February 8, 2012
Gary Weidemann
Every generation of Americans must confront a critical question: what holds our nation together? The melting-pot concept is one of our defining features and an integral part of our history. It provides a common identity and a shared story that unites our diverse society. E pluribus unum: out of many, one. While our nation still ...
February 6, 2012
Gary Weidemann
On February 7, we will witness a statewide exercise in bureaucratic futility. Missouri is spending about $8 million to hold a presidential primary, a nomination procedure that decides which candidate receives a state’s delegates. But not a single delegate will be awarded as a result of this election. Those silly little things will be determined ...
February 6, 2012
Dave Hon
What does it take to get kicked off a Missouri Western athletic team? That’s the thought crossing a lot of fans’ minds, and with justification. With Benjamin Pister’s previous problems with the law and Ashleigh Curry’s current citation on Jan. 21, Western fans and students should wonder if the discipline of Western athletes is fair. ...
February 6, 2012
Ellis Cross
I wonder what size handcuffs Missouri Governor Jay Nixon wears? He faced another budget shortfall for the next budget year and proposed covering it with money borrowed from some of the state universities. It was sort of borrowing from the state supported schools that know how to manage money to support a state that cannot ...
January 30, 2012
Ellis Cross
During a recent trip to Washington D. C. I had the privilege to meet the Tea Party Patriots National Coordinator, Jenny Beth Martin. I, like most people, had a preconceived notion of who she was and what the Tea Party Patriots were about. I was wrong. Like most Missouri Western State University students I had ...