December 2009
New, Greener Energy Sources: A Simpleton’s Point of View on Renewables
|By Anandraj Singh, Broadside Correspondent
There are few things hazier in life right now than trying to figure out how we’re going to power the future.
Faced with such a daunting task with all the issues, problems, bribes, blackmails, threats and politics that revolve around it, I really wonder how the ministers in charge of energy policies (not just in the U.S., but abroad) get time to sleep at night.
Maybe they get huge piles of money? Either that or they know some very good doctors.
China’s Lack of Responsibility: The United States Needs to Lead by Example in Cutting Air Pollution
|By Justin Lalputan, Broadside Correspondent
President Barack Obama has made a trip to China to speak with its leaders about many things, but one of the major things that he wished to talk about was the impact that China has made on the environment.
This is a good move on the president’s part. China needs to be steered in the right direction.
They have simply continued to pollute with no care for the environment.
In 2007, China overtook the U.S. as the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide, and it has not slowed down since.
Nothing to Eat on the Weekends?: The Lack of Dining Options Frustrate Students
|By Kenny Tindal, Staff Writer
Some weekends I have to catch myself while searching for food on campus. I forget that I can’t go to Taco Bell, Burrito Del Ray or many of the other dining options because they are closed for the weekend.
This is something that has confused me ever since I moved on campus as a freshman a year and a half ago.
During the weekdays I was always impressed by the variety and sheer volume of different restaurants and dining facilities, but I was never sure why they closed on the weekend.
California’s Deficit Costs the Public: Government Sanctioning Theivery
|By Brandon Minster, Staff Writer
We’ve all been there before – short on cash and short on options, but what to do? If you’re law-abiding, your options are limited to selling your plasma or getting a payday loan.
Those with a freer sense of decorum have a wide variety of time-tested vices for which the public will pay handsomely.
But if you really want carte-blanche, there’s no surer way to get it than being the government. As the state of California is proving, only the government gets to steal to cover its needs.
Undocumented Students Punishing Students for Their Parents’ Decisions
|By Meridith Kaufaman, Asst. Opinion Editor
The United States is made up of immigrants. It was created by immigrants. It is being sustained by immigrants. Not many can say that their families are originally from America, and if you ask them where they are from, they won’t tell you a city like St. Louis – they’ll tell you they are German with some Italian too.
In My Own Words: Final Four Setting Up for the Excitement and Looking for Closure
|By Fernanda Bartels, Staff Writer
We concluded our regular season schedule with a victory against our rival, the James Madison Dukes. We finished the regular season with a 21-8 record and qualified for the CAA Tournament as the third seed.
Today, we look to prolong our season as we face the second-ranked Delaware Blue Hens at Virginia Commonwealth University. The winner in our match and the winner in the matchup between the top-seeded VCU Rams and the William & Mary Tribe will face off in the conference championship tomorrow.
The French Connection Freshman Midfielder Achieving Soccer Dreams the Other Way
|By Donald O'Mahony, Staff Writer
Skipping senior year of high school, being away from family, living in another country and speaking a different language for a chance to play soccer requires commitment and a strong passion for the game.
For some, this decision would be difficult, but for freshman midfielder Derek Markheim, the choice could not have been easier. Markheim spent the last two years in France with the youth academy at Amiens FC, a professional soccer team currently in the third division. For him, this was an opportunity to work towards his childhood dream.
The Trauma and the Ecstasy
|By Billy Curtis, Sex Columnist
A great woman once said, “The hardest thing in this world is to live in it.”
Though that woman may be Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the point still stands – life is hard. It seems that as time continues to pass so rapidly in this world, the odds of some disaster occurring to you will rise.
Dorm Room Feasts Tips and Secrets to Having an Away-from-Home Thanksgiving
|By Katie Miller, Staff Writer
Thanksgiving is a day for spending quality time with loved ones and of course, eating an inordinate amount of comfort food. Between yams, turkey and stuffing, many take great pride in how many servings they can push down or who can get the drum sticks.
German Ambassador Speaks to Mason Klaus Scharioth Recounts His Memory of the Berlin Wall’s Fall and its Effect
|By Reuben Jones, Broadside Correspondant
Twenty years ago, the people of Germany celebrated a moment in their history that not only provided happiness to its citizens, but broke down a physical and mental barrier that divided all of Europe. It was an event that the German ambassador to the United States, Klaus Scharioth, described as one of the “most positive things that has happened in the past century.”