• Letter to the Editor 2

    Greetings! As part of CNMS 105 I am to write a letter to the Editor of the Beacon. And so here it is; I chose to focus this letter upon the article by Ashley Berry titled “Let’s Rethink This?” At the risk of sounding too critical I feel the need to point out a few… Read more

  • Letter to the Editor 1

    Dear Beacon editor, I would like to applaud you for being able to get a gang of college students to be in a room together and write stories for a newspaper that only 80% of this college reads. That takes a lot of strength. I also really admire your section “The Broccoli” it’s a lovely… Read more

  • Upholding the Right to Be Stupid: Houston’s Vote Against HERO

    By Paul L. Young Like many Americans in presidential election season, a majority of Houstonians last week asserted their constitutional right to be knuckle-dragging troglodytes by rejecting the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO). The measure, first passed last May, would have made it illegal to discriminate against 15 protected classes, including gay and transgender people,… Read more

  • Ethical Dilemmas: A Path to Truth

    By Alice Barakagwira Back in Fall 2014, in the Introduction to Human Services course, we were having a conversation about whether there are links between one’s belief in God, or a lack of belief in God, and one’s health. This conversation was originated from the conception of mental health in my culture. Back home in… Read more

  • The “Death with Dignity” Movement

    By Marilyn Smith California. Oregon. Vermont. Montana. Washington. There has been a dramatic increase in the number of states considering death with dignity laws. Sometimes called “assisted suicide” or “right to die,” these laws make it possible for terminally ill patients to use prescribed medication to end their lives peacefully rather than suffering a painful and prolonged death.… Read more

  • Tech Talk

    By Laurence F Adams III Spying, collecting, tracking, and processing everyone’s data are par for the course nowadays in America. Before June 2013, with Edward Snowden’s confirmation, it was denied. Even with admitted government programs, like the ECHELON program, people still weren’t aware of government and corporate spying. In March 2013, the Director of the… Read more