November 19, 2011
Editorial The Free Press has been going through a lot of changes lately. You may have noticed the downsizing of our print efforts and more frequent posting to the website. This is in an effort to join the ranks of other college and real-world media organizations in exploring what online journalism has to offer. ...
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November 8, 2011
Democrats should not confuse the GOP as being a gigantic monolith that is stereotyped by those in the progressive media as being against Medicare, against minorities, extremely nationalist, against social values, and as a bunch of neoconservatives (liberal Republicans who have broad reaching foreign policy goals). There are Republicans who have conservative social beliefs, economic ...
Tags: commentary, Foreign Policy, national news, Republican PartyOpinion
November 6, 2011
As McDaniel students, we want to be as involved in the local Carroll County community as much as possible. There’s one local film group that is always looking for new volunteers. Come check out Film Lovers in Carroll County (FLICC) and you’ll be in for a nice treat! In 2007, FLICC was created in ...
Tags: carroll arts center, film, FLICC, student volunteeringOpinion
November 4, 2011
Anwar-Alaki, a Muslim terrorist, was shot and killed by a drone aircraft in Yemen on 30 September, 2011. He worked for Al-Qaeda, and he is accused of many things (on shaky grounds). These include attracting other major terrorist over to the organization like the Fort Hood shooter Major Hasan. (www.christianpost.com) the Times Square car bomber ...
Tags: Anwar-Alaki, assassination, constitutional rights, national newsOpinion
October 31, 2011
So, about a month has passed since I last wrote. Here’s what I’ve been up to in that time: The Balaton trip was really fun. We got to see some Roman ruins on the way there, and there we saw an old church, a palace, and a cave. We rode a boat on the lake ...
Tags: Budapest, Prague, students abroad, VeniceOpinion
October 13, 2011
Tired of drinking Seattle’s Best at the Budapest Café? Do you long for the almost metropolitan feel of a Starbucks vente in your hand? Has drinking the watery coffee in GLAR day in and day out made you look at a bag of Starbucks coffee grinds in the grocery store like a bag of fine ...
Tags: coffee, commercialism, StarbucksOpinion