Written by Caitlyn Buckley
Megaphone Staff Writer
I am someone who tends to buy into fads that make me feel good about myself and my contributions to society. I jumped on the volunteering bandwagon in high school because it let me feel like I was actually accomplishing something that was good for someone besides me. Besides that, […]

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Written by Rachel Rigdon
Megaphone Editor in Chief
When you look up the definition for “offend” in a dictionary, a number of entries pop up. The top one, in the Oxford English Dictionary, is “hurt someone’s feelings” and later on one of the meanings is to “ruffle someone’s feathers.” I would like to take this opportunity to […]

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Written by David Squires
Megaphone Staff Writer
The importance of higher education is perhaps clear to many of us that attend this outstanding university. A college degree can still be just one more stepping stone in the endless pursuit of a job.
For many, work after college seems great. For the rest of us, however, we still […]

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Written by Caitlyn Buckley
Megaphone Staff Writer
As we all know by now, much to the dismay of whoever is paying for our education, tuition is increasing again by 7.7 percent. We are reminded by the administration that our tuition dollars have not gone and will not go towards the renovation of buildings like the Fine Arts […]

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Written by Courtney Stoker
Megaphone Staff Writer
An article in the last issue of “The Megaphone” suggested in the sub-headline that the Mississippi House Bill 282, which would not allow restaurants to serve people considered “obese” by the State Health Department, had merit despite its grievous disregard for bodily autonomy.
Bills like this are often introduced to […]

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Written by Mariah Arispe
Megaphone Staff Writer

“I have neither given nor received aid on this examination nor have I seen anyone else do so.”
Sound familiar? It should because that is what we are told, if not required, to put on every test, major paper, research project, quiz and homework assignment that we turn in. Some professors […]

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Written by William Thomas
Megaphone Staff Writer
The last couple of weeks have seen a tremendous amount of excitement in the presidential race. Barack Obama has won all of the Democratic primaries or caucuses that have been held since Super Tuesday, earning a total of 187 delegates.
While Mike Huckabee has won two of the six […]

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Written by Claire Booher
Megaphone Staff Writer
Last Wednesday marked two very important and very different celebrations.
For Christians, it was Ash Wednesday, the first day of the Lenten season.
For “Christians,” it marked the first day of their diet.

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Written by Sam Marsh
Megaphone Staff Writer
If you drive through the southern part of this country looking for campaign signs, there is little chance that you will see anything but than Ron Paul signs. This is strange, considering any poll or the results of the primaries.
So why does he seem to get moral support, […]

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