A year ago this week, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act. The law enacts significant health insurance reforms that will take effect over the next several years. But one very important piece...

Most people believe that war spending can “stimulate” the economy. The huge increase in government spending during WWII allegedly got us out of the Great Depression. The problem with this theory is...

As we begin the annual process of transitioning to a new administration in the SGA, it is important that we look at how far we’ve come, where we are and where we’re going. The James Fowler administration...

The election results were no surprise. Though I endorsed Coresa Nancy Hogan, Grant Cochran seemingly has the qualifications and the intentions to bring about positive change on campus. Though the desire...

After reading the highly critical and condescending opinion piece by Ben McGough in the March 9, 2011 issue of the CW, I feel compelled to respond to the know-it-all, holier-than-thou spirit of his writing....

Self-loathing is a fickle mistress. On the one hand, the perpetrator can seem acutely aware of faults. On the other, it’s an excellent method of aligning oneself with the problems and not any foreseeable...

Ben McGough’s letter titled “CW caters to thoughtless student body” is unfair and misinformed. The Crimson White is first and foremost a student-run university newspaper produced for students of...

The Machine, or Theta Nu Epsilon, is an organization of white sororities and fraternities that use collaborative efforts to elect SGA representatives and homecoming queens. There are people that question...

So what’s worse than waking up early for class on a dreary day with the entire campus tense from the election of yet another Machine candidate last night? Having it topped off by having to read “CW...

Anyone who has read my most recent columns has become more familiar with the problems that exist on this campus. But while we sit here and debate the detriment of inflated housing prices or being forced...

I sent this column in before the SGA election results were announced last night. The fact is that the results – no matter the victors – cannot be seen as the sole indicator for campus progress. Waiting...

Since the end of the Cold War, the perceived external “threat” has shifted from red to green; from communism to Islam. Especially following Sept. 11, 2001, Muslim terrorists emerged as the single largest...