OPINION


3/26/2012, 10:48pm

A student faces 'senioritis'

When I first came to Shippensburg University, I did not know what to expect. I attended a few orientation events and then spent the rest of my time in my new room, which I later learned I would have to share with two people.


3/5/2012, 10:31pm

Controversial ice cream flavor pulled from shelves

Everywhere we look we are faced with stereotypes. Many think stereotypes are just used for humor, but that is not true; they are used in media production every day. Last week, the ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s released a frozen yogurt flavor dedicated to New York Knicks starting point guard Jeremy Lin titled, “Taste the Lin-Sanity.” This new product was made with lychee honey swirls and fortune cookies.


2/27/2012, 9:36pm

A new sex to face anorexia

When most people hear about the disease anorexia, young girls and women come to mind. People seem to think that this disease only affects insecure, troubled women, but that is not true in our world today. Past all the magazines, pressure from the media and all types of beauty products, anorexia has been affecting a new group of people, boys and young men. Some may think anorexia affects boys and men at a small rate, but according to the National Eating Disorders Association, at least one million males in the United States are battling anorexia or bulimia. Anorexia is a diesease where food cosumption is haulted for the time being, become dealthy thin and malnutrition.


2/25/2012, 4:22pm

Reformed immigration policies

In 2009, the United States’ illegal immigrant population was estimated to be 10.8 million people. That was about 3.5 percent of our country’s overall population.