Oregon Daily Emerald

Education needs to return to roots

In my opinion | All I Remember Is...

by Matt Petryni

Last week, when pointlessly deciding who to vote for, I explored some of the policy "plans," "roadmaps," or "vision quests" of the various politicians running for president. These are generally ideological action plans posted on a Web site amounting to the billion-dollar equivalent of the student council candidate's plan for "Free Pizza Fridays" - which is to say, well-crafted promises that have no hope of realization in the real world of Congressional approvals, regulations, lobbyist agendas, compromise, hearings and the occasional terrorist attack.

Cheetah life

Illustration

by Chaz Faulhaber

Teach for America makes real difference

Guest Commentary

by Guest Commentary

A vast and growing inequality exists in my country. Just this month, Harper's Index cited a two-fold increase during the past 20 years in the percentage of Americans who consider themselves among the "have-nots." This epidemic of socio-economic stratification infects all of our democratic institutions, informing, for example, Mississippi's decision to allocate only 10 percent of its $1.

Holy Cow's sustainability represents true progress

Letter to the Editor

I was surprised to see the Holy Cow editorial ( "Holy Cow fans should encourage progress," ODE, Jan. 28) where our student paper sided with the administration and against the popular opinion of many students and staff by basically telling us we needed to get with the times if we supported Holy Cow.