Posted on April 18 at 8:24 p.m.Suggest removal

Maybe your individual departments need to deal with grade inflation. In my experience, it takes clawing and fighting your way up to the next grade level in an upper div. science class to succeed. Sorry the philosophy department won't tell you you're super-duper special A+, instead of just normal special A.

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Posted on April 12 at 6:02 p.m.Suggest removal

@briareus While I don't agree that we have a problem with political indoctrination at OU, I do agree that forcing these types of classes on students is not an answer. People will believe what they believe, whether you force them into Social Justice classes or not. Forcing them to take these classes would just bring down the educational experience of everyone else in there. Also, what departments would you cut to save Women and Gender Studies? Because that's what would have to happen to save them. And, while I think WGS is important, it is ripe for cutting to save more important core programs, like modern language or US History.

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Posted on April 12 at 5:52 p.m.Suggest removal

Unfortunately, when budget cuts come, departments have to sink or swim. What other department would you take money from to fund Women and Gender Studies? Because that's what these students are asking the Board of Regents to do. I think Women and Gender Studies is really important but cuts must be made in this kind of economy. The Board of Regents doesn't just have money lying around; other departments (like Modern Languages) are being forced to put a lot of classes online, too. If Women and Gender Studies can't convince donors they're important enough to get outside funds, they need to either rethink their marketing or downsize.

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Posted on March 31 at 11:14 a.m.Suggest removal

Because the turnout in elections accurately reflects how many people are affected by all the branches of student government, including CAC. That's definitely a justifiable leap of logic.

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Posted on April 28 at 1:30 a.m.Suggest removal

@cardsfan918 What is RIGHT is holding to the constitution of our student government. Just as in our nation, the UOSA court has the right to rule something unconstitutional, which the previous election clearly was. This is the CHECK set up against the legislative and executive branch, both of which are involved in the elections. If you really don't get this, maybe you should take a government class?

As to your second allegation, Jess Eddy was the one that filed the complaint, not Franz and Cory. Obviously the student body wanted Franz and Cory, not Ally and Zac, as their UOSA President and Vice President, as that is how they voted when they were given the choice between the two. Maybe you should stop whining about how YOUR candidates didn't win and listen to the student body as a whole about the representatives THEY want.

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Posted on April 16 at 1:34 p.m.Suggest removal

Er, not all of us Greeks are handed everything on a silver platter. Several of my sisters are paying their way through college with no assistance from their parents. (Our house is actually a less expensive alternative to other room and board options, and they're also trying to have what they can of the classic "college experience.") I'm fortunate in that OU offers a VERY generous scholarship for Nat'l Merit students and my parents cover what it doesn't, but I also WORK (as in an actual job) for anything outside of basic room, board, tuition, books, etc. I may want. I DON'T drive around in an expensive car paid for by my parents or shop at ridiculously overpriced boutiques. I'm also in a service organization, involved in CAC, and even attended a few Academic Team meetings last year and Math Club meetings last semester. Yes, math club. And I went and talked with people and didn't hold my nose at all those icky icky smart non-Greeks. Gaspshockawe. Yes, many Greeks do fit the stereotype, which I find annoying too. But please don't paint us all with the same brush.

@Brandeis In my house, we actually do have sister-tutors. I've helped several of my sisters with Gen Chem, being a chem major. You could always get a tutor as a non-Greek, of course, but it's pretty convenient for them to just walk down the hall and tell me all of their chemistry woes. It also helps that Greek houses have mandated study hall for all of their members below a certain GPA.

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Posted on March 5 at 1:36 p.m.Suggest removal

Batman is a superhero precisely BECAUSE he has no powers and is still able to keep up with the likes of the Justice League. And if you're going to argue that it doesn't count because he was born into money, you'd have to discount a huge chunk of superheroes because they were born into their powers. Same sort of birthright argument.

To the first commenter: This is decently written (especially for the Daily) and much less rage-inducing than the Opinion columns. Just because you have no interest in the topic doesn't mean it's a waste. Try not to be so rude on something in the L&A section that's supposed to be lighthearted and college-age appropriate?

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Posted on March 5 at 12:50 p.m.Suggest removal

In addition to the fact that our state budget needs to be cut SOMEHOW (would you rather the state troopers be downsized? Maybe social welfare programs?), the tuition hikes in California are HUGE. I'm from California and was admitted to both UC Berkeley and OU. In the end, it came down to a financial decision. I chose OU because of the scholarship they offered, but even without it the OUT of state tuition here is LESS than IN state tuition at Cal, making OU the better financial choice regardless. So when our cost gets even slightly near theirs (which is something like $44,000 a year total to attend Cal's business school, for example), maybe we'll riot. But for now I'm pretty happy that the Oklahoma Legistlature was able to keep the cuts so mild. Because really, higher education SHOULD be the first thing to come out of the budget, as most other things (like the state troopers and social welfare programs I mentioned earlier) are essential for our society and basic human needs.

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Posted on December 11 at 3:05 p.m.Suggest removal

Aaaand once again people fail to understand satire. Max, your columns are the only ones I ever enjoy reading, but people don't seem to get the recurring theme. Keep it up. Maybe people will take an English class, learn something, and stop completely misinterpretting things you write. Or they'll just continue to go about thinking Swift really WAS advocating baby eating.

@TylerBranson: Best comment ever.

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Posted on November 30 at 4:35 p.m.Suggest removal

@Ali

And the Serbians (Orthodox Christians)committed genocide against Bosnians (many of whom were Muslims). Hitler (a Christian) orchestrated the Holocaust. The various Inquisitions employed brutal methods of torture and murder to force people to convert to Christianity. The Bible has plenty of passages promoting violence, slavery, and treading on women's rights. What's your point?

People kill people. It doesn't matter what religion you are, someone who believed in it has at one point done something appalling. You can take any religion and use it to justify killing when you don't look at the whole. However, you've conviently left out all of the passages in the Koran that do promote peace. I'm sure you hate it when atheists pick and choose passages from the Bible to paint it as hateful, please don't do it to other religions. Especially one that essentially believes everything you do, with the addition of one more prophet.

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