Broadside Opinion

By Justin Lalputan, Staff Writer To start with, politics are not something that I usually get involved in. Sure, I’ll have a friendly debate with someone about abortion or stem-cell research, but I generally don’t involve myself with either the Republican or the Democratic political parties. However, I must say that I don’t like what […]

By Senators Jennifer Mancini and James Nance Well, student body, the results are in. Your new president and vice president have been decided. On behalf of Student Government, we would like to congratulate D’Leon Barnett and Jacky Yoo on their win. We are sure to see great things from them in the upcoming year. Student […]

By Stephanie Tran, Staff Writer It’s been clear for years now that the United States is on the outs with Iran, North Korea and Syria because of disagreements over each of the countries’ respective nuclear programs. However, last week the problems between the U.S. and each of these countries hit a whole new low. From […]

By Brandon Minister, Staff Writer A paramount question of the last presidential election concerned the War on Terror. Neither candidate appeared to support the status quo. John McCain argued for a firmer commitment to our position in Iraq, upwards of 100 years if necessary. Opposing the effort was Barack Obama, who argued for a time […]

By Justin Lalputan, Staff Writer One of the things that I love about George Mason University is that we’re constantly upgrading and improving our campus. One thing that we can say about our campus is that we always have a lot of construction going on. Recently, Mason has decided to upgrade the streetlights and replace […]

By Amy Jenne I understand that everyone has his or her own opinions, but I was very unnerved when I read “New Age Cyberbullying.” I have researched cyberbullying on multiple occasions, and it was apparent to me that Justin Lalputan only used Google to find key terms. He did not really investigate what cyberbullying was […]

By Alan Moore, Staff Writer April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and it is time that the student body steps up its efforts to end these atrocious acts. This is a difficult topic to stomach because many people know someone who has been a victim, and the subject matter is unpleasant. College students are unique […]

By Alan Moore, Staff Writer Currently, the Supreme Court is considering McDonald v. Chicago which could determine once and for all if state and local governments have the right to restrict and control gun ownership. Last year, the Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment guarantees that an individual has the fundamental right to bear […]

By Johnetta Saygbe, Broadside Correspondent Everyone in this country uses the art of persuasion; politicians, however, have perfected this art. Politicians innately possess, or have been taught, the ability to present themselves and their platform in a way that is the most pleasing to their audience. While the mode of presentation varies, all persuasive arguments […]

By Bradon T. Minister, Staff Writer Who was the first human to discover cause-and-effect relationships, and how quickly did his peers kill him for his heresy? Until this mysterious human — let’s call him Roger Cavemanson — came along, every action in the world was clearly the work of a capricious god, or possibly a […]