Tuesday night a panel of nine addressed the use of slur words like the N-word, gay, queer and retarded at the event titled "Take it back?" A portion of the panel discussion was focused on reclaiming these slurs. Yolanda Williams, an African American studies instructor and adviser in Minority Affairs, said society might not be ready to reclaim these words. (10) comments
Even though there was a deeper meaning behind the Jurassic Park movies, we were all blown away by the action packed story lines and visual effects. Now, that we're engaged in highly intense college courses and looking at the world critically, that deeper meaning to Jurassic Park should return instantaneously when you discover what's happened at Pennsylvania State University. (0) comments
Gov. Rod Blagojevich is looking to increase his power. It could be seen as good news in making cuts to stop the growing budget deficit, but it could be a disaster to higher education, public schools and other agencies. Blagojevich is interested in cutting 8 percent of the budgets of state agencies, which could total $2. (3) comments