Opinions Articles

Politicization undermines academic freedom

By Andrew Buttaro / Heights Senior Staff
With almost two years left in office, you would think critics of George W. Bush have enough current policy disagreements to keep themselves content. Turns out that some are already looking to argue about his legacy. In December, the committee tasked to select a location for the Bush presidential museum decided on Southern Methodist University.

A 'trivial' skill

By Kathryn Dill / Reporter
I will be the first to acknowledge that there are a lot of things I'm not good at. Whistling, for example, has never been a strong suit of mine, and I have been asked on multiple occasions by roommates and people in my general vicinity to stop trying. I have never solved a Rubrik's cube, and many times find Sudoku completely impossible.

The era of flexible media

By Dan Calanca
It's funny the things you remember from your childhood. For reasons I simply can't comprehend, I have a collection of bizarre and, at present, meaningless memories from times in my life when I was less than six feet tall. Maybe it will all make sense if I find myself the latest member of the cast of Lost, but until then, I can only mull over the time my first-grade class learned about whaling.