. We all have much to learn on equality and tolerance, but something small can make the biggest effect. […]

Sitting amongst a quarter-full audience I see 13 students swinging bells back and forth, conducting a serene rendition of the “Westminster Chimes.” One of the marshmallows I brought falls out of my ears and I can suddenly hear the performance. It isn’t quite what I am used to, nor what I would seek out, but since the marshmallow has rolled under the seat in front of me I have no choice but to listen. I get to thinking. Is the sound made for me? No. Seeing the musicians so absorbed in their art, I think again that perhaps it isn’t being done for anyone else either. They are not concerned about who sees or hears their music but are fulfilled by the mere reverberations off the theatre walls, the vibrations they feel in their chests. Nagging hand-bell choir, were it not for my article in the Signal you wouldn’t even have known I was there —but thank you for the gift. […]