Recently, the Shanghai and Beijing water pollution has drawn attention from all over the world. The rapid economic growth of China is impressive, but the environment hazards are shocking. China’s pollution growth has been a serious issue for decades, especially in recent years. The big lake in my hometown (Kunming, Yunnan Province, China) has been polluted by the factories...
Last week, prosecutors in Colorado announced that they would be seeking the death penalty for James Holmes, the Aurora, Colo., theater gunman. Last July, Holmes opened fire on a crowded theater at a midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises,” killing 12 and wounding 58. If ever there was someone who deserved the death penalty, it would be Holmes. He murdered...
It’s been a week since Susan Patton’s letter to The Daily Princetonian, in which she urges young Princeton women to “find a husband on campus before you graduate.” “Men regularly marry women who are younger, less intelligent, less educated,” Patton writes. She says that the number of worthy men on campus will dwindle as you get older, and by the time you’re...
Recently some friends and I were debating whether or not to try a new restaurant that was opening in town. One of the first questions was, “Well, did they get their liquor license?’” As a disclaimer, none of these girls are alcohol-dependent hurricanes, but the idea of eating quesadillas without a margarita to wash it down was completely out of the question. Many...
By Trenton Winford tgwinford@bellsouth.net I grew up as one of the biggest little fans of Ole Miss sports. I donned Rebel gear for school, and I made sure my friends who supported Mississippi State were well aware of each Ole Miss success. I had a stuffed dog named Rebel, which has great sentimental value to me. On the Christmas tree every year, I would hang a Col. Reb...
By Tim Abram toabram@go.olemiss.edu The visceral responses to the Associated Student Body Judicial Council’s decision are ones that I could have anticipated. Frankly, I understand the sentiment that students felt as though the decision was reached behind a veil of secrecy. According to the official ASB Judicial Council decision, “(There was) no guidance for the handling...
