Breeze Perspectives
Bumping Heads: Two views on recent Republican candidate debate
Two pieces by Jeffrey Mullen, contributing writer & Tony Spadaccia, contributing writer

Last Wednesday night in St. Petersburg, Fla., the top eight Republican presidential candidates participated in the second-ever CNN debate posted on YouTube. To encourage more diverse and public-driven questions, this debate consisted of streaming video questions posed by the public. With only six weeks until the first major electoral event, the Iowa caucus, the two-hour debate was a much-anticipated chance for candidates to differentiate themselves from the Republican pack. More...

In the Know: America’s emerging nationalism
By Jeff Genota, staff writer

Can gas prices be lowered? What’s to be done about global warming? Should taxes be raised? The paradox is that we as  Americans have continued our philosophies of asking too much from government but remain unwilling to help answer these demands, shifting the burden to someone else. This, combined with our desire to satisfy our consumerist wants and our desire to maintain the “status quo,” is the bedrock of what is becoming America’s new values and identity. More...

Listen to What SGA Has to Say: Virginia is for lovers, but some mothers go uncovered
By Macon Hollister, contributing writer

Maternity leave is something that is given to women that allows them to take time away from their job to take care of a child that has just become a part of her family while still getting paid. The other day I discovered the Virginia Department of Health’s policy regarding their criteria on who they believe deserves a maternity leave and who does not. Who would have thought that maternity leave was a privilege that the Department of Health does not deem necessary for parents who choose to adopt children? More...

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