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When the Baby Boomers got all worked up about the disturbing behavior of the youth, it was an easy scapegoat to blame the philosophy of 'sex, drugs, and Rock and ' Roll'. In fact, most Generation X and Y'...

Are you interested in contributing to Paul Meek Library, and its services to UTM and Northwest Tennessee? It's easy. Become a member of the Friends of Paul Meek Library. The Friends of P...

Dear Dr. Rakes and ' Director Tim Nipp: I am appalled at the idea of cutting down any more ginkgo trees on this campus. If I had known that the trees were going to be cut down, I would...

This essay is a response to Letter to the Editor, ran on January 24, 2012, 'Pro-Choice is Pro-Health.' First, I respond to some of the attempts to 'refute' anti-abortion arguments (limita...

Let's pretend for a second that you haven't seen all of the advertising and publicity about the upcoming Southeast Journalism Conference that will be at UTM at the end of this week. The conference...

Put your shirt on. And your pants. Today marks one of the most head-scratching holidays of the calendar year: Working Naked Day. We at the Pacer want to take this opportunity to remind you that although you make put in 20+ hours each week in clas...

As a result of the Roe vs. Wade Supreme court decision, abortion was made legal in the United States on January 22nd 1973. Since then, Pro-life activists have been petitioning the government to overturn the decision to put an end to the immo...

Quite possibly one of the most memorable experiences of my life was my collaboration with 400,000 plus Pro-Lifers in the 2012 National March for Life in Washington D.C. The solemn walk in r...

Before Roe vs. Wade, nearly 50% of all maternal deaths resulted from illegal or back-alley abortions. It is estimated that anywhere from one hundred and fifty to two hundred and sixty women died each year from 1950-1960 due to these practices, with...

A recent UK- based study shows that Facebook can be attributed as a factor in as many as one-third of divorces. A similar American study shows that Facebook was to blame in as many as half of major marriage conflicts in the past year. This site...

This may very well be our last year alright. I'm definitely preparing for the end of life as we know it, and I encourage you to do so as well. I am not referring to the Mayan calendar apocalyptic predictions either. Frankly, I think that who...

Coming alongside the start of a new semester is a whole new line-up of prestigious academic minds visiting our campus to share with us some of their knowledge. If this sounds exciting to you, then I think you are probably a part of a dwindlin...

Integrity can take many forms. It means taking your shopping cart to the cart return in the Wal-mart parking lot. It means informing your professor when they made an error and -in your favor and -when grading your exam. Integrity also means that th...

Occupy Wall Street? No thanks. Wall Street, multinational corporations, fiscal corruption, and ruthlessly self-serving business institutions are not the real problem with our country's economic situation. At least, not any more than our local <...

I'm never good with goodbyes. Not because I'm overly emotional or inept at conversation. I'm actually very good at talking to people, but something about closing the deal on a conversation makes me awkward and tongue-tied. Lucky for me, I get t...

It's funny how people change over time, and what starts them down their paths. I realized early on in my college career that as an introverted, B- to B-minus student, the only way to compete in life was to get a strong chin, sharpen my elbows and h...

I didn't come to college to get an education. I came to college to learn and - who I was, who I wanted to be and - and textbooks just happened to be a part of that. Let's call it like it is. American universities for the most part are not strictly sc...

Can anyone else believe it is already November? We here in The Pacer office certainly are having a hard time grasping the thought. It seems like yesterday to us that we were reassembling to put out our first issue with questions of, 'How was your...