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Opinion
 

Staff Editorial

                 Matt Dulin                         Lourdes Castillo      James Davis
                Tina Marie Macias          Dusti Rhodes            Blake Whitaker

This report card won't affect your core GPA

With only one full week of school left, we're not sure if this is the last Friday report card of the semester. Words can't express our sadness.

Frosty Wooldridge: F for immigration stance, B+ for manners

The Wednesday Staff Editorial missed the mark in predicting a firestorm of controversy surrounding a speech by Wooldridge, an anti-immigration crusader. Dozens of protesters showed up, but the event was fairly peaceful, even if the debate was heated at points. Wooldridge never even delivered a speech, opting to carry on a few quiet conversations with protesters. Whether it was self-preservation or a genuine desire for intelligent discourse motivating him, Wooldridge tried to keep things civil, unlike the event's organizer, Preston Wiginton. If Wooldridge's relative respectfulness wasn't an act, he proved himself better than the vitriolic hate-mongers who share his extreme views on immigration (though that's not saying much).

PATRIOT Act limitations: B+

The PATRIOT Act needs to be renewed to avoid expiring by the year's end. Six senators from each party are threatening to block it if the powers the act gives the federal government aren't significantly reigned in. That makes sense -- giving the federal government the power to violate civil liberties in the name of the war on terror isn't a permanent solution. Declaring war on a concept can be a strong statement, but such a war shouldn't be used as an all-purpose reason to repeal civil liberties -- terrorism will be a threat to us as long as this country exists. The ideals this country were founded upon shouldn't be sacrificed in the name of security.

Suspect who set truck ablaze at Bayou Oaks: WTF?

We hope this stems from a serious beef and not a fraternity prank war. If it was the latter, it's probably time for the participants to take a step back and consider the situation. If not, they may end up the victims of such hilarious pranks as "stab the fish with a sharpened toothbrush" or "tell the Crips it was the college boy who stole their heroin." They're sure to look back and laugh.