Anyone who has attended college, I hope has had the pleasure of witnessing the Bible Blasters that often occupy the campus’ free speech area. You may ask, “Bible Blasters?” I refer to them as Bible Blasters for the sole reason that one or 2 (usually) men occupy the free…
By: Thomas Ponsive Wired Magazine recently came out with an article called '1 Million Workers. 90 Million iPhones. 17 Suicides. Who's to Blame?' The article's title right from the get go makes you wonder, what's the correlation? The company that makes iPhones over in Shenzhen, China, Foxconn, has made…
By: Raelea C. Phillips Many liberals are pro gay marriage and believe a woman should have the right to choose; but they are against legalizing polygamy and prostitution. At least most conservatives are consistently against the freedom of choice in all four realms. Has either side thought about a…
By: Gahdly Popawitchen This is a bit of a throwback in terms of film reviews. Many have been raving about the recent film The Social Network. And while I'm not disputing its already-proven critical acclaim, I will go out on a limb and state that Jesse Eisenberg has done…
By: Ray Rife Is it just me, but are you tired of hearing about the economic troubles of billionaires and millionaires? Banking executives, real estate moguls, politicians, now we have to hear it from NFL owners and players. While NFL owners and players pout about how to divide up…
By: Ray Rife raysbbr@gmail.com Eldrick “Tiger” Woods. (Wait.) What was your initial reaction when you read that name? Disgust? Pity? Hatred? Respect? Awe? I’m sure for many people what they thought of Tiger Woods prior to Thanksgiving weekend 2009 has changed since then. Tiger was dominant on the golf…
By: Ray Rife - raysbbr@gmail.com Imagine you’re a college student at a prestigious institution of higher learning taking a human sexuality class. You discuss the Kinsey Report and all the things traditionally associated with human sexuality. Then one day, your professor tells you about an after-class, optional lecture about…
By: Jim Hoover Republicans are united in pettiness and vindictiveness. If that isn’t enough, they lie with impunity; for a media that checks veracity has long fled the American scene. The neo-conservative paradigm they must follow requires certain generic qualities; that is, if they don’t want to be drummed out of the…
By: Gina Volpe New studies released show that one in five divorce petitions cites Facebook. Well, duh. Aside from the obvious conclusion that Facebook allows you to spot and then divorce the jerks who feature acoustic guitars in their default photos and post badly-written, inane status updates; communicating with…
By: Sean May I wrote this article to discuss what many people have been misinformed about. I intend this to bring up a bunch of subjects and interesting debates for good conversation and not the typical "MAKE IT LEGAL!" stoner rambling. It seems pretty clear when you have all…