Here we go again. Two weeks ago, the Georgia Senate filed bills to amend the requirements of both the HOPE and Zell Miller Scholarships — with the eventual hope of instituting an income gap. The usual move, sought with the intention of preserving the founding, floundering state-funded scholarships, brought the usual wave of indignation. Indeed, [...]

The end of the show said it all. The preference ceremony was over, and it was time for the Sigma Gammas to invite girls to pledge their sorority. Via two different colors of pearls, blindfolded girls received news of extreme joy or cruel heartbreak. In front of the founding members of the sorority and their [...]

Queen died when Freddie Mercury died. Numbers of people have tried to revive the feeling. Brian May and Roger Taylor tried to keep the spirit going. Paul Rodgers of Bad Company tried to save it, but nothing has brought the feeling back. Last week, Rolling Stone reported that the British group had found a new [...]

The start of last week’s hyper-publicized funding dispute between the Susan G. Komen Foundation and Planned Parenthood was, on the surface, quite simple. Komen announced last Tuesday that it is revising its granting policies, and that Planned Parenthood, among others, would be affected by these changes. The original statement did not outline a definite timeframe, [...]

“WARNING: It’s hard to be a little girl if you’re not.” In a society plagued by the idea that a healthy body image means being exceptionally thin, these new ads don’t help.Those words appear on large billboards underneath a black and white photo of an overweight child as part of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s initiative [...]

To much fanfare, President Barack Obama went before Congress last Tuesday to reflect on his past year. My, what a doozy it has been. The theme of the Obama administration in 2011 was irresponsibility. Coming from a college student who is used to witnessing (never, heaven forbid, committing) acts of sheer-stupid irresponsibility on a daily [...]