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I would first like to introduce myself, I am a senior student at Olivet college with a double major in communications and sociology and anthropology. I am also a new columnist for the Echo. I will be writing on ethics and morals in the Echo. I am looking for feedback. Anyone who has an ethical issue they would like addressed in the Echo or simply on here is welcome to comment, blog, or email me.
The first step would be to ask, what is ethics? How does ethics fit into the college students lifestyle?

I just wrote an article about the Olivet College Portfolio. I got a lot of responses from students on how they felt about it, but not as many as I hoped. This is another opportunity for you to express your opinion. Now that you have heard what other students are saying, how do you feel about it? More importantly, what are you going to do about it?

I've always been confused by the lack of days or months dedicated to the celebration of various European cultures, but it really came to the forefront of my thinking once I entered college. For an institution that prides itself on cultural diversity, it seemed to be a no-brainer that European cultures would find their way into the mix. Unfortunately, it didn't appear to resonate with the decision-makers. This no longer seems to be the case.

The Associated Press recently quoted John McCain as having admitted that unless he convinces the people Iraq is succeeding, he may lose the election. In familiar "straight talk" fashion, McCain quickly recanted. Unfortunately for McCain, the cat was already out of the bag. He could spin his comments like a top, but the people heard him loud and clear.

Consumerism and news media are strange bedfellows. On the one hand, without satisfying consumers, news outlets wouldn't have the audience that provides revenue for their continued existence. On the other hand, consumer driven news makes it difficult for news agencies to focus on what Pope John XXIII referred to as "serene objectivity." Instead of getting a mountain of truthful information about public events we tend to get a mound of relatively insignificant factoids.