Daily Skiff

by Naheil Qudah

Bumper stickers are a wildly popular form of expression in America, but I view them as a drive-by offering of an unasked-for opinion. See, a dynamic debate is sort of like a one-on-one fist fight for opinions, whereas bumper stickers are more like punching someone in the face and then zooming away in a golf cart. (3) comments

by Carlos Valera

Last week, the international community witnessed the latest session of the G-20, hosted in London. The summit, which reunited the finance ministers and central bank governors of 19 countries, plus the European Union, had a tough agenda to tackle: draft a plan of action that would ease the devastating effect of the financial crisis through coordinated stimulus packages, the revamping of the rules of global financial markets and the halting of protectionist measures. (0) comments

I don't think it should be legalized because it does intoxicate you and it doesn't help you. It doesn't make you more productive. Halie David freshman interior design major from Amarillo It's a gateway drug so that could open opportunities for the use of other drugs . (5) comments

by Ashley Tambunga

Babies, babies everywhere - and none are left alone from the public eye. From the controversy surrounding Nadya Suleman's motherhood of her 14 children to the public scrutiny of Madonna's questionable adoption methods in Malawi - it seems that babies are often in the news. (1) comment

by Vlora Bojku

In 2009 about 565,000 Americans are expected to die of cancer, or more than 1,500 people per day, according to the American Cancer Society. Cancer is the second most common disease causing death in the U.S., topped only by heart disease. A report from International Agency for Research on Cancer found that in 2007 approximately 12 million people worldwide died from cancer, which would amount to 20,000 deaths each day. (0) comments

by Andrew Weatherford

In a day and age when there is a lot of obvious contrast between Christianity and Islam, I was rather surprised to come across a recent CNN news story about an ordained Episcopal priest who was defrocked for openly confessing that she is a practicing Muslim and a Christian. (7) comments