Recent car break-ins signal need for student self-awareness
The saying goes that the first time something happens it’s chance, the second time it’s coincidence and the third time it’s conspiracy.
May 29, 2020
Opinion
Like it or not, Americans need Al-Jazeera
By The Journal | February 9th, 2011The recent explosion of democracy-flavored protests across the Middle East has been cause for pause over the last several weeks. As media outlets worldwide fight for the most in-depth coverage of the movements in Tunisia, or more recently, Egypt, an interesting question about media coverage is being posed.
To Ensure Citizenship: The Pursuit of cholesterol, cheese and maybe a soda
By Carlos Restrepo | February 9th, 2011An examination on the kind of food only found in America.
American Savage: Friggin Super
By Collin Reischman | February 9th, 2011Perhaps nothing more brutal and American exists than the Super Bowl.
Crime and Punishment: The WGHS Drug Treatment Policy
By Jennifer Proffitt | February 9th, 2011Students are given a rare opportunity, and they should take advantage of it
Crime and Punishment: The WGHS Drug Treatment Policy
By Collin Reischman | February 9th, 2011Drug prevention should be about realistic treatment, not saving face
Who Wears Short Shorts? I do
By Eva Connors | February 9th, 2011Man or woman, clothing should be about personal desire, not meeting arbitrary standards of the public.
Text Alerts: Too little, too late
By Eva Connors | February 4th, 2011Texting rocks. It’s one of my favorite technological advances. It’s easier to ask somebody a question via text message than call them and make awkward small talk. As the years go on, texting has become more and more useful. Businesses, organizations and events have started jumping on the text-info bandwagon.
The Journal survives Snopocalypse 2011
By The Journal | February 4th, 2011The end of the world has come … or at least that’s what the weathermen would have had us believe during the storm of a lifetime — “snopocalypse.” However, once The Journal staff got close to campus we wondered, “What’s the big deal?”
The Social Network World
By The Journal | February 4th, 2011Social media is a phrase invented and implemented since the inception of websites like MySpace and AOL instant messenger over 10 years ago. But it wasn’t until the juggernaut of Facebook and even more recently, Twitter, that we began to understand what it truly meant.
Webster University must make an effort to keep transfers and commuters on campus
By Kendra Hicks | February 4th, 2011Students at Webster University all have one thing in common. We are here to graduate and find a job. But there is something that separates us: some of us live on campus and the rest commute.
Whether in dorms or commuting, your campus is what you make it
By Tiffany Woods | February 4th, 2011Anyone who’s lived in Webster University’s housing knows it’s not exactly an “Animal House” experience. The small size of Webster does not lend itself to the college life of a large state university. Even so, living with other people your age in large numbers is an invaluable life experience, one that really only happens when you’re in college.
American Savage: Paved with Gold
By Collin Reischman | February 4th, 2011Gold. Sweet, wonderful, shiny gold. It makes jewelry, and it once backed our currency. Oh Christ, don’t stop reading. This won’t be an examination of the Federal banks. No, this is a simpler concept I’m etching out here.
Monster Media Merger
By Evan Mueller | January 28th, 2011Allowing a corporation to control and deliver media is dangerous
American Savage: Nazi Zombies
By Collin Reischman | January 27th, 2011Are you familiar with the Nazi argument? Perhaps that needs clarification. How often have you seen someone invoke the memory of Nazi’s to win a trivial discussion?
Hands off my remote
By Amanda Keefe | January 27th, 2011On a weekly basis, my boyfriend and I flip through channels, looking for something decent to watch. At some point, I’ll stealthily take the remote and end up on one of several trashy reality shows that are on at any time.
