The Department of Residence Life here at NDSU needs to seriously rethink
the ways they are spending their money. This is in reference to the
8 percent budget increase that they are again asking the on campus
residence to pass again this year.
When one looks at the proposed increase and the way(s) the money would
be spent, you can see that the department is looking out for the students.
Putting a fire protection system in the high rises is important. However,
some of their “needs” are not so important. For example:
We’ve covered it before in The Spectrum and it has received quite
a bit of attention via letters to the editor, articles and more. Thanks
to the Bush administration, the rising cost of contraception is making
affordable birth control a fantasy for many college students. Amy Jacobson
took a close look at the issue and has a follow-up in this issue.
What I want to talk about in this article is what the Roman Catholic
Church parades about as the ultimate, purest and only non-sinful form
of birth control: Natural Family Planning.
The rising price of contraceptives is one of the most positive things
American Congressmen can do to help support our family life. There
are other alternatives besides birth control that can be used to help
promote a healthy and very positive family life for the future.
Condoms and other forms of birth control only limit the effects of
the intended bonding that should occur between a man and a woman through
intercourse. The alternative is Natural Family Planning (NFP).
David Horowitz is campaigning for college republicans around the nation
to host an event he calls “Islamo-Fascist Awareness Week.” He
claims that we are forgetting the message and impact of 9/11 and that
this week will give college students a better understanding of terrorism
and what is at stake in the 21st century.
Apathy and inaction. These two recent warnings by columnist Stephen
Boss confound the global warming crusade. Joining the self-conscious
bandwagon en masse has not resulted in any substantive breakthroughs
in climate cooling, aside from the July 7 Live Earth Concerts, which
were arguably more for entertainment than content. As it stands, apathy
and inaction have indeed resulted for the foreseeable future.
There’s a new face on the horizon for financial contributions
toward assisting developing countries and promoting poverty alleviation.
It’s name: Kiva.
The web-and-field-based organization, founded only two years ago,
has been getting plenty of attention from the media as of late, especially
since former president Bill Clinton jumped on the support bandwagon.
Clinton even mentioned the organization in his latest book, “Giving:
How Each of Us Can Change the World.”