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Dirty Politics Breed Inequality
By SACHA BRENAC The death of organized labor, technological advancement and globalization are joint forces contributing to the richest one percent owning 25 percent of the America’s wealth. This income disparity brings a seemingly natural decay of a system dedicated to equality. That decay is corruption. The American ideals of freedom and democracy are under [...]
Obama Tackles College Affordability at Michigan
By MAXWELL REINHARDT Last Friday, Jan. 27, President Barack Obama’s long-awaited rally at the University of Michigan began. The numbers were overwhelming. Thousands of students gathered in the early morning hours, in the frigid cold, clamoring for a chance to hear the president’s world-renowned oratory. America’s college students are currently the most alert political audience [...]
Anti-Pirating Legislation Pulls College Students to Protest
Every once and a while, the government does something that causes a stir among college students. Right now, it’s the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), Protect IP (Intellectual Property) Act (PIPA), and the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). SOPA and PIPA have been endorsed by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), as they were, “designed [...]
Letter From The Editor: Response to Online Commentary
We would like to address some of the previous comments on the Bullet website, particularly those in our Viewpoints section last semester. At the Bullet, we love to spark conversation. We love when we are able to report the news that professors spend the first half of class talking about. Whether the comments are good [...]
Romney’s Momentum Collapses
By MAXWELL REINHARDT Over this past weekend, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s smooth march to the Republican presidential nomination was interrupted by two upsets. The Iowa Republican Party declared former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum the official winner of its January caucuses, a prize that just two weeks ago had been awarded to Romney, and former [...]
Poor Reporting in Paterno’s Death has Dire Implications
It started around 8:45 p.m. last Saturday night, Jan. 21. Suddenly, my Facebook news feed was filled with about 15 variations of “R.I.P. Joe Paterno.” As it would with any journalist, my curiosity piqued and I began hunting down articles to verify the Facebook rumors. But I couldn’t. Because he wasn’t dead yet. Paterno, according [...]
Noise Ordinance is too Loud
The discussion of the recent passage of changes to the Fredericksburg nuisance ordinance on Dec. 13 has taken an ugly turn, a turn that does not reflect well on the University of Mary Washington student body. According to the Free Lance-Star, “the action stems from years of issues neighbors of College Heights have dealt with, [...]
Questioning Israeli Support
By MOLLY SULLIVAN The U.S. supports Israel through its economic and military strength. A 2010 Gallup Poll asserts that 63 percent of Americans support Israel over Palestine. According to Zionist leader Nahum Sokolow, the Zionist movement is one that promotes a designated Jewish homeland, aimed at the protection of Jewish people. Seeing that the Jews [...]
Studio Art Majors Lack Authenticity
By KATHERINE GIESSEL Ideas and experiences are inextricably linked together. According to philosopher David Hume, ideas, imagination and memory come through our senses and our personal experiences from the environment surrounding us. Our personal experience dictates what we produce; it forms our sense of self. Art students have lost sight of this and are imitating [...]
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