What are you going to do with a liberal arts degree in this economy?

Dr. Jacob Stump
April 14, 2013
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Shepherd University graduates face a tough labor market. If your degree is in accounting or nursing and someone asks you what you’re going to do with your degree, you have an at-hand answer: “I’m going to be an accountant or a nurse.” But if your degree is in history, political science, sociology,... Read more »

Shepherd University and Theft

Matthew Murphy, Staff Writer
April 14, 2013
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If you go to school, there is a chance that at one time or another you may have had something of value stolen from you. In high school, this writer had the same black iPod stolen twice. The first time, the perpetrator was caught. The second time, he was not so lucky. That is kind of how it goes with... Read more »

Standardized Test Cheating in Atlanta: The Pressures of National Rankings

Nick Matzureff, Staff Writer
April 14, 2013
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Beginning in our early elementary years, we are conditioned by state-administered tests to fear failure and conquer competition. Personally, my first experience with feeling the pressures of testing was introduced in the third-grade during my first Stanford-9 test. I remember the daily announcements... Read more »

Focusing in on ADHD

Chelsea DeMello, Staff Writer
April 14, 2013
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According to Time magazine, a recent study done shows that ADHD levels have significantly increased. This report is cause for concern not only for worried parents but also for college students and working adults. The study printed by Time shows that nearly 11 percent of children now suffer from ADHD,... Read more »

A True Success Story: Dr. Benjamin Carson and the Politics of Common Sense

Zach Rounceville, Commentary Editor
April 7, 2013
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It seems that now, more so than any other time in our nation’s history, people in this country are so politically divided that there is no room for compromise and no room for consensus. You’re right or wrong, red, or blue. Out of this tension, however, has risen a glimmer of hope in the form of a... Read more »

Is Society Becoming Colorblind? The Legal Implications of Affirmative Action

Nick Matzureff, Staff Writer
April 7, 2013
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Is affirmative action becoming more and more unnecessary in a society that is facing the erasure of a typical minority group? Are racial relations sufficient enough in the United States to eliminate the need for the preferential treatment of minorities? With the United States' past reputation of... Read more »

The Concern Over Gay Marriage: A States Rights Issue

Matthew Murphy, Staff Writer
April 7, 2013
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At this time, very few issues are as controversial as gay marriage. It is a very easy way to get a conversation started but also an easy way to end one. Truly it is a morality issue, very much like the issue that is abortion. In some states, gay marriage is legal. In other states, it is not. This is... Read more »

Same-Sex Marriage: If You Don’t Like it, Don’t Look

Kathleen Arnold, Staff Writer
April 7, 2013
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Beginning on March 26, two same-sex marriage cases went to trial in the Supreme Court in California. As we all know, these trials are a fairly big deal; same-sex marriage is legal in only nine states and in Washington, D.C. California is looking to be next on the list of legal states as of last week.... Read more »

The Fad of Shepherd Crushes

Chelsea DeMello, Staff Writer
April 7, 2013
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For just under the span of two weeks, Twitter followers around campus were introduced to a new account called Shepherd Crushes. The Twitter account was created with the intention for anonymous admirers to express latent feelings. Using a link from a site called Survey Monkey, anyone could write a... Read more »

He’s Back: Tiger Woods In Serious Relationship

Kathleen Arnold, Staff Writer
March 31, 2013
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The media constantly obsess about celebrities dating fellow celebrities. If you are celebrity-athlete Tiger Woods, 37, dating fellow celebrity-athlete Lindsey Vonn, 28, you get twice the amount of media obsession. After his very famed 2010 divorce from Elin Noredgren and the subsequent news about... Read more »