The practice of outsourcing, or sending jobs to foreign companies for cheaper labor, has been going on in the United States for years and has continued to grow as a viable option for companies. Hundreds of corporations in the United States are outsourcing and sending American jobs overseas because they […]

You don’t need to go to a big school to be happy. You can be just as happy or happier at a Division II school. Take my word for it. Having gone to both kinds of schools, I can debunk the happy, big school myths for you. When I was […]

I know teenage sexuality is not a new concept, but come on. Ever since I was a junior in high school, I’ve held the belief that there must’ve been something in the water to make the incoming freshmen the way they were. However, by the next year, my belief about […]

Ladies and gentlemen, it is GOOOH time. I’m not trying to sound like a PA announcer before a home basketball game. I am talking about GOOOH: Get Out Of Our House. GOOOH is a political organization with one main goal: evict all 435 of the representatives in Congress and replace […]

The political system of our nation has yet again been altered by another congressional blunder. What began as a lawsuit over the production of an anti-Hillary Clinton film has turned into big business demands for unfettered campaign spending. The primary build for this case, brought before the Supreme Court in […]

With the tuition hearings this week, we found out that the university will possibly be putting even more strain on our already shrinking bank accounts. The university has decided they may need more money from us next year to fund new projects, apparently ranging as far as China, India and […]

Some people might say advertising is a “necessary evil.” I wholeheartedly agree. Advertising funds this newspaper, and I believe I can speak candidly, with a big cheesy smile, when I say The East Texan appreciates any and all advertisements. Advertising is quite necessary. However, I agree much stronger in the […]

How often do you check your e-mail, update your Twitter, or comment on Facebook? How many hours are wasted on Skype counting friends, posting pictures on Myspace, or re-bogging an interesting YouTube video? Social networking has expanded in recent years to involve much more than seeking out long-lost high school […]

When the athletic referendum was initially passed, we recognized the need the athletic department had for more funds, even if we disagreed with the way it was passed. After all, the other universities in the Lone Star Conference had one, and our athletic department was competing against schools that had […]

Twenty-four seemed pretty old 10 years ago. Now that I’ve reached that age it seems just as old. I’m having a quarter life crisis. This is assuming of course that I make it 96. It seems more likely I’m having a 1/3-life crisis. Either way the problem I’m facing is […]