American Psychological Association in Guantanamo
Dr. Brett King The Paw Print Amid media focus on the Boston bombing, a long awaited, non-partisan, comprehensive 600 page report summarizing the United States use of torture over the last 12 years was released. Detailing US anti-terrorism policies since 9/11, the study was commissioned by the Constitution Project, and jointly led by two former [...]
Think Twice Before You Pick Up Your Next Snack
Jake Hughes The Paw Print Over the past year or so I have found myself paying more attention to what ingredients go into the foods I consume. Due to the increasing demand for people to eat healthier and watch out for certain ingredients in food like gluten, trans fats and sugar, it has come to [...]
There’s More to it Than Just Being at 14000 Feet
Kyle Bufis The Paw Print “I sometimes think of my life in civilization in comparison with the life in the open, for a man can live ten years of the ordinary existence in a large city without once experiencing the intense, overwhelming emotions that ten minutes of life in the wilderness often hold for him.”—Belmore [...]
Should We Allow Such Freedom in the Wild West?
Jake Hughes The Paw Print In recent years, our environment and the way we have been treating it has been a heated topic that many say should be a top priority. Another controversial subject parallel to that is, of course, finding a clean, renewable energy source that doesn’t cause more damage to the environment and [...]
Open Letter: President Svaldi and Vice President
ASU Faculty Senate this letter is being written to you on behalf of the Faculty Senate. The Faculty Senate approved this action in a unanimous vote by all present Senators (the Senators from HPPE and TED were not present) at our March 22, 2013 meeting. The members of the Faculty Senate and the department faculty [...]
Guns: More Self-Protection or Harmful Weapon?
Jake Hughes The Paw Print How many times are guns actually used for self-protection, as opposed to inflicting harm on someone else? With the outbreak of firearm-related murders in the past decade, the cry for stricter firearm regulations is louder now than ever before. The controversial debate orients itself around keeping guns out of the [...]
Conversation Habits and Myths with the Sexes
Jake Hughes The Paw Print Throughout the ages, men and women have sought after superiority in certain characteristics, and of course, today is no exception. Some women say they do all the shopping, while some men say they are the entertainer of the couple. Well, I bring to you today a new argument, one that [...]
Hands That Have Worked, Hearts That Have Swollen
Will Bareford The Paw Print “Before that I guess she was just a little kid.” “Then that’s something”, a little kid’s somethin’ that ain’t a bum or a whore.” – William Kennedy The above dialog is excerpted from William Kennedy’s 1983 novel “Ironweed.” “Ironweed” is a novel about a former baseball player named Francis, [...]
Social Media Outlet Changes to a New Sleek Look
Jake Hughes The Paw Print Don’t you just hate it when social media entities and other forms of communications change the style of your interface or merge with a totally unwanted party? Microsoft’s Hotmail.com is now officially merging and being replaced with Outlook.com, whether you like it or not. Outlook’s popularity skyrocketed over the time [...]
A Once Great Nation that Led the World in Education
Jake Hughes The Paw Print Nelson Mandela once said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Yet, the education system, along with other crucial systems in the United States, is in danger of falling into the abyss. To be educated is the ability to make your own decisions [...]
Is Higher Education Worth the Bill at the Summit?
Jake Hughes The Paw Print Springtime is here, and it’s time to consider our financial woes for the next school year. The mad rush to fill out and finalize scholarship applications for next fall has come and gone, and the worry is over. The stress of writing cover letters and finding a willing professor to [...]
Employee Dress Code a Necessity or Just a Joke
Diane Wheeler The Paw Print Why can’t all employees at ASU wear jeans and t-shirts to work? There is a different set of dress code rules for faculty members and for administrative employees, and I think this is vastly inappropriate. A friend of mine, an Administrative Assistant, would like to wear jeans and an ASU [...]
Barriers in the Nightmares of One’s Addiction
Jake Hughes The Paw Print Addiction. Some may be more prone to this than others, yet anyone can get addicted to just about anything. What is an addiction, we may ask? It’s the repeated use of a mood-altering substance whether it’s gambling, sex, drugs, or alcohol. People who are addicts do almost anything to get [...]
A Raging Brain or Simple Hardwiring from the Start
Jake Hughes The Paw Print Race has been an issue highlighted, fought over and debated about since humans first met each other. From whites to the blacks, Asians to Africans, eastern Europeans to central Europeans, race has always been a catalyst for conflict over the course of history. Why do we look at color before [...]
Review of ASU’s “Compleat Female Stage Beauty”
By deckerre on May 2, 2013
Kendra A. Medford The Paw Print On Friday April 26, I attended the Adams State University Theatre production of “Compleat Female Stage Beauty” by Jeffrey Hatcher, directed by Dr. Paul Newman. “Compleat Female Stage Beauty” is a play set in the 1660s about a man named Kynaston, the most famous portrayer of female roles on [...]
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