• Posts Tagged ‘staff editorial’

    EDITORIAL: Freedom: Bought with blood

    by  • 31 January, 2013 • Opinion • 0 Comments

    Illustration by Kaylie Foster | The Ranger

    •  STAFF EDITORIAL •     Senate Bill 182, aka the Campus Personal Protection Act, is being re-introduced to the Texas Legislature by state Sen. Brian Birdwell. The bill would allow any concealed weapons license holder to carry a firearm on college campuses. It also would prevent any public higher learning institution from making...

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    STAFF EDITORIAL: AC guides student success

    by  • 8 February, 2012 • Opinion • 0 Comments

    Illustration by Stephanie Perez

    Feburary 8, 2012 THE U.S. ECONOMY has suffered for almost four years now and still is in a state of inadequacy. As of December 2011, the unemployment rate in America was standing at 8.5 percent. It’s hard to maintain a positive outlook on the future when a majority of people can hardly afford to...

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    Staff Editorial: Suck it SOPA

    by  • 1 February, 2012 • Opinion • 0 Comments

    Illustration by Stephanie Perez | The Ranger

    Our internet freedom took a turn for the worst last month as the U.S. government tried to enforce the Stop Online Piracy Act. The bill was introduced by U.S. Rep Lamar S. SmithR-San Antonio,  in hopes that it would protect copyrighted material from being used and/or shared through the streams of the Internet. A...

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    Students victims of new state law

    by  • 30 November, 2011 • Opinion • 0 Comments

    Editorial by Ranger Staff Get ready for another obstacle to higher education. On Jan. 1, 2012, a new Texas law will take effect requiring new college students to be vaccinated against bacterial meningitis. In the past, the law required only students living in dorms to get the vaccination. Now it covers all new students,...

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