Eric Schmidt

This is the 92nd November since the end of the first ‘Great War’. What was originally known as Armistice Day has transformed into Veteran’s Day and although the name may have changed the sentiment is still alive. This is a day to honor those who have served in our nation’s armed forces. For nearly a [...]

This video provides a frightening glimpse into the current state of law enforcement’s accountability to citizens. Although we usually think of electronic surveillance in terms of being watched by “Big Brother”, this CATO Institute video argues that people should be aware of the potential that video has to prevent unfortunate and ugly run-ins with the [...]

A quick look at the history of our fine school… Lehigh University is our humble home atop Ol’ South Mountain. Most of us go about our daily lives here without any conception of the people or places that existed before us. Lehigh has long been known as the ivory tower of South Bethlehem, where many [...]

America has traditionally had an unusually negative fixation on criminals. We saw this phenomenon spike with Richard Nixon’s declaration of the “War on Drugs” and in the 1990s, when news broadcasts convinced us that gangs were literally going break down all of our front doors. This is not to say that criminals are not deserving [...]

http://www.vbs.tv/newsroom/jim-frederick-newsroom A bizarre and tragic incident being described as one of the worst violent crimes of the Iraqi War is chronicled in a new book, Black Hearts, by Jim Frederick. The story follows the deployment of a platoon of soldiers in the so-called Triangle of Death in 2005-2006. The stress of being in the most [...]

This interesting Thomas Friedman op-ed analyzes some of the issues America is facing in terms of international competition. With nations like India, Brazil and especially China rapidly growing into mature global economic and political powers, the United States must strive to remain competitive- lest we be left behind the power curve. Mr. Friedman suggests that [...]

This question has been asked for as long as our country has existed. It still doesn’t have a clear answer. The peculiar situation and amazing story of Mebrahtom Keflezighi highlights some of the particulars of this ongoing debate. Meb, as he is better known, escaped war-torn Eritrea with his family at 12. The Keflezighis moved [...]

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/39419543/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/39383369 Although this story is a few weeks old, it is still worthy of comment as its focus remains ever pertinent in all of our lives. As many of you are surely now aware, a Rutgers university student, Tyler Clementi, recently killed himself by jumping off of the George Washington Bridge. He was driven to [...]

Time will tell whether or not this has potential to solve the world’s current environmental and economic issues with carbon-based fuel, but it is an interesting invention nonetheless. A true example of American ingenuity. // Share|

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/10/07/new.jersey.tunnel.project/index.html?hpt=T1 Governor Christie recently shut down what would be the largest public works project to ever be undertaken in the United States. It was a plan for a railroad system to be built underneath the Hudson River and would cost at least $5 Billion. Christie, for all he is, at least has stuck to his [...]

A BRIEF HISTORY OF WHERE YOU WILL BE RESIDING FOR THE NEXT 4 PLUS YEARS I made my first trip to Lehigh as a high school junior. I was traveling with my parents and we arrived on campus from the road that goes over the mountain. It’s the way that the website encourages, probably to [...]

It is sad that a country that claims to offer religious freedom would be so prejudicial in its application of that ideal. There is a serious disconnect in what many Americans see as a fair implementation of the First Amendment. Citizens of this country enjoy their freedoms and like to promote the benefit of those [...]

New Jersey recently passed a law known as Kyleigh’s Law. (Politicians enjoy having poster boys- -or in this case, girls, for their initiatives) This law is named after Kyleigh D’Alessio, a 16-year old who was killed in 2006 in an automobile crash in Washington Township, NJ, involving another teen driver…

Title IX does it again. In a misguided attempt to make college sports more accessible to female student athletes, legislatures in Congress passed this bill that made it mandatory for schools to spend equally on both men’s and women’s sports…

The recent senatorial election in Massachusetts resulted in what some have described as the most important political upset of the century. The revered seat of Ted Kennedy, the so-called Lion of the Senate, fell into Republican hands on January 19, 2010. Senator Kennedy held a prominent position in the Senate for decades before succumbing to brain cancer on August 25, 2009. Ironically, the law mandating a special election to fill a vacant Senate seat in Massachusetts was established to prevent then-governor Mitt Romney from replacing Senator John Kerry with a Republican in the event that Kerry won the 2004 presidential election. An extremely influential Senate seat that was in Democratic hands since 1953 fell to the Republicans with a resounding victory for Scott Brown.

Our world today is much safer than any that has existed in the history of humanity. We have immunizations for a variety of viral infections, antibiotics, cars, clean food and water, a dearth of localized warfare and violence and even government-funded student loans. We have it good, especially when compared to the billions who existed [...]

The Bergen County area is particularly well represented amongst the Lehigh student body. These students should be aware of the fact that local police in their home area are arming with military style weapons and vehicles…

On Wednesday, February 10, Lehigh had its first snow day in 8 years. For those of us living in hovels, our campus was blanketed with nearly two feet of snow over the course of Tuesday night into Wednesday evening. I have no issue with trudging to class if my university and professors demand it. I [...]

The film, ‘Avatar’, has been hailed as a movie classic and by some as the ‘greatest movie of all time’. It stole away the box office records, made a splash on 2010 movies, and has been on everyone’s mind…

Public transportation is often seen as the answer to a variety of issues and has become popular in the eyes of environmentalists, urban planners and traffic-haters…

Many young people, such as college students, do not worry about the implications of health care…

uthority must always be questioned. It is simply inherent to a modern democratic society. As college students, we can certainly appreciate this sentiment and should act on it…

The cost of a college education is the bane of us all, and it isn’t about to get any easier to manage. This summer, tuition at Lehigh increased about 3%…

The long-term repercussions of Obama’s economic policies are leading us down the road of socialism, which is especially bad news for those of us preparing to enter the workforce.