Opinion
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Increase the Peace: Similarities outweigh differences; Waterloo, CF rivalry pointless
By Collin Braley 2005 Upon moving to the Cedar Valley in the summer of 1999, I started off eighth grade transferring to Hoover Middle School....
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Dishboy victimized by diner politics
By Collin Braley 2005 Hi, everyone. I’m back in my hole again, of course. Still trying to get caught up from the never-ending pile of...
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State Cheerleading Woes: Hopeful staff writer overshadowed by boy cheerleaders
By Collin Braley 2005 Failure is “to miss performing an expected service or function for oneself.” The “expected function” I had set for myself was...
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Point/Counterpoint: Cartoon instigates potentially dangerous staff ‘circus’
By Robert Bartels and Cyrus Moussavi 2005 Cyrus: All of our problems started when Robert opposed a potential Our View about the famous Family Circus...
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Patriot Act II meets opposition
By Margaret Poe 2004 In today’s world, it is dangerous to be a Muslim. In fact, in some cases, our federal government considers it a...
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Same sex marriage ruling a step in right direction
By Margaret Poe 2004 Ahh, a wedding day. Rings are gleaming, rice is flying, flower girls are strewing rose petals right and left. The world...
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Internet consumes our modern life
By Margaret Poe 2004 OK, I admit it: I am an Internetaholic, and I’m ready to tell the world. The world needs to know; I...
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Homecoming crushes royal rejects, leaves nothing but regrets
By Margaret Poe 2004 I just don’t know what happened. I had genetics on my side, with hair whiter than an arctic sunrise, skin so...
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Red, white and blue, the patriotic trend
By Margaret Poe 2004 Forget the Goths. These days, black is no cooler than an “I love Saddam Hussein” bumper sticker. In fact, just about...
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Casual Fridays run rampant: Students must implement TGIDUF in response
By Margaret Poe 2004 Just as school restrooms are divided into “faculty” and “lowly student” divisions, just as there are “faculty” parking lots and “some...
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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...
