Opinions

Hello there. Before we get down to business, I’d like to take a moment to explain who I am and what this column wants to do.

Raise your hand if you believe that there is no way that an intelligent, rational person could look at the problem of health care and come to a different conclusion than you have. Raise ‘em nice and high.

On May 12, 2008, federal agents mainly from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raided Agriprocessors meat packing plant in Postville, Iowa. Agents quickly arrested nearly 400 undocumented workers. Although many of these people had been long-time residents of Postville, the majority were citizens of Guatemala and Mexico.

When Americans elected Barack Obama last November, it was with the hope that he could bring the change needed to correct the course of American politics and policies. While there have been well-received changes to the way President Obama and his administration conduct foreign policy, not enough is being done on either the domestic or international fronts.

To our readers:

Every year, CHIPS strives to provide the Luther community with a high-quality, respectable newspaper. Achieving this aim requires responsible journalism, creative design, meticulous editing, and a unified desire for integrity.

You know that river winding down the Oneota Valley you see from the caf windows? It’s even more impressive up close.

Coming into the role of Student Senate President is a hard thing to do. In many ways, I wish I knew then what I know now: there is an endless array of challenges the student body faces in letting their voices be effectively heard. It isn’t people that stand in our way, don’t get me wrong. President Torgerson and the entire administration are genuinely concerned with student life at Luther.

Most political pundits would agree that the first 100 days of a presidency often define its course and governing philosophy. After nearly three and half months it is clear that the Obama administration is no exception to this tendency.

We are very pleased to have the opportunity to clarify, in general, the representation of student diversity on Student Senate.

There are six Diversity Representatives on Senate. These individuals are elected by the entire student body - they appear on the same sheet used in the elections to check mark votes for President, VP, Secretary/ Treasurer and Class Reps.

Your most important connection to the environment may, more than anything else, depend on what you put in your mouth.

Environmentally conscious food choices affect the 52 percent of the land mass of North America dedicated to farming and ripple far beyond to the Kenyan mountains, Brazilian rainforests and the world’s oceans.

Even authority can be bootlegged. Greg Lonning and the CCAC are doing a grand job of it.

First, I must take time to recognize the Iowa Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Varnum v. Brien – affirming the ruling of Polk County District Judge Robert Hansen – that a state law restricting marriage to a union between man and woman is unconstitutional.