OPINION: Sex education in Texas is due for a remodel
“Don’t have sex, because you will get pregnant and die.” This scene from Mean Girls depicts a gym teacher skating awkwardly around the facts in […]
Opinion
EDITORAL: Will your spring break be “wasted”?
Riding on jet skis, soaking up the warm weather surrounded by beauty and making pleasant memories all are fun ways to spend spring break. We […]
OPINION: “Where war is rampant, life is treasured”: Americans and a life of luxury
Here in America, we have freedoms that people in other countries are too afraid to even dream about. We have so much food that we […]
EDITORIAL: Personal integrity is a lost art
Sex, money, status, respect and education are just a few of the things people don’t want to have to work for in this age of […]
OPINION: Stop littering; save an animal’s life
Approximately 70,000 puppies and kittens are born every day in the United States. According to the Humane Society, there are six to eight million cats […]
OPINION: Hope for the future starts with you
Often when I sit down to write something for you excellent newspaper readers, my mind goes in the same direction. I find myself wanting to […]
OPINION: Ethics, are you there?
Education without understanding is like electronics without a power source: useless. According to Wendell Willkie, “Education is the mother of leadership.” To be a great […]
EDITORIAL: Real love: You can afford it
Curled in a ball, crying, listening to Def Leppard’s “Love Bites” on repeat and licking your wounds probably isn’t the ideal way to spend Valentine’s […]
OPINION: Education is key to gun control issues
Gun control has made headlines around the nation recently, and Texas is no exception. We have heard about all the legislation that has been introduced […]