Kamren Thompson

By America’s standards, I have horrible taste in television.

The nation’s top five favorite TV shows are “Dancing with the Stars,” “Modern family,” “X Factor,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “New Girl,” according to this week’s TV Guide’s Most Popular TV Shows.

It wasn’t until the 30s on TV Guide’s list that my favorite show popped up. While I understand the addictiveness of “X Factor” (despite being almost exactly the same as “American Idol”), I think there are a few shows on TV right now that America is neglecting.

As most of you know, we’ve had some problems here at the Patriot Talon this semester.

You’ve probably read the editorial on Page 1 and maybe even the story by Nathan Hardin, Student Press Law Center staff writer, but I wanted to take a second to comment from my point of view as editor in chief of the student newspaper and as a student, myself.

We are not doing this for attention or to create chaos.

We are doing it for newspaper staffs everywhere whom administrations have censored and shut down.

I was checking newspaper e-mails the other day when I opened a message from a local newspaper editor complaining about a few errors in the Patriot Talon.

To be honest, the message got me a little down, but mostly I was amused because in the last sentence of the three-sentence message was a typo.

Are there errors in the paper? Of course, there are errors in the paper.

There may be an error in this column.

This is a student publication staffed with mostly full-time students who also have second jobs.

I get high almost every day. It’s usually a result of procrastination. I wait until the last minute to do a giant amount of work and become absurdly stressed out.

I usually finish the work just in time to turn in it in, and I get this incredible rush — a stress high.

The zombie apocalypse has spread. An undead plague has claimed yet more victims. Fans have never been happier. AMC’s “The Walking Dead” is a hit.

The show, based on a comic book of the same name, follows the life of a county sheriff from Georgia after most of humanity has either been killed by or joined an army of lifeless zombies.

AMC executives confirmed a 13-episode second season but have yet to release an airdate.

They plan to start production of the second season this month.

Two men charged with burning East Texas churches earlier this year face a possible life sentence after pleading guilty Wednesday.

Jason Bourque, 20-year-old former University student, pleaded guilty to five counts of arson and two counts of attempted arson.

District Attorney Matt Bingham recommended Bourque pay restitution and serve the maximum sentence of life in prison for five arson charges.

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Team members furiously transcribe their opponent's argument, as the stopwatch runs down, and junior Travis Smith raises his hand to call a point of order.

The typical parliamentary-debate round lasts about 45 minutes and is a combination of six speeches, lasting four to eight minutes. Two teams with two members debate a resolution for which they have 20 minutes to prepare.

Athletics teams were introduced at the second annual University pep rally on Monday in the Harrington Patriot Center gym. The University mascot, Swoop, the dance team, cheerleaders and the men’s soccer club performed at the pep rally.