College is an extremely stressful and confusing time for many students, and many universities are attempting to help students deal with the many issues that arise during college years. But more universities need to step up and take action to address what has become an even bigger problem on campuses across the country.
For many graduating college students, listening to a high-profile speaker during commencement is an important part of graduation. But for some students at Suffolk University, the decision to have Gov. Mitt Romney speak during commencement was the wrong decision and one that has stirred up controversy.
n I'm writing in response to the many self-righteous letters that have been submitted recently on the subject of gay adoption. While the authors aim at high and lofty goals such as "equality" and quarrel over the child's sexuality being influenced by the parents, they seem to have completely missed a larger issue at hand -- namely, the welfare of the child.
Disclaimer: The following is a TRUE story, and not the work of fiction. Names and Places have been more or less changed in order to protect the more or less innocent. The smell of catfish burning on a grill somewhere woke me up too early that morning. Coughing and wheezing as I rose to greet another bright Boston day, a bottle of my best friend, Jack Daniels, lay spilled over my desk and hair.
n I am writing to address an editorial decision made by The Daily Free Press in the recent letters regarding American Sign Language as a foreign language. I was shocked to see that the word "deaf" in Maelyn Entwistle's letter ("Deaf studies is important," April 1, pg.
Moral and ethical views on homosexuality will forever be a matter of an individual's opinion, but one aspect of the debate needs to stop: the belief that homosexuality is not natural. It is simply not true. Believe it or not, homosexuality and bisexuality are not the creation of humans looking for alternative lifestyles.
n In reading Ross Schneiderman's column on the death penalty ("Death penalty unjust and ineffective," April 5, pg. 3), I observed several arguments that, while constantly used as arguments against the death penalty, do not reflect the reality of the institution.