Hillary Clinton should be the first woman president of the United States. Another Clinton woman, her daughter Chelsea, spoke at Portland State on her mother’s behalf last month, clearly illuminating why Hillary is the best candidate this election year.
It’s voting time! By now registered voters should have received the thick, gray pamphlet outlining issues ranging from the hot topic of presidential candidates to Measure 52. What you should know is that the results of the mayoral election may impact everything from state funding to your next summer job.
“Who are we?” a recent New York Times headline asked. The article, written by Dr. Richard A. Friedman, questioned how doctors are going to answer questions from adults who have taken antidepressants since they were teenagers. Friedman wrote that since we develop most of our self-identity when we are teenagers, these medicated adults cannot differentiate their own personality from the symptoms of the drugs such as anxiety, low sex-drive and an inability to orgasm.
“The government should make a law,” I overheard a co-worker saying, “against throwing anything recyclable into the trash. There should be trash inspectors to enforce the law and if anyone is caught they’ll be fined.” The heavy enunciation of the last word shows that she knows where to hurt Americans the most–their wallets.
Unemployment soars. Food and gas prices skyrocket. Many people cannot afford health care even if their jobs offer it, because premiums are too expensive.
“Happy Birthday. You’re going to get wrinkles now,” my best friend told me when we were in the sixth grade. She informed me that 12 is the dreaded age when crow’s-feet and lines beneath the lower sets of lashes emerge. She advised that I ought to invest in a daily moisturizer plus night cream to ward off the signs of old age, as she had done even though her birthday wasn’t for another two months.
In Texas a man was caught driving under the influence of alcohol 17 times before he was sentenced to 60 years in prison. Upon hearing this tale, people shake their heads and say, “The system failed that guy.”
World bestselling author J.K. Rowling and Time Warner go to trial March 13 against Steven Vander Ark’s unauthorized encyclopedia, the Harry Potter Lexicon. The court’s decision may crack down on how much creative freedom fans have over any work.
“A penny saved is a penny earned,” said Benjamin Franklin. Today, with inflation, to follow this founding father’s advice, we must obliterate the penny. Each year 8 billion pennies are minted, according to a recent 60 Minutes episode. These pennies total $80 million, but cost $130 million to make. Pennies are mainly composed of copper-coated zinc. Over the past five years, these metals have doubled in price as inflation continues to increase. The metals in the penny are worth more than the coin itself.
Parlez-vous fran퀌_ais? ¿Hablas español? Lei parla l’italiano? PSU boasts that it is Oregon’s most diverse university. Part of that commitment means offering 21 different languages ranging from Latin to Japanese to Swahili. Walking down the halls, a myriad of languages can be heard from multilingual students. Everyone should be fluent in at least two languages.
Students and other thrill-seekers drive each weekend to Mt. Hood to flirt with danger as they snowboard or ski down the snow-capped oasis. Yet, the unnecessary and often unexpected danger is the commute.