Opinion Archive, June 2007
Medical near-miss has meaning
his is it,” I thought. “Just 21 years old and already my heart is giving out.”
- Aaron Benson / Slightly Deflated
- Posted Tue, 26 June
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PASS/FAIL
Every student worries about grades. It’s part of our educational biography. We were raised and trained in a system that taught us A’s are good, B’s and C’s are mediocre, and D’s just aren’t acceptable.
- Aaron Benson / Editor in Chief
- Posted Tue, 12 June
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Letters to the Editor
Students need to ask what the Lord wants: I’m tired of the back-and-forth bickering of married students concerning the change in insurance…
Waiver conditions should be available: Recently, my daughter, a married sophomore and soon-to-be mother at BYU-I, asked that I look at the new Student Health Plan and offer my thoughts…
Student says “thanks” for insurance changes: I have been reading complaint after complaint about the insurance change, but I, for one, am grateful for it…
Families should be able to make decisions: I have been very disappointed by the verbal attacks aimed at married students who do not support the insurance decision made by the university…
Insurance policy stinks, poetically speaking: Because the girl I chose to marry/ at the “I” did choose to tarry…
Whining about Honor Code reflects attitudes: People’s whining about the Honor Code says a lot more about them than it does about the policies here at BYU-Idaho.…
- Posted Tue, 12 June
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Getting off the sidelines
…There was a group of about five onlookers who just stood on the sidelines and did nothing as the smaller man crouched down and received the attack.…
- Mary Hanson / Lifestyle Editor
- Posted Tue, 05 June
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A New Yorker back in the ‘Burg
Last semester I lived in New York City. I went determined to civilize myself. Away I went, ready to iron out these Idahoan wrinkles and gnaw through the ties that tether me to this culture-less sinkhole that I call home.
- Anthony Sheehan / the big apple
- Posted Tue, 05 June
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Rooting for the little guys in 2008
It will be a year-and-a-half before we see a new president at the head of our nation, but the race for party nominations is well under way.
- Aaron Benson / seabiscut’s best friend
- Posted Tue, 05 June
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Letters to the Editor
Insurance discussion ignores past waivers: In arguing about insurance for married students, it seems like no one is mentioning the fact that many students contributed to this policy change by signing waivers without having qualifying insurance…
Change school name to reflect true purpose: As a Ricks College student and BYU-I alumnus, I have had the privilege of following the exciting and inspired changes that this wonderful institution has to offer…
- Posted Tue, 05 June
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