Archive for category: Staff Editiorial

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  Keeping Time with Technology

  Opinion, Staff Editiorial February 10, 2012 7:05 am 1 comment

  The world of technology is permanently changing our school, and, if this technology is used to its full potential, this change can be a great improvement.

   
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  Hijacked Holidays: A Staff Editorial

  Opinion, Staff Editiorial December 21, 2011 4:42 pm 1 comment

  During the month of December, it is nearly impossible to enter a store or public place without hearing the common phrase “happy holidays.” This generic, intentionally inclusive phrase is, in and of itself, unremarkable. But despite its blandness, this phrase has become the center of a cultural and political spat [...]

   
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  Hemorrhaging Hegemony

  Opinion, Staff Editiorial September 23, 2011 8:29 am 1 comment

  For the past five decades or so, the term “isolationism” has become something of a dirty word within the foreign policy community. A combination of entrenched commercial interests, somewhat misplaced ideology, and complacency have worked to ensure that, for better or for worse, America has maintained its dominance over the [...]

   
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  Funding Fallacies

  Opinion, Staff Editiorial January 28, 2011 11:22 pm no comments

  The City-West divide; more than anything it has come to define academic politics in the last few years. The perceived dichotomy between the “haves” and “have-nots” of the Iowa City Community school district has created a poisonous atmosphere and a decidedly negative environment for all students living in said area to learn, grow, and come of age in.