November 2008

Sophomore history major Travis Heim tries to read his Bible every day in hopes that through reading scripture and praying, he will stay on the right track throughout his life.

“I try to think for the bigger purpose,” Heim said.

Based of the novel Twilight, the screenplay adaptation on the book left me indifferent.

The story begins when Bella Swan, a high school junior, moves in with her dad after her mother remarries. Her mother lives in Phoenix, her father in Forks, Washington, one of the wettest places on the continental Untied States.

On her first day at school, Bella meets many new people; only one person sticks out in her mind though: Edward Cullen.

Edward is a foster child in the community of Forks, with his two brothers and two sisters.

Jennyfer Keohane begins each workday by sending her husband off to work and helping her two autistic children get ready for school.

Her day consists of going to class, working on her homework, teaching dance classes and organizing the only religiously diverse student organization on campus — the East Texas Spiritual Alliance.

As a New York native, Keohane said she broke away from her Pentecostal faith after witnessing a “powerful shadow” of social hatred within the ghettos of Brooklyn.

“My whole reason to break away from Christianity was the large amount of hatred coming from

The political climate in Washington D.C. and the rest of the country will soon take a drastic change. With the new presidency, Democrats will have a majority in the house, senate, and will have the presidency.

As a result of this change, bipartisanship must be a priority foe everyone involved.

The most obvious reason bipartisanship is a new necessity is obvious – Republicans are outnumbered.