Letter to the editor: End the ‘R’ word

For the first time at Carroll University, Greek Life enacted an awareness event by participating in the Spread the Word to End the Word campaign. This operation originally began with Soeren Palumbo at Notre Dame and Tim Shriver at Yale but now employs college campuses throughout the world looking to join the movement of mutual respect and human dignity.

Point Counter-Point: Walker’s budget: Who’s going to budge first?

Those who take issue with what Gov. Scott Walker has proposed regarding unions should remember elections have consequences. | Much of the public uproar over Scott Walker’s budget repair bill has focused around the stripping of collective bargaining rights for public employee unions.

A modest request to all bandwagoners: Stop ruining it for the rest of us

Packers fan speaks out to defend true team loyalty

Point Counter-Point: Is Valentine’s Day a money-making scheme or an exciting, celebratory part of our culture?

Valentine’s Day is the worst best idea in the history of holidays… | I am not going to lie. I (sometimes) love Valentine’s Day…

Point Counter-Point: Should communters go through rain, sleet, snow, and hail to get to campus?

Tears freezing on my cheek. Snow creeping its way into my boot. My fingers almost instantly losing all feeling and I’ve barely begun my day. Nobody absolutely needs to go to class when a snow day should be called. Commuters, in particular do not need to go to class when snow days should be called.

Point Counter-Point: Professors as Facebook friends?

Now, I won’t argue against the fact that there is more negative attention drawn towards the overlap of Facebook and academics nowadays, but is it so wrong to officially friend a mentor?

Letter to the Editor: Sexuality & Religion

This is to the gay students who think their sexuality conflicts with their spirituality. I want you to know you have choices. You can choose how to live with your sexuality.

Fond Farewells and merry-go-rounds

Where did the time go? It only seems like yesterday… blah, blah, blah. I know you probably are not interested in hearing the tale of my college career, and that is understandable, you have your own story to live.

Letter to the Editor: Campus Involvement

Often times when I talk about this school, the most common thing people say is Carroll is a “suitcase school”. After doing some investigating, I discovered that our freshman-to-sophomore retention rate, on average over the past 4 years, has been around 75 percent – meaning 25 percent of freshman will drop-out or transfer to another school before their sophomore year begins.

How to be the best Santa this year…

The New Perspective’s 2010 holiday gift guide for all of your picky friends and family.

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