Gay Leclair
Clinton, Obama strengths will turn to weaknesses if run on same ticket
Some within the Democratic Party hope that Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama run on the same ticket. All within the Democratic Party should shout from the top of the highest building in a coordinated earsplitting bellow from the diaphragm – NO! Clinton and Obama together on a ticket would be a mistake of immeasurable proportions.
Gem is mix of materialism, capitalism and grieving loss
While surfing the net the other day, I came across this Web site- lifegem.com. The company makes diamonds out of your loved ones. That’s right, I said your loved ones. The process involves an eight-ounce sample of ashes taken from the cremated family member.
Super Tuesday to set tone for race to the White House
It is the most important date of the presidential election year – Feb. 5, 2008. This is the day when the largest number of primaries/caucuses will take place. Twenty-four states will cast their votes for the candidate of their choice. These primaries/caucuses or known as Super Tuesday, can make or break a hopeful candidate’s bid for their party’s nomination.
Political firsts make 2008 presidential bid historic race
The media seem to be on a feeding frenzy over Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and the Democratic Party. They are focusing so much on these two candidates that you would think that no one else is in the race or that the Republican Party even exists. It is not because the media favors the democrats more than republicans, nor is it because they think that these two candidates are the only people who are qualified to be president.
Graduate honored at memorial service
A memorial service was held Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. in the Lincoln Music Hall for Gaungle Li, a foreign exchange student from Xiangtan, Hunan, China. The standing room only crowd had to be moved from the Schultz room to the main hall next door to accommodate everyone that had come to pay their last respects to their friend and fellow student.
Aging not for the faint of heart
I turned 41 last week. Several of my co-workers on The Collegian staff half-heartedly wished me a happy birthday. I say half-heartedly because I think some people were afraid to say happy birthday to me because they were not sure how I felt about turning another year older.
Graduate student found dead
Guangle Li, a Chinese graduate student at SDSU, was found dead in his campus apartment on Friday by University Police. The official press release stated a fellow student of Li’s had reported him missing. Police found the body upon entering Li’s residence.
Embrace everyone’s differences
That is what we should all do. The things that make us different are the things that make life interesting. Life would be boring if we were all the same. These statements are so over-used and clich
Journalist on student paper forced to resign over cartoon publication
Controversy. It makes for increased readership and increased television ratings, which is not necessarily a bad thing. It can draw public attention to topics that require action by inciting debate and hopefully resolution to the problem at hand. But too much controversy can overshadow the issue and cause it to be engulfed by the tidal wave of hostility that arises out of the audiences’ outrage toward the author of the controversial item.
New-age opera set in South Dakota impresses local critic
The Sounds of South Dakota Vocal Showcase presented an adapted version of Mozart’s “The Impresario” to a moderately full audience, on Saturday at the University of Sioux Falls. This version, adapted and directed by Bruce Earnest, director of musical theatre at the University of South Dakota, was set in modern day Sioux Falls with lyrics performed in English and musical accompaniment provided by the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra.
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