We present our weekly review of selected student journalists and editors. In this week’s edition, US foreign aid, the educational benefits of pornography, same-sex marriage and synthetic marijuana are under scrutiny.
- The recent legalization of same-sex marriage comes at a time when marriage in general means something much different than it did in the past, observes an op ed writer for The Dartmouth.
- The same news brings tempered optimism from the perspectives editor for the Arizona Daily Wildcat.
- A short-sighted congressional preoccupation with “cutting waste” has endangered American assistance to UNPFA, the UN population fund, and that’s really a shame, says a reporter for the OSU Lantern.
- A writer for the PSU Daily Collegian examines the valuable educational benefits of pornography.
- Popular TV depictions of teenage fathers give them a bum rap, says a columnist for UC Berkeley’s Daily Californian, and he offers an alternative view.
- Last week’s Punk Music festival was well worth attending, according to a reviewer for the Indiana Student.
- Should the state of Iowa ban synthetic marijuana? Two writers for the Daily Iowan offer contrasting opinions.
- The managing editor of the Auburn Plainsman is fed up with the media cheap shots being directed at her school, and she protests indignantly.
- Although there are currently some pretty steamy charges lodged against a former UW/Seattle star athlete, an opinion writer for The Daily urges readers to remember that he’s innocent until proven guilty.
- In view of the country’s constantly growing national debt, a political analyst for the University of Houston’s Daily Cougar thinks it’s hard to justify giving away foreign aid money to other countries.
- The editors of the Daily Texan make their case in favor of the Dream Act.
- A campaign to ban “psychiatric labeling” by the Citizens Commission on Human Rights is quixotic and irresponsible, says a psychology student in the Daily Utah Chronicle.
