Outside Opinions

September 24, 2010

Key Healthcare Provisions Target Struggling Students

By Opinion Editor

The new Healthcare Reform Act passed in March 2010 could ease the woes of graduating seniors and people under the age of 18.

September 23, 2010

President Obama Defends Federal Education Policy

By Barack Obama

At colleges and universities across America, students are heading into the classroom, many for the first time. You’re taking part in a journey that will not only determine your future, but the future of this country.

May 20, 2010

Abysmal Extravaganza Organization Highlights Hypocrisy

By Doug Burbidge

On Saturday, May 15, thousands of inebriated students descended upon Harder Stadium to enjoy an afternoon of music and overpriced Monster.

May 6, 2010

Condescending Article Disrespects Casual Users

By Andrew Smith

Where do you draw the line between sounding like you’re trying to enlighten your fellow peers and calling them out, ridiculing them and sounding like a total jerk?

April 28, 2010

Stereotype Unjustly Mislabels Romani People

By David Holmes

I have NEVER read a more degrading, racist and offensive article in a student-run newspaper than Friday’s opinion article entitled “Real Gypsies Contrast with Disney Depiction,” Daily Nexus, April 23, 2010) by Drea...

April 26, 2010

Budget Cut Reallocations Reflect Department Heads’ Priorities

By Bill Quirk

In last Thursday’s front-page article, (“Division Bundles Staff Under Budget Tension,” Daily Nexus, April 22) Dean Marshall lays out some revealing numbers about budget cuts to the Division of Humanities and Fine A...

November 19, 2009

Gaucho Soccer Fans Make Harder Anything but Boring

By Opinion Editor

Andrew Seguin’s submission about his negative experiences in English football stands (“English Jeering Takes Fun out of Football,” Daily Nexus, Nov. 16, 2009) reminded me of how awesome the Gauchos really are. He c...

November 19, 2009

Begakis Misses the Mark in Mass Infanticide Column

By Opinion Editor

Oh, Steven Begakis. How cute that you’ve found God (“Mass Infanticide Cannot Be Government Subsidized,” Daily Nexus, Nov. 17, 2009). That must be so nice. Unfortunately, not all of us share your zeal for a higher b...

November 13, 2009

Fan Defends Value of “Dear Igor” Column

By Opinion Editor

“Dear Igor” is the very best thing about the Nexus this year, and I am proud that the staff was brilliant enough to create such an epic advice column. The fact that his articles are taken so seriously (&#8220...

November 6, 2009

Labels Distort True Political Ideologies

By Opinion Editor

Jeffery Robin’s article, “Radical Conservative Challenges Parties’ Adherence to Status Quo” (Daily Nexus, Nov. 4, 2009), delivers an important point: “Conservatives” such as Bill O’Reilly, Rush Limbaugh and...

October 1, 2009

Questions About the Constitutional Sense of Conservative Point

By Eric Goldman

This column ("Obama's Health Care Plan Sells Public a Package of Lies," Daily Nexus, Sept. 29) is one of the most right-wing and misleading things I've read in the Nexus, and the author really has no idea what he is talk...