Game On is Student Life’s new sports blog. It is written by our sports staff to help cover the massive entity known as Wash. U. athletics
“Reporters often write about the athletes that they cover and their multitude of accomplishments. We rarely write about ourselves. But with a blog, we have the ability to inject our own thoughts and opinions.”
“Republicans have made some pretty ridiculous comments about waterboarding. Attorney General Mukasey and Director of National Intelligence McConnell have both said that waterboarding would be torture if it were done to them. Mukasey also won’t say whether waterboarding is illegal and wouldn’t prosecute anyone who did it even if it was. Missouri’s own Sen. Kit Bond compared waterboarding to swimming lessons, and right-wing war hawk Bill Kristol is “ambivalent on torture.” Today, though, presidential candidate Mike Huckabee takes the cake.”
“Obama supporters might want to read up on his proposed economic policies. Obama has proposed a $150 billion green energy plan, an infrastructure investment bank costing $60 billion, and health insurance totaling $65 billion. These are just a few of his ideas. In total Obama’s spending would total somewhere around $800 billion. All of this would come with hikes in income taxes, estate taxes, capital gains taxes, and dividends taxes. This does not sound like a policy of less government intervention in the economy. Obama supporters may have change in their hearts, but if he is elected they may not have much in their pockets.”
“Attending programs and events on campus is an integral part of the WU Experience. SU funds so many student groups(220+) because we feel that quality programs like the ones put on this past weekend greatly enhance the lives of students. I think there is a legitimate concern when a student who has paid her activities fee cannot attend all of the events that the fee covers. Student Union and Student Groups have an obligation to program responsibly so that there aren’t weekends where 10 events are happening in one night, and other weekends where nothing is happening at all.”