The Collegian

I hear that the Star Spangled Banner is in Spanish now. Neustro Himno, as they're calling it, is not being well-received by the conservatives. "And I think people who want to be a citizen of this country ought to learn English," G. W. Bush said. "And they ought to learn to sing the national anthem in English.…

My father bought a new riding lawn mower last week. He purchased one of those beautiful John Deere babies that resembles a small tractor. It has lights. It has cruise control. Turns on a dime, my dad says. He told me I should bring my sweetheart back to the farm in Oregon so she can give it a try.…

As excited as I was for spring break to come, my hopes of spending all day at the beach were shattered as soon as I got off the plane. I came home to completely disgusting waters that the locals refused to even test. A man who fell into a canal feeding into the ocean died of extreme infections after three days in the hospital; another man's foot became swollen, raw and covered in large white sores after walking on the sand, while a woman who went surfing became ill and was hospitalized.…

The biggest secret going into the mid-term elections is that the Bush economy is doing nothing less than booming. Currently, consumer confidence is at its highest in nearly four years. Since August of 2003, over five million new jobs have been created. The claim that there are no jobs to be found has also diminished.…

How did America become an economic superpower? Work ethic? Possibly. Innovation? Maybe. International savvy? Very likely. Slavery? Bingo. The former three are touted as the basis for American prosperity, but the work slaves did make this country an economic force like no other.…