While I generally agree with the commentary of columnist Brett Nolan, his September 12 column “Strive to find middle ground for environmental politics” drove me to respond with dissent. In this column, Nolan claims that “promoting an environmentally conscious community doesn’t have any negative effects.” While this statement seems relatively innocuous, its implications suggest something [...]

The current debate regarding alcohol sales should not be a debate at all. The establishment clause of the First Amendment of the U. S. Constitution clearly forbids the legal preference of one religion over another. Legally banning the sell of alcohol from certain establishments on Sundays is in obvious violation of this clause. I feel [...]

While the fervent debate over what restaurant serves the best burritos shall proceed indefinitely, I am fairly certain that the name Moe’s shall not be mentioned in such a discussion. Some love Chipotle, others are more partial towards Qdoba, but I would be shocked after a recent experience of mine if anyone can say they [...]

The fact that Wesley Yonts’s Sept. 4 column “New surface mining legislation brings more destruction to landscape” was published in the Kernel amazes me. It is filled with inaccuracies and written by someone who obviously has no reasonable judgment on coal mining, or any sense to look for details to support a valid claim. This [...]

Sept. 11, 2001 was a tragic day in which over 3,000 civilians, including firefighters and police, had their lives involuntarily and horrifically taken away while beginning a normal workday. To use this awful day to promote awareness of a highly contested invasion of a foreign country is appalling. Iraq did not do this to us, [...]

Column by Megan Vazmina The United States imported $5.3 million worth of American flags in 2006 — and about 94 percent of that money went to China, according to a U.S. Census press release. The latest video from Osama Bin Laden shows the world is still riddled with conflict. President George W. Bush, in response [...]

I am writing in response to Britney McIntosh’s Aug. 31 article “Web portal continues to confound.” I too share the sentiment that the new portal is frustrating, but as a Mac user, it is even more so. UK recently migrated from uConnect to Microsoft Exchange, and this has proven nothing but a headache for me [...]

A recent article on the slight drop in sexual assaults on UK’s campus emphasized that the amount of women who feel safe on the campus has jumped from 16.4 percent to 31.7 percent. In the following paragraph, it says that the amount of sexual assaults has fallen slightly, but that the drop was not statistically [...]

There is more to hear than hate. So why is it that hate seems to be the only voice dedicated to its cause enough to crawl out of bed at dawn, organize its legions, and make its way to spew vile and vomit on the students of UK? Nearly every day of this new school [...]

Brett Nolan commented in his Aug. 29 column, “Diversity issue more complex than just skin color,” that administrators are too narrow-minded in their definition of diversity. I agree with Nolan that diversity should not be restricted simply to the color of someone’s skin or ethnic background. Whenever I am asked to fill in the “Race/Ethnicity” [...]