Daily Skiff

by Shane Rainey

It is the most wonderful time of the year. I am not speaking of Christmas, but rather of the national holiday that Americans hold very dear to their hearts: tax day. Indeed, the carnage that is April 15 and the frenzied weeks leading up to it are a bittersweet time. (0) comments

by Libby Davis

Newspapers are dying. Thanks, I've got it. Personally, I'm sick of people telling me newspaper industry is dying and then wondering why I get annoyed. How would you like it if I said your job was irrelevant? But just as television killed the radio, internet is killing newspapers and those in the industry aren't doing a thing to stop it. (0) 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

by Collin Duwe

The university's gay and lesbian community has recently found itself at the center of attention, and in my opinion, has been inaccurately represented. The Skiff, along with local news outlets, both print and TV, have featured stories on the Iris Reaction initiative and the new DiversCity Q community. (4) comments

"I would say improve the food in the BLUU. The service is great but the quality of the food needs work." Monika Sadarangani, freshman business major from Dallas "Use it to get better computers. There are few Macs and they seem to work the best. They could also donate it to a charity in the area. (0) comments

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 W. Scott Lewis

Concealed guns allowed in more places than some would think The April 7, 2009, article "Students start petition against concealed-gun bill," ends by stating that University of Texas at Austin sophomore Jackie Mintz, one of the two students who put together the petition, ­said she doesn't mind that people carry guns as long as she has the choice to avoid places where guns can be carried. (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

by Alex Turner

President Barack Obama seems to be rather calm about the serious global issues he faces. It would seem that as soon as the president was sworn into office, the world presented him with a silver plate full of conflicts. On the home front, the economic crisis and infrastructure are the most daunting. (1) comment