In 1988, Congress passed the Drug-Free Workplace Act, which requires federal contractors and grantees to provide drug-free workplaces in order to receive a contract or grant. Then in 1989, the Supreme Court ruled that it is constitutional for private railroad companies to require employees to test negative for use of drugs upon hire and return from extended leave.
Recently a bill was introduced in the Mississippi Legislature that would require drug tests for recipients of welfare. Instituting drug testing does not make sense financially and reinforces stereotypes of the poor. Additionally, there are more effective alternatives that can be enacted.
In a historic move on Tuesday, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overruled Proposition 8, the statewide initiative banning gay marriage in California.
If you use Google or Wikipedia, you may be familiar with something called SOPA. No, it’s not a national debate about Mexican soup. SOPA is legislation intended to censor the Internet, essentially suspending the constitutional rights of American citizens and corporations.
We are a family at Ole Miss. Some Mississippians would argue that the state of Mississippi is like a family too. In the wake of arguments between Ole Miss and Mississippi State fans on social media outlets about anything imaginable, I thought about some comparisons between the state universities and a family.
As Mitt Romney claimed his third win of the primary season in Nevada Saturday night, the fight for the nomination continues — Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul have all pledged to stay in the race. But while Romney is pulling ahead of the rest of the pack, Republican voters need to question the relevance of the remaining candidates.
Like everyone else in the Ole Miss family, I love my university. I love the people, the tradition, the Grove and, yes, even class. I love the town of Oxford and the countryside in which it resides. I love the football games in the fall, the basketball games in the winter, the baseball games in the spring and all of the other sports in between.
I’ve tried to discuss issues specifically pertaining to Mississippi lately. Of course, it’s important that we consider global and national issues, but I think state issues are extraordinarily important, especially in a time when our newly elected officials are entering office.
College is the time to be curious. We need to take advantage of our time and embark on an adventure before we lose that chance. Traveling and studying abroad — completely immersing yourself in another culture — can impact your life significantly. And if we plan to make a difference in the world as young adults, we need that international experience now more than ever.
As I come closer to the end of my journey at Ole Miss and move into the professional world, I have become exceedingly thoughtful about my communication with friends, family and colleagues, or the lack thereof.
In response to Trenton Winford’s “Pre-existing conditions unfortunate, but should not be covered.”
The Affordable Care Act is a controversial piece of legislation that seeks to address one of America’s most complex issues. This short, one-sided article ignores aspects of the ACA that act to protect not just patients, but insurance companies as well.
In the fall, several activist groups were in a tizzy regarding an episode of “Glee,” in which two leading couples (one heterosexual couple and one same-sex couple) dealt with the issues leading up to and arising from their first sexual encounters.
Last spring I searched through a bookshelf at Goodwill looking for new material. I bought a stack of books, read the ones that most interested me and put the others aside.
John has an unfortunate story. He and his wife want to start a family, so they began searching for a house. The house they end up buying has a few problems, but it is a good starter house. The roof leaks, the cabinets need to be replaced and the foundation has some problems.
The 2008 presidential election between Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama was purported to be about hope and change; the next president was going to change the status quo from a gridlocked Washington to a Washington that worked for the American people, rather than lobbyists and peddlers like Newt Gingrich, corporations and Wall Street. But the voters eventually got what they deserved.
Lately, some of the Republican candidates have managed to talk themselves into a hole concerning welfare and those living in poverty. Newt Gingrich, probably the most offensive on the subject, accused all poor people of not having the habit of “showing up on Monday,” implying that those living below the poverty line simply do not work as a result of laziness. He said, “Really poor children in really poor neighborhoods have no habits of working and have nobody around them who works.”
In a world of social media craze, we are becoming so unbelievably exposed to different sources of information that we often neglect to realize what we are taking in. Recently, informational or opinionated “viral” YouTube video links have been posted to Facebook walls and Twitter feeds. Most college students have seen the “Religion versus Jesus” video in the past month or two, and similar videos are spreading around our social media outlets like wildfire. I saw a link to another one of these videos — this time, though, I watched it.
Chances are, most women reading this column are no strangers to a phenomenon that I find rather ridiculous. No matter how often it happens, it still makes me feel uncomfortable, self-conscious and sometimes, even threatened.
Voters take their issues pretty seriously. There are family values, the economy, the Constitution, taxes and personal freedom, just to name a few. This is largely why the Republican Party has surged in the past few years, and 2012 was supposed to shake things up even more.
This past weekend was a proud one for the Ole Miss campus. Ten outstanding students were inducted into the Hall of Fame, joining countless others who have contributed effort and energy into their time here as undergraduates.
At least one thing can be said for former Gov. Haley Barbour: the man sure knows how to make an exit. Before leaving office this month, Barbour pardoned more than 200 convicted criminals, in a move that left the new regime in Jackson confused and outraged.
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