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Should Obese Airline Passengers Pay Extra?

Should Obese Airline Passengers Pay Extra?
Obese Passengers Create an Unfair Burden? by:  Jae H. Chung Anyone who needs multiple seats due to their size should be required to purchase multiple seats. Why? Let’s conduct a thought experiment where the large passenger sits in a seat located by the aisle. In order for the large passenger...
March 17th, 2010 | Featured, Issues, Obesity, Recent | Read More

Selling Kidneys for Cash

Selling Kidneys for Cash
Cash-For-Kidneys? NO Sale! by:  Robert L. Houbeck You trudge along the Huron, absorbed in wonder at what the miracle of compound interest is doing to your college debt.  Suddenly, a splash, a cry.  A man flails in the water.  He can’t swim; you can. “Please, help me!”  You (1), plunge...
March 10th, 2010 | Featured, Issues, Recent, Selling Kidneys | Read More

Student Volunteers in Haiti: Harmful or Helpful?

Student Volunteers in Haiti: Harmful or Helpful?
On January 12, 2010 a massive earthquake struck the nation of Haiti…The United States Government has deployed over 13,000 troops, treated over 7,000 patients, and evacuated over 10,500 people as of January 21st. The White House-Office of the Press Secretary-January 21, 2010 Student Development...
February 25th, 2010 | Featured, Haiti, Issues, Recent | Read More

I’m Gay: Should I Get Married?

I’m Gay: Should I Get Married?
Can Queer Love Fit Marriage’s Heteronorms? by:  parker cronin Contrary to what you may believe based on the thesis of this article, I am not a homophobic bigot. In fact, I am a proud gay man. My stance against marriage stems, neither from a sense of self-hatred (I like being gay), nor from religious...
February 17th, 2010 | Featured, Gay Marriage, Issues | Read More

Should Porn be Legal?

Should Porn be Legal?
Pornography and Female Objectification by:  Lexie Tourek Mass produced videos of the “barely legal” girl, the Asian sex-slave, and the impossibly perfect blonde objectify, oppress, and stereotype every womyn. It does not matter that these womyn are filmed voluntarily, that men recognize the fantastical...
February 10th, 2010 | Featured, Issues, Porn | Read More

Limits on Life: When Should Death be a Decision?

Limits on Life: When Should Death be a Decision?
The Right to Die: A Plan for the Worst by:  By: Katelin Davis Dear Mother and Father, If  the time should ever come that you are forced to choose whether to lay me, your child, beneath the Earth or to sustain my life, know that I cherish my life up until the point that you know I am no longer...
February 3rd, 2010 | Euthanasia, Featured, Issues | Read More