Opinion/Editorial Articles
The Journal Wishes everyone a happy holiday season
EDITORIALS
The next time you see a fresh copy of The Journal will be in 2005. The year of the cock. Don't think dirty, we're talking about roosters. Since there won't be any other time between now and then to confess our insecurities in the form of New Year's resolutions, we're going to vent ours now.
WG residents overreact to sensible new dorm plan
EDITORIALS
The Journal firmly supports the new plans for residence halls to be built south of the Webster Village Apartments on Edgar Road. Residents who worry about the possibility of additional traffic or parties disturbing their peace don't understand Webster culture.
Holidays are good time to bond, buy a bunch of stuff
COMMENTARY
"Buy Nothing Day," has come and gone, without making much of a dent on post-Thanksgiving consumerism. But while the people over at Adbusters, the organizers of the Nov. 26 holiday, haven't hurt any corporate giants, they have hit a chord with college students and professors who feel the mall is a haven for evil.
Patriotism sold at your local Wal-Mart
COMMENTARY
Oh Americans, we're such capitalists. Everything we experience we want to sell to others. Case in point, patriotism. Now yes, after Sept. 11 even I felt a pang of patriotism. I turned the American flag I had hanging in my room right side up for a couple weeks, until I replaced it with an Irish flag altogether.
All ideas deserve respect
COMMENTARY
In about a week, I finally graduate from Webster University. I received a solid education here and I've been quite happy. When it comes to social and polital issues, however, some of my experiences left me too uncomfortable to open my mouth before now. For a school that considers itself open-minded, Webster can be overwhelmingly closed-minded.
