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Editorial/Opinion ArticlesNew changes for newspaperLayout offers more options to interact; feedback welcomedByWith any luck, this will be the last time you have to hear change as a buzz word for anything. However, it is a concept that has become a necessity in media in order to keep readers engaged and interested in the news. Heading into the spring 2009 semester, The Spectator has embraced this philosophy on a few different levels. Operation in Gaza justifiedIsraeli student gives reasons, accounts on decisionsByIf you watched TV or read newspaper articles during the three-week conflict in Gaza, you were no doubt troubled by the accounts of aerial bombing, ground invasion and civilian casualties. You may well think that Israel overreacted and used disproportionate force. What a trooperTeenager gets arrested after impersonating a police officerByHalloween might have been three months ago, but for one Illinois teenager it was not a one-night event. A 14-year-old was arrested on the weekend and charged with false impersonation of a police officer, according to a Jan. 26 Chicago Tribune article. On Saturday, the boy entered a South Side police station in full uniform and worked a five-hour traffic shift before a sergeant noticed the teen was missing the police star. Drug tests should be implementedSchool guidelines should adhere to government rulesByBeginning this semester, five high schools around the Milwaukee area are starting to develop new drug testing policies, according to a Jan. 25 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article. The new testing program is directed at student athletes who sign a personal conduct code before each athletic season begins. Breaking Boundaries: Delayed signalPostponement will hurt broadcasters, people need to get convertersByI remember I always wanted to break my TV when it wouldn't show a clear image. Like many college students, I only had four channels; three if it rained and five after 2 a.m. But that all changed four months ago when I got my converter box, afraid that after Feb. |
