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Show .rWSSC mXIESUNLINK.COM WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 201 1 Submit your own opinion online at ivivw. dixiesunlink. com Romanace hazel sainsbury Staff Writer One thing I wish drug companies could bottle up and sell is the eu- Could phoria of yoimg love. all use a dose of ;aty palms, jes and permanent of an extra dose s flickering flame of few dates do we first f the joes important questions, y spotlight of blind us? Are we too the pos-ulit- up in jght superficial ro- - the need to im-s- s that we are not dung across the table to and DCe whatever romance novel she is currently reading. I know that doesnt make for good conversation, but heck, at least you can get it out of the way. Im sure shed also appreciate knowing you wont always be opening the door for her. With Valentines tion for the person you love. So my husband cleaning the house? That sounds like romance to me. 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Getting sexual feelings from pornographic materials can create an unusual bond between a man and a pom star. So can men separate the influence of porn stars from dt?9 nance. lithe more than ex or emotions A questions? instead of asking what his orite movie is, how about .real jngifhe is addicted j Instead of asking to her he likes Taylor Swift, .pout of it and ask if you always be compared to steamy lead man in WWW.JtWA.ORG Denominational labels Give professors a lot a factor in morality chance to instruct BY MARK GREEN Editor in Chief should be. I believe people I feel the highest definition of morality is someone who could live life a certain way day, see God that night, then live his or her life Wly the same way the N tro- - lowing day. because the exists of God is irrelevant, wof. To all of the deeply !gious people who are tended by this statement I like to pose the g Hus is fol-,m- question: If you re-'c- d indisputable very second there is not a God juld you suddenly feel about murder, rape, violence and other Luce this at ls generally hvil? regarded yu answered yes to Question then I believe lJ dont really take your S'on very seriously, and l()uld further speculate are a dirt bag devoid of Tals or a sense of right Wrng. If you no to this I us an-sr- ed question, hope most of you did, 4take a back and step your reasons. d really Gods "sider s com-"dtnen- ts that prevent doing bad things? Jd you refrain from these because things actions strike you as I would wager of you have a moral Pass that, while by religion e lack thereof, is inde-j- 1 ent f your belief in And that is how it a 3st proba-jtfluenc- of' ed should be good because they want to be and not because they want to live in some sort of post-lif- e paradise or because they are afraid of going to hell. Your belief and relationship with a supreme being is between you, that higher power, and maybe a handful of friends and family members. Outside of that your beliefs arent anyone elses business, and by the same token other peoples beliefs are none of your business. A persons actions, good or bad, can on occasion become the business of others, but only when those actions directly harm or help others. It is for this reason a person's religious leanings should not be a factor in how we view his or her morality. One of the most poignant phrases ever recorded comes from the King James bible in Matthew 7:20: Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. People shouldnt be judged or categorized based on their religious beliefs. The moral caliber of people should be assessed by their fruits, which are their actions and the consequences of those actions. Its all too common to be telling someone about another person and hear him or her ask you, Well, are theyinsert religion here? I do not understand why people think this one question is the only one they need to ask in order to determine whether or not someone is good or bad. Why not ask if he or she is kind, honest, trust- worthy or giving? Why not take the time to get to know people and decide how you feel about them after seeing how they live their life and treat other people? I used to be an angry atheist who was eager to argue with religious people and was hell bent on proving people wrong and foisting my beliefs on them. I thought I was trying to help people free their minds and escape the tyranny of belief in a supreme being. But none of these arguments made anyone happy. At the same time all of my relatives' and friends' attempts to reconvert me did nothing but make everyone irritable. These days Im a laid back agnostic guy who leans more toward the possibility of a higher power, although not necessarily a conscious one. I like to discuss religion, but I no longer like to argue about it. I respect peoples beliefs and no longer try to change them, and I dont think its unreasonable to ask people to extend me, and everyone else, the same courtesy. I would urge all of you to give up on attempts to convert others to your beliefs. I would urge you to instead live in such a way that your example makes people respect you and your beliefs. This is a much more effective method of persuasion. I would urge all of you to stop putting people in boxes labeled believers and I would urge measure instead you to your respect for people based on their actions and not on their beliefs. non-believe- BY TAYLOR GRIN Staff Writer ' It seems the reason I pay a professor is to hear their professional and educated ina on subject, not to sights hear my classmates unprofessional and uneducated opinions. Granted, there are classes where it is expected to interact as a group with a professor facilitating mutual education. Take for example a class on public speaking or in an emerging field like new media. There are legitimate reasons why a student might know more about the subject than the professor. This could be due to unique style in the former example or a vast array of information in the ever-changi- latter. But those are not the situations that drive me to have an opinion article published. No, the topic that irks me enough to take time out of my day to put it to ink is that of the student who doesnt know when to keep their mouth shut in class when their input is unnecessary, distracting and ultimately detrimental to the learning experience of those around them. There are several kinds of offenders. Ill start with the I start with this know-it-al- l. one because I struggle with it myself. There are certain subjects that once confronted with them I find myself compelled to research everything I can about them and then to commit that research to memory. That is a good trait when it stops there. The problem is when such a know-it-a- ll goes on to correct the students in the class when, they misspeak, or inevitably the professor when they oversimplify a sees as point the know-it-a- ll simply too important to be abridged. The issue here is not the zeal with which the know-it-a- ll pursues their studies but with the fact that the professor, with a high level degree has arranged the lesson in such a way as to teach the subject matter in a period, and may have other material that needs to be described in further detail. This brings me nicely to our second offender: the hopelessly clueless. Well call them HCs. HCs are the students who cant seem to get the material no matter how many times the professor goes back to the slide. They have to hold up progress for the rest of the class while the teacher pauses to explain something simple. Eyes glaze over, seasons change, and that weird couple in the back starts exchanging vows by the time the HC finally gets it and the class can move on. The frustrating part of the HC is the professor, again with an advanced degree in education, often starts with a concept expecting later examples to shed light on obfuscated material so that it clicks. HCs are too worried about what will be on the test to care about this, so instead they delay and detract from the lesson to make absolutely sure theyve got it. News flash, the other partner feel objectified and uncomfortable. In the virtual world sex is a push of a button away; in a real relationship it takes a lot of effort to get some. And guess what? Even if you play your cards right you still might not get some. Thats just one of the many complexities that come with an emotional and intimate relationship. As humans we have an innate urge to seek companionship. These feelings are stronger than any superficial ideas of what being in a relationship means. So if your man holds your hair back while you barf, ladies thats romantic. Gentlemen, when she makes finger foods for your Super Bowl party, thats r.omantic. Romance isnt just a bouquet of red roses, but it's embedded in the small gestures we do for the people we love. Being in a relationship requires a real emotional connection, not an Internet connection. DIXIE SUN Mark Green, A Tom Betar, News Editor Eric Reed, Opinion Editor Richard Bnggs, Sports Editor Matt Jacobson, A&E Editor dcKoye Mecham, Lifestyles Editor Bryan Uhri, Online Editor Shelby Misrasi, Asst. 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