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Office of Student Affairs 2009-4-1 A Modest Proposal, vol. 5, no. 7 Richard Badgett, et al. © 2009 A Modest Proposal Find more information about this article here. This document has been made available for free and open access by the Eugene McDermott Library. Contact [email protected] for further information. T H £: STUDENT OPINION PUBLICATI as Discourse Run Its COu se. H ow petty stage-fighting and cheap, antagonistic "journalism" are destroying thoughtful discussion in America. Pages 11-13 w 0- Douhle Ronus Popin' fun at the Poke Language Not Languishing VI z Congress careens down the Arguably the most powerful man in the Language programs at UTD a.re starting 0 slippery slope on a greased pig. world ... andJJure evil. to catch up with demand. VI ....J Page 15 Page.9 Page 5 <{ .Y 0 . 1,. JJ, M. E, .·S , \ A .M .P• • U T D A, L L. .(>., S. ED U,. , '' f f ''~ t ''.' "'.'' 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J? .... , J .... you h~ave a+-> op·~ ., . b ~h /"~1.cles · · , 1'£ , .: :1 . ~ , ·- · ~. ·J.ulOna _out:eam u · Submit articl'es and artwork to AMP! 1 e, _ relrgwn, sex· and ev' :;.n.: h·ab · .. .. : p s W _pol~tlcs,k · .. · · · ' · "" y-:eattng · ., . e ·as for ..atticleS: that. are· w 'e11 -wntten. and. ; . ap-. proximately 8{)0 words. Ever h. ·.. up tO 0 I C) ' · , , -,yt ~ng beyond that IS E ~ u.. .ur story meetmg is Aprilll th a:t 7 PM r:nal artlcl~s as attachments t d. gmail.com Plea . o amo estproposal@ . se liiclude a face-forward h. ·h . al tty picture of youi:self and yoi.ir fu11 n ' .Jg qu .- missjons An · . .. arne Wlth subc . ·. ... .yon~ can contnbute. This month's'd d. 1me 1s Fnday,Aprill7th. · ea - A M oDEST P ROPOSAL CoNTENTs 3 In This Issue. • • CAMP US L IF E Pathetic, Apathetic I 2 Three Horsemen Herald 4 UTD Death of Discourse Student apathy on campus BY ART ZACHARY hinders change .. BY BILLY EASLEY G L OBAL POLITICS Langu~g~ Not 14 Honeymoon Period . Langutslllng So little time, so many things to do Progress on the path to a better university BY ALICE POST BY KENNY GRAY 6 TVOrNotTV I 5 Double Bonus UTD-TV begins on campus Congress'"foul play" threatens to BY ALEX GARCIA TOPETE establish a dangerous precedent BY SARA MAHMOOD SociAL CoMM ENTARY ARTS & LEI SLJRE Complex Matter 7 Scientific "Progress" is not as straightforward as it seems I 6 The Spin Cycle BY LIZ ORGAN Lonely Island, The Decemberists and Royksopp 8-Welcoming Bush BY RYAN HENRY Bush's Dallas return will bring business and prestige The Menu BY JESSICA HUSEMAN This Month: Cafe Brazil ~y BRADY SPENRATH 9 What A Dirty Rat P erfidious pope pokes prophylac tic prospects, proselytizes poorly Depp's Best BY RICHARD BADGETT Five films show D epp's acting depth B_Y jOHN HARDING IO The Real Right to Work Unions in America and the PUZZLES & GAMES E mployee Free Choice Act BY AARON ARNOLD 19 Comics II Discourse Is Dead L ack of reasonable discourse leads 20 Puzzles Page t o uneducated Ameri can ~ BY TAYLOR BRIGANCE 22 The Uranus iJottua.rumtfv tbq~·t tmiver- sityadmitristrittiorz, the, Board~{ R~~utrif1l;,~U!1h•ersi!J r-f1t~ti!:t. , System, or oftbt operating board rf the uewfpap.~ 4 C A M P U S ~.-.~--:-=-.... __l.......L-I....._F_.__E ______ Pathetic, Apathetic ·UTD The student-university relationship will change, but notfast enough by billy easley biUycaslcyU!>gmail.com Elections matter - yes, even those in student gover nance. By the time this article has been printed, our student representatives will have already been chosen. The hastily put together ucarnpaigns" will have been forgotten. If there are any vestiges of election fervor left, Spring Break will surely have removed the lingering memories. What I've realized is something quite perplexing: In the end, the typical UTD student doesn't care much about Student GO\'ernment. My last article focused on international politics and the ramifications that important elections across the globe could · have on America; but UTD's Student Government, a body of representatives that we as students are far more capable of influencing, had hardly crossed my mind. There are plen ty of people who might ask why we should even care about rampant apathy concerning Student Government. There are a ton of reasonable objections to that appeal; but for the sake of time, let's focus on the most crushing response ro those who shrug at Student Government. 1he Student Government serves you. It isn't like Stu dent Congress in high school; this is serious business that affects our daily lives as students. As a commuter student, I believed I didn't have much at stake in these elections, but UTD diploma available for eight easy payments of $5,000. Phoroillustration by richard badgett that belief is a nothing more than an illusion designed to excuse our malaise. has a losing or a winning season, that pride will still ex tangible. But I realized that there wasn't any real difference The simple truth is that most students on this campus ist; it doesn't depend on the existence of a football team between any of the coalitions that were involved in the lat are nor concerned with the well-being and development - it thrives on the collective pride that's intrinsic within est SG election. I realized that Team TEAD was going of the campus. UTD is a tool - you attend UTD so you the people who attend that university. to win- not because its members.were people who were can get a degree. You benefit from UTD's accreditation, but At UTD, we have a basketball team that should be re interested in changing student life, but because it was the um does not benefit from your attendance since you're ceiving accolades for the season it's had - but it's as un most successful at branding its campaign. not involved. derappreciated as Qur chess team. That's because there's no Honesdy though, until there's a cultural change that You shrug - perhaps you roll your eyes at my epiphany impetus to care whether the university succeeds or fails.