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Opinion

Opinions, editorials, and letters to the editor.

As a public forum, The Eagle invites guest columns and letters to the editor from all readers. Opinions expressed in submissions belong solely to the author(s) and DO NOT necessarily reflect the opinions of The Eagle staff, its adviser, CSC students, faculty, administrators or governing body.
Please limit all guest columns or letters to 400 words. Deadline for submissions is noon Monday for consideration in the following Thursday’s edition. The Eagle reserves the right to edit or reject all submissions.

Opinion
Sarah Townsend

Mississippi law still leaves room for improvement

Near the end of March, a federal judge ruled that Mississippi’s ban on same-sex couples adopting children is unconstitutional. This made it legal for same-sex couples to adopt children in all 50 states. According to a Huffington Post article by Mollie Reilly, deputy politics editor, “U.S. District Judge Daniel Jordan issued a preliminary injunction against the ban, citing the Supreme Court’s decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide last summer. The injunction blocks Mississippi from enforcing its 16-year-old anti-gay adoption law.”

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Editorial
Eagle Staff

Still no numbers: what is Senate hiding?

Person One: “Chadron State won the basketball game last night.”

Person Two: “What was the score?”

Person One: “Oh, I can’t tell you. If I do, it might hurt the other team’s feelings.”

This scenario is an extreme example of the way we see Senate elections. For years, The Eagle has been asking the executive body of Senate to release the numbers of votes in the Student Senate elections. Year after year, those running for election claim they will be transparent, and they want better working relations with all parts of the college, and year after year, our requests for numbers are denied.

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Opinion
Guest Author

Stop making our pain your gain

I have discovered a practice that has quickly ascended to become my personal vexation. In last week’s paper, my column followed the terroristic attack in Brussels; a catastrophic affair in which numerous people were wounded, terrorized, and ripped away from their families. Many people rushed to their aid, however, a specific group of people instead fled to social media or media outlets to use this tragedy as an opportunity to push their political agenda (I’m looking at you presidential candidates).

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