Opinion
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Giving blood a life-saving act
Our View Every two seconds, someone is in need of blood. Although it is a well-known statistic, it is still incredibly significant. It may easy...
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Flaherty truly a golden teacher
Our View The Gold Star Award for Outstanding Teaching is an impressive honor because, as the name implies, it awards outstanding teaching. It is even...
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Stargazing offers perspective
Monica Clark/Staff Writer The ground is solid beneath your body. It presses into you letting you know that you are there existing. The whole sky...
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Laughter provides many benefits
Ben Sadkowski/Staff Writer When the image of yoga comes up, most commonly the image of people contorting their bodies into fantastic shapes through insane flexibility...
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Incorrect ballot marks should not count
Alex Entz/Business Manager In case you haven’t been following politics very closely lately—which has indeed proved difficult after a marathon of a 2008 election—you are...
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GDP fails to assess happiness
Vincent Stigliani/Opinion Editor As the saying goes, money does not buy happiness. If it did, the United States would undoubtedly be the happiest country in...
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Twitter trumps Facebook for utility of possibilities
Monica Reida/Staff Writer OMG! Did you hear that Ashton Kutcher and Oprah are on Twitter now? Actually, I did. The large LCD Billboard near First...
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Sexting can result in legal troubles, future embarrassments for students
Lauren Bonner/Staff Writer One in five teens admit they’ve sent a sext. A sext is a text message that includes a nude or semi-nude picture...
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Thank you to all involved in annual basketball game
Our View Hopefully, you attended the faculty vs. student basketball game that occurred on Sunday, as many of us did. In a previous Our View,...
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Old News? With changing media, print news on last leg
Vincent Stigliani/Opinion Editor Right now, you are more than likely holding history. By that, I don’t mean this article specifically; I am talking about the...
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Phone ban or same old rule? How does Iowa’s new law look inside Cedar Falls classrooms
If you step into a classroom at Cedar Falls High School these days—or really, any classroom in Iowa—you might think you accidentally walked into a library… or a witness...
