Student activity fee in the hands of UA students

I am writing on the topic of the student activity fee. I am a member of the Collaboration Board that is researching the idea, and I want to tell you why I am on the board: to listen to students in order to contribute to the enhancement of student life at UA. Student fees are in place at many peer institutions. The question we are examining is that of whether a student activity fee is appropriate for the UA. [Read article]

Take a deep breath and look around you. All the political ads, electoral math, polling and debates can only mean one thing ÷ know what I am talking about? That's right, election season is right around the corner, ladies and gents.

For people like me (i.e. political science majors, news junkies and/or dorks) this is one of the most exciting times of the year. It's right up there with the Super Bowl, baseball playoffs and Christmas. [Read article]

I've got a birthday coming up, number 20 to be exact. Though I probably should be happy to celebrate the fact that I've survived yet another year in this world, I'm not approaching the day with the same unbridled school-girl giddiness of years' past. Key word to describe my state of mind: indifference.

This indifference stems from the fact that age 20 doesn't bring much to the table in terms of rights or privileges. Age 20 pales in comparison to the last milestone birthday of 18, when you could vote like a fiend and legally buy all the porn and tobacco products that you wanted. Additionally, as another slap in the face, 20 still leaves you at stranded while older friends don their barroom best in the hopes of meeting some hottie on the dance floor and humping one another's legs like Jack Russell terriers. [Read article]

The best in last week's editorials from college campuses across the nation.

Boston University

Regardless of whether either of the reforms currently being discussed are put into place, immigrants will continue to cross onto American soil in search of a better life. If passed, these reforms will acknowledge their existence and provide them with that better life.

People constantly look down on both legal and illegal immigrants as being of lesser value than Americans. But Americans must remember that this nation was built by many different immigrants from many different nations. [Read article]