Overregulation across a number of business industries remains a controversial issue for the American people.
For too long, U.S. community colleges have faced the problem of high dropout rates and subpar opportunities.
In a world where an NFL team name perpetuates a 24-hour debate, organizations are kicked off college campuses for themed parties being “insensitive,” and New York City school boards try to ban the word “dinosaur” for fear of offending those who do not believe in evolution, political correctness, or “being PC” has gone way too far. Political correctness deems certain topics, ideas, expressions and even symbols off-limits.
Clap. Clap. Clap. Once again, President Barack Obama, with the help of trusty speech writers, lies and half-truths, and an unyielding determination to grow already intrusive government involvement in our lives has managed to deliver another State of the Union address rich in rhetoric and sound bites, but hollow in real substance. The 2014 SOTU rehashed many ideas from the president’s former speeches, which have overwhelmingly faltered.
While further information about the shocking scope of NSA surveillance revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden continues to emerge, other programs and legislation at the state level aim to further expand the reach of government surveillance into U.S.
Since the ruling in U.S. Supreme Court case Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, race-based university admissions policies across the country are falling under stricter scrutiny.
Each year, with finals drawing to a close and summer on the horizon, Elon University prepares to execute the intensive task of preparing for every minute aspect of the annual Commencement exercises. Held under Elon’s oaks, Commencement brings the Elon community together to celebrate and honor the accomplishments of the graduating class.
Many of us are guilty of turning to religion and ethnicity as ways of making sense of inexplicable tragedies, but we must stop using these stereotypes as excuses for cultural ignorance and disdain.
For those of you who logged on to Facebook March 26, you probably noticed a sea of profile pictures changed to a red and pink equals sign. At a time when the United States Supreme Court justices were preparing to hear arguments for two pieces of landmark marriage equality legislation, the profile pictures represent support for the equal rights cause.
March madness embodies all that is right about sports. March Madness proves that Cinderella is not just for little girls.
As the American public defends its title as back-to-back world obesity champions, state and city legislatures are taking it upon themselves to curb the health problems of an overweight nation.
The good, sane people of this country are not the ones walking into schools, churches and shopping malls firing at random.
With the realities of hectic schedules, long study hours and late nights, maintaining a balanced diet can get lost in the shuffle of college life.
Gone are the days of moderation and consensus between American politicians. Divisiveness, slander, and lack of cooperation now support the seemingly insurmountable divide between Democrats and Republicans.
Over the past decade, Americas mission has been to fight the War on Terror has almost exclusively dominated US foreign policy decisions.
America, long hailed as the “land of the free” and the “home of the brave.” A place where the “American Dream” offers hope and lays the framework for prosperity to all of its citizens.
In recent years, the backbone of the university course measuring metric, the credit hour, has come under increased scrutiny. Originally created by Andrew Carnegie and once called a “Carnegie unit,” the credit hour was created as a way to ensure professors received proper pension, measuring the amount of time a teacher spent teaching and relating that to payment.
We all know the story by now: Chick-fil-A president and COO Dan Cathy disclosed that he is “supportive of the family—the biblical definition of the family unit” in an interview.
In recent years, the backbone of the university course-measuring metric, the credit hour, has come under increased scrutiny. Originally created by Andrew Carnegie and once called a “Carnegie unit,” the credit hour was created as a way to ensure professors received proper pension, measuring the amount of time a teacher spent teaching and relating that to payment.
What now stands as a nationally recognized institution was once struggling college with 200 students in three buildings. In 1911, following the resignation of President William Staley, who chose to continue pastoring his church in Virginia, new President William Harper sought to address three of the main issues affecting the development and progress of Elon College: gaining accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, absolving the debt the college had racked up and working to secure funding for desperately-needed new buildings Dissecting the seal
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