The All-American Rejects came to Geneseo on Saturday and though their hits were popular with our crowd when we were thirteen, they put on a provocative and entertaining show.
During his campaign, Barack Obama made a promise - to open open up channels with Cuba - that must have flown under the radar of Americans who were neither hanging their hat in Florida nor part of the Cuban-American population. While an embargo may have made great sense during the anxiety of the Cold War, it no longer serves any effective purpose.
With my graduation fast approaching I've begun to ponder the biased political education I've received at Geneseo. How has my understanding of the world been skewed by this liberal echo chamber over the last four years? For a crash course on reality, I sat down with a wide swath of fictitious characters to discuss the relevant issues of the day.
Matt's Perspective: The United States is obligated to provide health care to all its citizens. Hopefully you're among the lucky half of America that won't get seriously ill this year. Because for the other half who are dealt a stroke of bad luck by disease or injury, expenses mount quickly: The sickest percent of the population will need $150,000 of care on average in a given year.
The Internet will probably throw a curveball at this article before it goes to print, but one can hope that its virus-like reconfiguring abilities aren't too out of control for its creators to tame it. Since its public inception within our very lifetimes, college students in particular have transformed their use of the Internet from a legitimate and informational tool into a vacuous tunnel of self-exploitation and salacious wilderness.
In response to a question taken at a town hall meeting regarding marijuana legalization, President Barack Obama was quick to say, "No, I don't think that [legalization] is a good strategy to grow our economy." Many people were disappointed by his reaction, as Obama did not offer any counter-arguments and completely ignored the potential medical and social benefits of ending the prohibition on marijuana.
