Browsing: Opinion
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7 Opinion: Grand Touristo - Payton Bush
There’s nothing quite as intoxicating as immersing yourself in the excitement and wonders of travel, seeing that which you’ve only seen in pictures (time to take a picture) and trying that which is only possible in a country where one of the main industries is tourism. But then there’s nothing quite . . . (Continue Reading)
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10Opinion: 3D Disney MoviesOpinión: Películas de Disney en 3D- Melissa Gaherty
There is nothing better than reminiscing about those carefree childhood years with an old Disney classic. Although, at this point in our lives, most of us are old enough to understand the subtle inappropriate comments disguised with humor and ignorance as well as some racial references that were frequent in . . . (Continue Reading)
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0 Opinion: My Mid-Break Checklist - Breana Hume
As we near the middle of our Christmas Break, I have compiled a list of activities that students must do in order to have an enjoyable break! So instead of sitting around for the next nine days, try to cross off as many of these activities as you can! 1. Go . . . (Continue Reading)
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4 Opinion: We Need a Wake-Up Call - Meredith Geaghan-Breiner
Sifting through old magazines today, I stumbled upon perhaps the most tasteless line I've encountered in local journalism, courtesy of Silicon Valley’s own Gentry Magazine. Writing in the publication’s August 2011 issue, editor Elsie Floriani opened her travel feature with a dose of self-pity, musing, "It just could be that . . . (Continue Reading)
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2 Opinion: What Makes a Good Teacher - Madeline Drace
It takes a special sort of person to be a teacher. It’s a demanding job with little thanks in return. For the truly wonderful teachers, whatever thanks they get is nowhere near enough. For the truly awful, even a little thanks seems undeserved. But what separates the wonderful from the okay, . . . (Continue Reading)
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1 Opinion: Death To The Dentist - Sara Vitale
I would rather sleep, do homework, have a tea party with a poisonous Bulgarian centipede, converse at length with a blade of grass, or dig my eyeballs out with a rusty spoon than visit the dentist on a Thursday morning. When did the dentist become an object of so much pent-up . . . (Continue Reading)
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1 Opinion: Speaking of Hard-Headedness - Gavin Rea
There are three types of people in this world: those who bike wearing helmets, those who don’t, and those who bike with helmets on their handlebars (to those who don’t bike: bear with me. A helmet's like a seatbelt in a car). We’ll go over each individually.
Those Who Wear Helmets: . . . (Continue Reading)
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0Thanksgiving: Yes It Is a Real HolidayDía de Gracias es Día de Fiesta También- Lillie Hedges
Thanksgiving is a forgotten holiday. Between the costumed revelry of Halloween and the snowy nostalgia of Christmas, it always seems to get overlooked by American consumers. Halloween is the only time of the year where it is acceptable for kids to receive candy from strangers. It's no wonder people enjoy it. . . . (Continue Reading)
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2 Bro Tanks - Kurt Songer and Jenna Fox
ANTI BRO TANKS- Jenna Fox
Imagine your ideal man strolling through the halls of M-A. Jeans slightly sagged, and swagger intact, he runs his fingers through his beach blonde hair and throws you a wink. You start to swoon and your knees are about to buckle, until . . . (Continue Reading)
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0 Opinion: Penn State Scandal - Breana Hume
As media coverage bombards news sources of the recent Penn State scandal, majority of the reporting focuses on Joe Paterno for his failure to speak up about Jerry Sandusky’s sexual abuse of underage boys resulted in his dismissal as head coach. Even though the question of whether or not Paterno . . . (Continue Reading)
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1Opinion: Dissection Has Lost Its SignificanceOpinión: La disección Ha Perdido Su Significado- Sara Vitale
Many approach dissection far too casually considering it entails chopping up animals. No longer is it reserved solely for medical research and teaching; it has instead become a flippant undertaking rapidly losing meaning. In Human Biology we were forced to dissect a sheep brain. I say, “forced” because we were not . . . (Continue Reading)
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0 Opinion: Occupy Should Edit Goals - Annalise Deal
When I came home from school one day, I asked my dad, an economic analyst, about his Opinion on Occupy Wall Street. He proceeded to tell me why it was absurd and all of their goals were economically incorrect. To some degree this is true; however, there is no denying . . . (Continue Reading)
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4 Opinion: Allow Gay Men to Donate Blood - Alison Myoraku
In the days leading up to M-A’s annual blood drive, students prepared to give blood by filling out permission forms as advised by the regular announcements during SSR. While these announcements warned about conditions for those who had recently visited malaria-infested countries, they neglected to mention one curious criterion for . . . (Continue Reading)
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1 Opinion: European Occupy Movement Hinders Reform - Jacob Pfau
On Oct. 15, the Occupy Wall Street movement spread to Europe. Protesters across the continent took up arms, but for contradictory aims. Some demand that the European Union take action to counteract the wealth inequalities of capitalism (the wealthy 1%) and against the debt crisis, while others advocate for the . . . (Continue Reading)
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1 Opinion: the California DREAM Act - Breana Hume
As national debates regarding immigration remain extremely heated, California is showing steps towards amending the deeply broken system in America. Recently signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown, the California DREAM Act is a two-part bill that gives illegal immigrants that intend to go to college access to state-financed aid . . . (Continue Reading)
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