Colleges, and college students, focus a lot on statistics regarding the employment percentage of different majors and different schools. It’s become a frantic sort of comparison in the current economic climate, causing students in certain majors (like mine) to question whether they even want to pursue their academic interests.

Choosing a major in college is probably one of the most important decisions we have to make while attending a university. What major we choose can determine our career path for the rest of our lives, so it’s important to choose one that we feel confident that will help us land a good job and, more importantly, make us happy. 

A group of UNCW students ventures into the red light district of Paris to see the Moulin Rouge, a famously erotic production over a century old. One student finds that she, like millions of viewers in the past, is just another part of the show.

You’re going to hell. This is the message of Ross Jackson, alternatively known as Brother Ross or Saint Ross, who has been preaching on NC campuses extensively since his conversion to Christianity in 2006. Last week Jackson caused quite a stir on our own campus by drawing, and condemning, an amphitheater full of UNCW students.

Obama’s decision on March 16 to make sure religiously based organizations still covered students and employees was met with a fierce opposition from ultra-conservatives. In case you haven’t turned on any news channel in the past couple of weeks, that opposition was met with a lot of aggression from various women’s rights groups.

As soon as you read the title, it’s likely you rolled your eyes. That’s pretty typical of the attitude Americans take toward Iran. Iranians have that same attitude. The idea behind the attitude is that America and Iran are polar opposites. We are enemies with a mutual agreement to always think the worst of the other.

Substance abuse by celebrities has unfortunately become a commonly acknowledged topic within the past few years. With the death of famous entertainers such as Michael Jackson, Heath Ledger, Amy Winehouse, and now the magnificent Whitney Houston, there is a heavy demand accumulating for the legalization of drugs in our country.

Celebrity substance abuse has indeed become a common topic over the past few years, with the deaths of stars such as Michael Jackson and Heath Ledger, and most recently Whitney Houston. As a result, many individuals have come out on both sides to either support the legalization of drugs or stricter government regulations.

I was on the campus of Duke University a couple of weeks ago with a few other students from "The Dub." We witnessed the huge cluster of tents, known as Krzyzewskiville, filled with students lined up weeks in advance for UNC vs Duke basketball tickets. We were awed by the dedication of the students staying in those tents despite the freezing rain that was coming down that day.

"The wall he leaned against was crowded with an illiterate testament to the barrenness of the heart. There loneliness scribbled a lewd invitation; desire chalked out a vulgar sketch; frustrate tenderness turned cruel with mockery; ungiven love became a feverish obscenity." That's an excerpt from John Clellon Holmes' Go about bathroom graffiti discovered by the main character.

As the 2012 elections continue to grow closer and closer each day, it is apparent that the gay marriage issue will have a significant impact on elections at both the local and national level. Over the past few months, several states, including Washington, Maryland, and New Jersey, have passed bills legalizing same-sex marriage. 

It's that time of year. Ads on the side of my browser are telling me that my (nonexistent) wife would love flowers from ProFlowers. The checkout section of Walmart is a sickening combination of pink and red, and also displaying teddy bears larger than their shopping carts.

For most of our lives we are told that here in the United States we live in a democracy, but this is not really true. The United States of America, although known for being a shinning beacon of democracy is in actuality a representative republic. 

Recently, the European Union backed the US sanctions on the nation. As things stand now, according to the US Treasury website, there is a complete ban on the sale of commercial aircraft, all aircraft material, any petroleum trade, any bank/financial institution interaction, and any purchase or sale worth more than 100 USD.

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." This text is known as the Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution, and it is the one most commonly overlooked by our federal government.