It began with a casual discussion of university economics. It ended with a newfound distrust in humanity. Well, maybe not entirely newfound. I suppose my sophomore slump culminated into misanthropic lethargy prior to last Wednesday. But in any case, when discussion in my ethical philosophy class turned to the moral foundations for university investments, I [...]

Was the womyn in the image above photoshopped? Does it matter? Norway thinks so. Their government is thinking of implementing a policy that forces advertisements using photoshopped images of models presenting unrealistic beauty ideals to contain a warning label. Norway’s Equality Minister on the plan: “‘We have to reduce the pressure the beauty ideal generates,’ [...]

We’ve heard this one before.  Tim Tebow does nothing the entire game, and then comes up with a late touchdown to win his third out of four starts this season.  Simply put, this guy’s a winner. We have seen the Broncos transform into an option heavy team that relies on mostly the run.  And there’s [...]

While the idea of writing about the train wreck that is Lindsay Lohan has little to no appeal to me, I was so disheartened by the headline in the Gawker this week, ”To be Successful, Lindsay Lohan Must Die” that I felt obliged to share my thoughts. Now, before completely discrediting the article, I have [...]

We have all had those moments where we think that we have given it our all but then were able to push through and exceed our own expectations.  In Louisiana, a young man did just that but pushed so far his body could not keep up.  Christian Bergeron was in the Lousiana Class 5A State Cross Country [...]

Some essential reading on the Occupy movement is Ned Reskinoff’s “From an Occupation to a Movement,” in which he opines on the future of the occupation after OWS’s eviction from Zucotti Park.  It’s a great piece, and my favorite part is when he discusses the consensus model that OWS operates with: It’s also less democratic than it [...]