House Editorial: Both sides of the gun
The recent shooting at Virginia Tech has once again raised the issue of gun control, sparking heated debate on both sides. The issue strikes a particular chord with Virginians, because the guns Cho Seung-Hui used to complete his disturbing spree were purchased from a pawn shop and firearms dealer within the state. More...
Through Murky waters: War heroes are far from the Bat Cave
By Alex Sirney, senior writer
It’s a question fourth-graders have been trying unsuccessfully to answer for generations –– who’s better, Batman or Superman? Spiderman or Captain America? Which hero is more heroic? More...
Through the Looking Glass: The radical rantings of Preacher Fred Phelps
By Sarah Delia, senior writer
According to Fred Phelps, the leading preacher of the Westboro Church, all of my years of Sunday school and the times I received Holy Communion were all done in vain. In the eyes of Fred Phelps, I am one thing: a Roman Catholic, and therefore I deserve to die and go to hell. Somehow, when a man like Phelps who preaches that “God hates fags,” “God hates America” and celebrates all the deaths of those who died as a result from the 9/11 attack as well as the Iraq War, I have a hard time believing that I’m the one with a soul in danger. More...
The Best of What’s Around: Parting advice
By Craig Finkelstein, senior writer
“Leaving college after four years is like leaving a bar at 10:30 p.m.” Unfortunately, the parental cash flow seems to only be working for a four-year period and graduate school is luring me in like the Sirens did Odysseus. Over the past three years spent at JMU, one semester abroad and one semester doing an internship, I leave with an extremely satisfied feeling from the time I’ve spent here at this fine institution. More...
Breeze perspectives: The mystery of a madman
By Steve Borowsky, senior writer
He has been called evil, an animal, inhuman, a monster, a loser and even the “face of Satan.” Some forgo metaphors entirely, claiming the reason he shot and killed 32 people was because he was simply a bad person. But realistically, none of the emotional appeals the media have used in the labeling of Cho Seung-Hui, the shooter in the Virginia Tech killings, apply in the rational, 21st-century world that we live in today. More.
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