Same-sex marriage in Maryland

March 15, 2012
Filed under Opinion

Students and faculty react to Governer Martin O’Malley’s signing of the bill legalizing same-sex marriage in Maryland, after both the House and the Senate passed it. "I think that you should allow gay marriage in America because it wouldn’t really affect anyone else. It’s none of their business."... Read more »

Brain Droppings: Church’s attitude toward gays is far from welcoming

Scott Novak, Opinion Editor
March 2, 2012
Filed under Brain Droppings

Gay rights and the Catholic Church make strange bedfellows, to put it mildly. My religion teachers have taught me that homosexuals and the Church are somehow compatible, emphasizing that Catholics hate the sin and love the sinner.  Homosexual inclinations are just fine, as long as one doesn’t act... Read more »

Pro V Con: March for Life contains all emotion, little reason

Scott Novak, Opinion Editor
January 27, 2012
Filed under Pro V Con

This is the con argument for the March for Life. To read the pro argument, click here. On January 23 at 3:30 a.m., I was groggily munching a bowl of Frosted Flakes cereal, preparing to march for a cause I didn’t believe in. When I first told people I was going on the March for Life, I was met... Read more »

Brain Droppings: Perry’s ad exposes his bigoted views

Scott Novak, Opinion Editor
December 16, 2011
Filed under Brain Droppings

At first, I thought it was Darth Vader’s light saber. It took me a few seconds to realize that it was only the red dislike bar under Rick Perry’s new campaign ad. With 654,113 dislikes and growing, it has become one of the most disliked videos in YouTube history. “Strong,” the name of the... Read more »

Brain Droppings: America must speak out against Russian law banning “homosexual propaganda”

Scott Novak, Opinion Editor
November 22, 2011
Filed under Brain Droppings

Is it possible to silence thousands of people with the stroke of a pen? It is in Russia, apparently. Lawmakers in St. Petersburg are trying to pass a law banning the promotion of “gay propaganda.” The law would institute a fine up to $1,600 for “public actions aimed at propagandizing sodomy,... Read more »