Choosing convenient classes over challenging courses
March 27, 2012
Filed under Columns, Opinion
Brendan Raleigh - Round Table opinion editor By Brendan Raleigh Round Table editor As state budgets around the country are being cut, so is the number of classes which high schools like Middletown can afford to offer. Numerous creative arts and language courses are among those on the chopping block. While... Read more »
Younger generations take technology for granted
March 22, 2012
Filed under Columns, Opinion
By Cortney St. John Round Table broadcast producer Cortney St. John - Round Table broadcast producer The technology of today has corrupted the minds of the younger generation. I received a cell phone only two years ago and I still don’t have unlimited texting, so if I need to text someone it costs... Read more »
Election results you can bank on
March 15, 2012
Filed under Columns, Opinion
By Lisa Conley Round Table editor-in-chief Lisa Conley - Round Table online editor-in-chief As the primary elections begin to heat up, it’s becoming apparent that one thing is driving the election results: money. As of Jan. 31, Massachusetts governor and Republican forerunner Mitt Romney reportedly... Read more »
Shreve’s library plan faces stacks of issues
March 14, 2012
Filed under Ana Billotti, Columns, Opinion
Ana Billotti - Round Table web producer By Ana Billotti Round Table web producer Frederick County commissioner Billy Shreve announced his proposal to shut down the Walkersville Public Library and move it next door into the Walkersville Middle School last week. “It perplexes me that we have one library... Read more »
Pa. judge’s ruling nullifies the First Amendment
March 2, 2012
Filed under Columns, Opinion
By Brendan Raleigh Round Table Editor Brendan Raleigh - Round Table opinion editor Pennsylvania Judge Mark Martin recently dismissed a case filed by Ernest Perce, an atheist activist who was attacked by a Muslim, Talaag Elbayomy, in reaction to Perce’s portrayal of a zombified Muhammad in a local... Read more »
Shooting to fame over shooting laptop
February 24, 2012
Filed under Ana Billotti, Columns, Opinion
By Ana Billotti Round Table web producer Ana Billotti - Round Table web producer A YouTube video posted in early February shot Tommy Jordan of North Carolina to fame. In the video, Jordan addresses the note that his 15-year-old daughter, Hannah, wrote and then posted on Facebook. Jordan created the... Read more »
Racy yearbook photos rejected
February 15, 2012
Filed under Ana Billotti, Columns, Opinion
By Ana Billotti Round Table web producer Ana Billotti - Round Table web producer In early January, Colorado high school senior, Sydney Spies, claimed that her high school unfairly censored her. Spies’ school allows students to submit their own personal portraits to appear as their senior portrait... Read more »
O’Malley’s gas-tax is untimely, unnecessary
February 14, 2012
Filed under Columns, Opinion
By Brendan Raleigh Round Table editor Brendan Raleigh - Round Table opinion editor In Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley’s latest state-of-the-state speech, he announced his intent to raise Maryland’s gas-tax by 21 cents (6 percent) over the next three years, exceeding the state commission’s... Read more »
To stay alive, don’t text and drive
January 18, 2012
Filed under Columns, Opinion
By Ben Lewis Round Table reporter Ben Lewis - Round Table reporter The NTSB (National Traffic and Safety Board) are recommending a ban on all cell phone use while in the car, which is an overzealous response that should not include the likes of Bluetooth and other hands free devices. Texting and talking... Read more »
Prison inmates need not be put to death
December 7, 2011
Filed under Columns, Opinion
By Brendan Raleigh Round Table reporter Brendan Raleigh - Round Table reporter As of October 2010, there were over 3,000 inmates onAmerica’s death row. While most states, as well as most Americans, support capital punishment, the policy’s shortcomings severely outweigh its merits. An institution... Read more »
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