Category: Editorial

In a recent address to the nation, President Barack Obama claimed that the troops were coming home for the holidays. He readdressed the pledge he made after taking office to end the war in Iraq and bring our troops home. The president says by the end of the year the remaining troops, tens of thousands of them, will begin packing their gear and return to the United States. The war in Iraq will finally be over. It seems like nine years of war would have resulted in a definite result. Yes, the evil boogey man has danced at the end…

In order to keep up with the technological advances from other countries, President Obama announced a new goal for America: that by the end of the decade, the United States will once again have the largest percentage of college graduates in the world. As incentive for this, the idea has been toyed with that the funding that a college or university receives will be decided in part by the completion rate that each institution reaches. However, the completion rate that Del Mar College holds currently is about 11.4% according to the statistics profile released on the school’s website. However, what…

              Virtually every university in America requires student to submit to the agony of standardized tests in order to become a student at their school. The SAT, ACT, GMAT, LSAT, and MCAT are all tests that potential students need to pass in order to just be considered, and most often they must score in the high percentile to be considered a candidate. In the state of Texas, high school students must pass the TAKS, Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills in order to graduate, regardless of their overall grades. Why would an assessment test…

                  Rick Perry is at it again Life on the campaign trail must be tough. Traveling from city to city, meeting new people constantly, glad-handing every potential political contributor, it can drive a person crazy. Is that what has happened to Rick Perry? Although he has had a colorful past as the Governor of this great state, his ambitions for the highest office sound like they are leading him to talk out of the opposite end.

Staff Editorial Proposed House Bill 822 would allow anyone with a valid state-issued concealed firearm permit to carry a concealed firearm in any state that issues such permits or does not prohibit the carrying of a concealed firearm. Of the 50 states, only Illinois does not allow concealed carry in any form. Every other state either has its own requirements to obtain a permit or accepts permits from another state. The proposed bill would not be such a leap from the current regulations; it would only be a national extension of the current state regulations. All of these laws are…

A troll, while its origins can be traced back to myths and legends, has become a member of the Internet community with whom most people have had some kind of contact. Trolling is the act of going online and anonymously and continuously insulting a person or a group of people. Some people consider it a growing problem while others consider it to be an act of free speech. Rob Manuel, co-founder of the website B3ta, said that trolling is a way to release people’s desire to poke fun and annoy people; it’s about having a laugh.

Staff Editorial Federal Judge Sam Sparks recently ruled that significant portions of Rick Perry’s emergency law requiring women seeking an abortion to undergo a sonogram are unconstitutional. This law would require doctors to describe in detail the size of the fetus and its organs and make available audio of any fetal heartbeat. Slated to take effect September 1. 2011,Judge Sparks stated that provisions of the bill violated the First Amendment by forcing doctors to engage in government-mandated speech. According to the exact wording of HB15 these are the requirements of the physician or sonographer who are performing these procedures.

Staff Editorial The S.G.A. is one of the most powerful organizations on campus. Do you know what they do? Do you know who they are? Do you know they can affect changes that would have direct consequences for you? How is it that you do not even know that other students have that kind of power over you? With its muddled past, some long-time students have strong opinions about the S.G.A. Who is the S.G.A.? So you are running late and it is a test day, you parked almost on S.P.I.D. and you left your pencil and forgot to pick…