Bravo to the start of March Madness. The NCAA tournament is always one of the most exciting times in sports. There’s always the dash of frustration mixed in when your bracket inevitably fails, but there’s also the overwhelming sense of accomplishment (and subsequent gloating) when your upset pick carries your bracket to glory among your friends. This year’s tourney is already wrought with drama, and the first round is just under way. Can Syracuse contend for the title without Fab Melo? Who will be this year’s Butler, or will there even be one? Stay tuned for all the action — you know we will.
Boo to all of the recent reproductive regulation going on in our legislative halls. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 6-2 Monday to endorse a controversial bill, House Bill 2625, which would allow Arizona employers the right to deny health insurance coverage for contraceptives based on religious objections. Who does the judiciary committee they think they are, Nate Dogg and Warren G? It’s hard to grasp the logic of Arizona politics: A bill that would ban texting and driving is an intrusion of our individual rights, yet the poking and prying into the sex lives of employees is OK? This probably falls under some human resources sexual harassment violation, or at least it should.
Bravo to Rosemarie Dombrowski and her Lady Gaga class, “Bad Romances, Edges of Glory, Lady Gaga and the Poetic Ideology of Otherness.” The online class, which began last week, looks to explore connections between Mother Monster and literary texts. Students learn about gender identity and watch music videos. Sounds pretty stellar. And if she’s getting students to truly appreciate the works of Sylvia Plath and Rainer Maria Rilke, more power to her.
Boo to having such a late spring break this year. As mid-western college students infiltrate our desert oasis of a college town for their mid-semester vacations, we’re stuck thinking about finals and all the work due after or during the break. Some online classes seem to have skipped over the break entirely, while students have complained of homework and discussion board posts due throughout next week. This is a time reserved for rest, vacation or at the very least a last chance for procrastinators to catch up on work assigned up to this point in the semester.
Bravo to free cooking classes at a Tempe Community Center. The classes, sponsored by the Tempe Community Action Agency and the Escalante Community Garden, teaches people how to cook healthy and affordable food. Learning how to cook is one of the biggest steps toward adulthood, and many college students struggle with the stove. Cooking classes may sound embarrassing at first, but the taste and smell of delicious home cooked food completely makes up for it. Stand back ramen, our taste buds deserve better.
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