Define “Micromanage”, Mr. Perry
If Governor Perry wants to end what he calls government “micromanagement”, first he should get a dictionary and find out what that word really means and then he should retroactively dismiss the abortion bill mentioned above. At least the prohibition of texting while driving would defend the lives of actual living people, instead of taking...
Do You Take This Child?
Contributed by Glenn Averoigne Earlier this month, the Texas state senate passed a bill requiring women to hear the heartbeat and development of the embryo described in detail by their medical provider prior to an abortion. I will avoid voicing my opinions on the obvious ethical violations of such measures and proceed to my point:...
How Does SG Affect Me?
The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) Student Government (SG) elections for all offices begin online Mar 28 at 12:00 p.m. and end Mar 30 at 9:00 p.m. Arts & Humanities junior Brittany Sharkey and political science sophomore Cody Willming are the unopposed candidates for president and vice president, respectively. The Overture sat down with...
Roe v. Wade Refresher
January 22 was the anniversary of the 1973 Supreme Court decision that struck down the 1857 Texas statute that made abortion illegal except when the mother’s life was in danger. In its 7-2 decision, the Court used the due process clause in the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution as its affirmative authority for...
Remarks by the President in State of the Union Address
The White House Office of the Press Secretary released the prepared remarks for President Obama’s State of the Union address prior to this evening’s delivery at 8 p.m. CST. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans: Tonight I want to begin by congratulating the men and women of the...
You Are Anonymous
News Brief Written by Rebecca Gomez. Photos by Alex Chi. After tagging the The University of Texas at Dallas’s Spirit Rocks with cryptic messages, masked students assembled in downtown Dallas early Saturday morning for a pro-WikiLeaks protest. Protesters accused the United States federal government of opposing free speech due to the arrest of WikiLeaks founder...
God hates social media
by Glenn Averoigne On the subject of peaceful protest and “Free Speech Zones”, if you have yet to hear of the crazy that is Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church, they are terribly disappointed. The Westboro Baptist Church, more of a clan, really, as all the members are related to Phelps, is the organization...
Free speech comes in zones now?
by Glenn Averoigne I read an article in the Dallas Morning News last Tuesday about the ground breaking ceremony for the George W. Bush Presidential Library being built on the Southern Methodist University (SMU) campus. This in and of itself hardly sparked my interest, being less than pleased with the eight years under the Bush...
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