Opinion

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OPINION: Gum wrapper can be expensive

April 24, 2014 Sella Robinett - Ranger Reporter 0

Plastic bags and Styrofoam cups adorn the fence line. Newspapers billow along the roadside. Cigarette butts are scattered across the ground like stars across the night sky. It’s a beautiful scene.

Well, OK, maybe it isn’t. In fact, it’s downright ugly.

I detest litter, especially because there is absolutely no reason for it. Tossing a soda can out of the car window is no big deal; it’s just one can – except it isn’t. There are more than 20 million drivers in the state of Texas. Just imagine if everyone tossed “just one” thing out the window every day.

EDITORIAL: It’s not just ‘Big Bird’: Watch Panhandle PBS

April 24, 2014 The Ranger 0

There is a little TV station that lives down on the lower-numbered channels. It is a little station that few of us settle on when we’re just searching for something to zone out on. It’s a station that has been there for us since childhood but now that we’re older gets neglected like an old friend we don’t call often enough.

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STC works out kinks

April 15, 2014 Emily Prestwood - Ranger Reporter 0

Nine weeks into the semester, it appears Amarillo College’s latest endeavor, the Science Testing Center, finally has worked out all the kinks.

Students who have managed to avoid Warren Hall and all things science may be unaware of what the Science Testing Center is and how dysfunctional it was when it opened.

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Opinion: Looking beyond the stereotypes, prejudice to see the people

April 13, 2014 Brandi Hutcheson - Flex Page Editor 0

Imagine this: You go to a car sales lot and a woman walks up to you and begins to talk to you about the mechanics of the car you’re considering and why it works best.
She’s probably pulling your leg, right? Only men know this stuff. How about when you see a Hispanic family shopping around a local Walmart with their children? Some might go as far as to think they probably are just depending on welfare and “stealing” jobs.

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OPINION: Global Scholars: We’ve returned with one suggestion: GO

April 4, 2014 Amanda Castro-Crist - Editor 0

We could sit and list all the places we visited. You could read through them, say, “Oh, how nice,” and forget about it tomorrow. Or you could do what we did: apply immediately when the next trip is announced, save money like your life depends on it and drown yourself in research. It’s a lot of work, but believe us when we say it’s worth it and you’ll have the time of your life.