Amidst all this drug and alcohol use, let's not forget all the Andy Rooney's and the Jeffrey Zaslow's — people who undeniably did more good than harm while they were alive.

I am looking for a world where we hold doors open for the person behind us no matter their gender.

Why don't we show our love for others every day?

The punishment enacted upon the four da Vinci CFs lacked conscience, competence, and compassion.

We have lost that special spark that is the true sentiment of the American Dream.

When it comes to chivalry, intention is everything. If you go out of your way for a girl because you sincerely find her incapable of doing things for herself (which I hope most guys don't truly believe), she will pick up on that. And if a girl is feeling chivalrous and wants to walk a guy home, this should be acceptable.

With the opportunity to enrich our lives with such a variety of engaging and thought-provoking literature and media, we choose fist pumping and slang talking, cat fighting and name calling, "Jersey Shore" and the "Bachelor." If this is the direction American values are headed, I really hope the Mayans got their numerology right.

The only reasonable way a non-smoker is going to be exposed to significant smoke today is for a brief moment as he or she passes a smoker on the way to class. The notion that this requires a campus-wide smoking ban is baffling.

If aversion to smoking is that pronounced, then I think it is fair to pass a law that protects the majority of the population from harmful second-hand smoke.

The difficult thing about dating in college is that every person has their own set of rules.

I want none of the U.S. presidential candidates to become the leader of the country.

"Emotional distress" is simply not enough of a reason to rescind someone's right to speak freely, no matter how vulgar that person may be.

As big or as small as my contribution may have been, I know that at least it made a difference.

The one prediction that we are all concerned about is whether or not the world will end.

The one prediction that we are all concerned about is whether or not the world will end.

Since eliminating the proposition system is politically impossible, we should search for a way to reform it...Simple changes include: guaranteed funding, a legally substantive proposal and a thorough review of the funders of propositions.

International students are attending American universities in increasing numbers. Is this a problem?

Laws, according to Merriam Webster's dictionary, are "rules of conduct or action recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority." Morality "is the idea of right human conduct."