• 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

  • Wolverine vs. Vegeta

    X-Men’s Wolverine (Aiden Bothwell) and Dragonball Z’s Vegeta (Kenneth Reddinger) square off before the SMCC Halloween Dance Party on Thursday, October 29. No blood was shed…this time. Read more

  • Scholarships

    So, you are a little bit of an unconventional student and your thought process goes something like this: “There’s no financial aid available for me “because of who I am.” Well, maybe you’re wrong? Are you creative, and do your art assignment with Duck Tape? A high school senior who is a Vegetarian? Some one who… Read more