A belch is a pretty sincere “I love you” There are many ways to measure the progress of a relationship, but what about the first belch? The first date, the […]
Opinions
General Education: We All Have Something to Learn
Megan Coady’s recent op-ed piece in the Torch, “Being well rounded may put a hole in your pocketbook” reflects a common disconnect between student and university expectations regarding the purpose […]
Oh, How I Miss the Good Old Days!
Whether it’s H1N1 or just plain old influenza, it seems that cold season is upon us. Classes are now filled with coughing, sniffling, germ-infested students.
Area K-12 school districts have already felt the symptoms of flu season and have been forced to close school several days in the past week. For most schools, this means that over 25 percent of their student population was absent due to sickness.
In college however, we aren’t privilege to the same benefits as elementary, middle, and high school students. We don’t shutdown or cancel classes often, especially not simply due to illness.
Letter from the Editor: This Moment
A life is a string a moments, mingled with the moments of others. And from one moment to another things change, lives change. One of those moments was this past […]
Upholding the Standard
A rebuttal: why general education matters In an article written by the Torch’s Opinions Editor Megan Coady in last week’s Torch, she made the argument that general education classes are […]
Smile for Medicaid
For the sake of my pearly whites, I hope this overhaul works out I should consider myself lucky to have health insurance, but I cannot help but notice how flawed […]
Health Care: The National Health Insurance Model
Part four in a six part series covering health care systems around the world The name of Canada’s health care system has been one of the most abused and misconstrued […]
Where Have All the Good Toons Gone?
When I reflect back on my childhood, a pleasant memory that comes to mind is watching Nickelodeon cartoons back in the ‘90s.
In the past week, I’ve been in a nostalgic mood. I’ve been watching YouTube videos of Nickelodeon promos and the commercials. The ones that would run just before “All That” came on. “All That” was the original Saturday Night Live for kids and, I believe one, of the greatest shows of the ’90s, along with “The Amanda Show”, “Rugrats”, “The Angry Beavers” and many more.