3.4.10 / Opinion
Many people will not understand what kind of question this is. They will mostly likely say the players on the court decide the game.
This is not always the case. Sure, in many cases they do, but don’t count out the fans and officials. More »
2.11.10 / Opinion
I have never been bothered by Eagle Commons closing at 6:30 p.m. on Saturdays.
I always got there before then and laughed at the kids who stood at the locked doors looking in on the last meal of the day.
I was never one of those kids until this past weekend when my boyfriend and I got to the outside door of the dining hall at exactly 6:29 p.m. (AT&T time), and an employee was locking the inside door. Sneakily, I walked through the exit door and the woman said, “We’re closed.” More »
2.4.10 / Opinion
Hey, want to know a spoiler? I know you can’t wait to get back to managing your FarmVille crops, so I’ll save you the time you’d spend reading this article: it ends with cheating.
(ChrisL_AK / Flickr)
Specifically, I had an opportunity several years ago, in my 10th grade psychology class, to score some major extra credit points for being the first to complete a difficult puzzle.
Instead of thinking it through on my own, I relied on the Internet to serve me the solution on a silver platter.
Filled with the kind of blissful euphoria that comes with having stolen a cookie from the cookie jar undetected, I turned in my assignment, much to the seething dismay of my classmates. More »
12.8.09 / Opinion
In memory of Suzanne P-Jobb 11/1/1941 - 5/23/09
This past summer, the sisters of Alpha Sigma Tau suffered a loss. Our longtime adviser, sister and friend, Suzanne P-Jobb lost her battle with breast cancer and passed away. To us this was so sudden. More »
11.12.09 / Opinion
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11.5.09 / Opinion
Dear Editor-In-Chief,
I’m writing in response to the article about AAA Life Services and in response to Dr. Thomas Rourke’s letter from last week’s edition of The Call.
After reading his letter, I was not pleased with the implication that the Feminist Majority Foundation is “extremist” just because they opposed the Born-Alive Infant Protection Act. Considering the misleading title of the act, it is easy to paint the opposition as extremists in the same sense that it was easy to pain all opponents of the Patriot Act as extremists.
My understanding of an extremist is somebody whose views are far beyond the norm. The FMF is an organization of people who believe in equal rights and reproductive rights. None of the missions or principles outlined on their website could be described as “extremist.” More »
10.15.09 / Opinion
On Tuesday, the Senate Finance Committee approved its version of the health care reform bill by a vote of 14-9, becoming the last in a long line of Congressional committees to do so.
After months of heated deliberation and back-room negotiations, health care reform is nearly ready for a floor vote, but it still faces more procedural roadblocks along the way. How did we get to where we are today? Where do we go from here? More »
10.8.09 / Opinion
“What was your favorite ALF food?” More »
10.8.09 / Opinion
The swine flu epidemic has been highly discussed for the past year.
However, with all of the talk and fear instilled in everyone about it, people are beginning to believe that swine flu will be the end of them. More »
10.8.09 / Opinion
Grade inflation is a detriment to students and the educational institutions that passively or overtly allow it to occur. Assigning higher grades to students is wrong, and the consequences of such unethical practice can be harsh for the students, universities and employers.
The genesis of grade inflation is unknown, but some researchers assert that grade inflation became most chic among college faculty in the early 1960s. Dr. Consolacion L. Fajardo, Professor of Accounting Programs-National University, reports that during the Vietnam War era, “…faculty members were reluctant to give low grades to male students because students who dropped out of school were candidates for enlisting in the wartime military service. Consequently, faculty members were encouraged to award students higher grades to avoid students from being drafted in the service.” More »
10.1.09 / Opinion
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9.24.09 / Opinion
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9.17.09 / Opinion
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This past September 11th, I was presented with a unique opportunity. I was allowed to raise the same flag that flew on Clarion’s campus eight years prior.
As I raised the flag with a university police officer and discussed America with an officer in the U.S. military, I was overcome with patriotism.
I thought of those who were half-a-world away from me fighting to defend those stars and red and white stripes.
I thought of how Sept. 11, 2001 was the great tragedy of my generation, and how Pearl Harbor and The Alamo were tragedies to the the U.S. in the past.
Every time our nation has faced threats, the flag has been flown. The flag represents every man and woman whose life was suddenly changed when the time to protect the country came.
I urge everyone to take a moment to think of the times our nation was challenged and of those brave people who stepped up to defend it.
9.17.09 / Opinion
As a new faculty member in the Communications Department at Clarion University of Pennsylvania and adviser to The Clarion Call, I have been here three weeks now. A note of appreciation is due.
In an e-mail to a friend, I used the words “friendly, intelligent, engaging, helpful and approachable” to describe the administrators, faculty, staff and students that I encountered here. I wrote that coming to Clarion felt like “slipping into a chair that someone had already warmed up.” Thank you for that impression. More »
9.17.09 / Opinion
“What was the best thing you did this summer?” More »
9.17.09 / Opinion
In the few years that I have been involved in the Clarion University Young Democrats here on campus, many things have come to my attention and I believe that it is time to put an end to this sentiment that has been directed at the group.
Over the past few years, we have heard many different things about the group that I am so proud to be a part of. We have heard that we are not patriotic, we do not support our troops, and we do not hold enough events in remembrance or in support of our troops, Sept. 11, 2001, etc. All of these things are completely false and extremely offensive. More »
9.17.09 / Opinion
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4.23.09 / Opinion
This school year is the 95th anniversary of The Clarion Call, which is something I am very proud to be a part of. I have made some of the best friends I have made at college through the newspaper, and each semester I have watched those friends graduate and move on. It is now my time to graduate, and this editorial will stand as my final byline in The Clarion Call. More »
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