Opinion

The Aviso serves as a public forum for student opinion. Articles or letters to the editorial can be e-mail to aviso@malone.edu.

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• OPINION: Contentment is about more than relationship status April 17, 2012

    Our campus tends to categorize people in one of three ways: single, Malone couple, and engaged. What a narrow way of thinking about a person! It is sad to be defined by one’s relationship status. This is a problem. We (and, yes, I also h...

• Sherwood says: Top 10 baseball superstitions April 17, 2012

    [caption id="attachment_8064" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Matt Anderson slides into third base, narrowly beating the throw in a home game against rival Walsh University April 23, 2011. A few weeks ago Anderson provided the spark ...

• OPINION: Religion, relationship are both essential ingredients of faith April 10, 2012

    "I believe in relationship, not religion." This phrase is thrown around a lot—especially on a Christian campus. While I used to believe quite strongly in this statement, I've begun to reconsider. After all, do we have the correct definition...

• OPINION: Carmichael situation leaves students frustrated March 27, 2012

    I remember visiting Malone for the first time five years ago and talking to the person who would soon become one of most influential people in my life: Dr. Chris Carmichael. This was the first time I met Dr. Carmichael. I had heard of the pro...

• OPINION: Registration can be an adventure for students, advisors March 27, 2012

    “You’re the first student this year who actually wrote times down for classes next semester!” –an enthusiastic Andrew Rudd. Advising. Everyone hates it. I remember posting and reading several Facebook statuses on the subject. Posts...

• OPINION: Grace, forgiveness required when dealing with shortcomings March 20, 2012

    Before I begin, I want to give my highest regard to Angela Mahoney for her brilliant rhetoric in the prevous opinion piece. She was very concise and made some valid points. I’m not here to necessarily dismantle the validity of those points,...

• OPINION: Students should put biblical education, training to use February 28, 2012

    In My Utmost for His Highest, Oswald Chambers wrote on the topic of obedience and used the 1 Samuel account of Samuel and Eli to illustrate his point. In the story, God ordered Samuel to tell some things to Eli that Samuel thought wouldn’t ...

• 3D trend is all about the "extra buck" February 21, 2012

    If you’ve ever read Brave New World, you may remember the characters in it going to see the “feelies.” Basically, the feelies were movies that engaged all the senses, including the sense of touch. Writing in the early 1930s, author Aldo...

• How to graduate without getting hitched February 14, 2012

    Today is Valentine's Day, which means that love is in the air ... whatever that's supposed to mean. Each year, Feb. 14 is the day when all the couples out there get to celebrate their love for one other with little chocolate hearts, adorable ...

• 24 Hour Theatre makes for memorable experience February 7, 2012

    This year, I was part of a three-person writing team who wrote a 10 minute play in the space of one sleepless night. If you’re reading this and you don’t know what 24 Hour Theater is, you’re a sucker who already missed out. (I don’...