Collegian columnist Harrison Searles says his goodbye to UMass and simultaneous questions the value of a university-style liberal education.
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Liberal education is dead
Tags: education, Harrison, liberal
Posted in Opinion/Editorial, Senior Columns | 5 Comments »
Theological implications of Easter
Collegian columnist Harrison Searles discusses what Easter means for life after death.
Tags: easter, jesus christ, life after death, Old Testament
Posted in Columns, Opinion/Editorial, Point-Counterpoint | No Comments »
PCP: Campus ban of weapons misguided
Collegian columnist Harrison Searles explains why the campus needs to take another look at the weapon policy.
Tags: guns, Policy, UMass, Weapons
Posted in Archives, Opinion/Editorial, Point-Counterpoint | 14 Comments »
UHS does not need a pharmacy
Collegian columnist Harrison Searles argues that students can access an off campus pharmacy and avoid elevated fees.
Tags: budget cuts, Pharmacy, UHS
Posted in Opinion/Editorial, Point-Counterpoint | 5 Comments »
The perversity of “rights”
Collegian columnist Harrison Searles raises his concerns about the phrase “right to education.”
Tags: American Constitution, John Locke, perversity of rights, right to education
Posted in Columns, Opinion/Editorial | 4 Comments »
The economic foibles of mandating contraception
Collegian columnist Harrison Searles explains how the contraception mandate is a matter of freedom of conscience and of the government using clumsy policy to deal with imagined problems.
Tags: ACA, Contraception, government, HHS
Posted in Columns, Opinion/Editorial | 2 Comments »
Malthus’ dire warning rings hollow
Collegian Columnist Harrison Searles shows that humans live better than ever, despite Malthus’ dire predictions of mass starvation.
Tags: Paul Enrlich, The Population Bomb, Thomas Malthus
Posted in Columns, Opinion/Editorial | 13 Comments »
Degrees and deadweight debt
Columnist Harrison Searles discusses the decreasing value of higher education.
Tags: Costs, debt, higher education, student loans
Posted in Columns, Opinion/Editorial | 2 Comments »
Protest for equality or wishes for Santa?
Columnist Harrison Searles thinks that the Occupy Wall Street movement is nothing more than a reflection of consumerist desires.
Tags: consumerism, Occupy Wall Street, Tea Party
Posted in Columns, Opinion/Editorial | No Comments »
