Journalistic integrity still alive and well

Nathan Grote, IV Leader Managing Editor
April 5, 2012
Filed under Opinion

These days it’s hard to tell where the line is between news and entertainment. As commercial news outlets must compete with reality shows and football games for our attention, so many employ the use of drama and theatrics to get viewers to tune in, sometimes compromising the value of the information... Read more »

Compound Probabilities and the Hypothetical Syllogism: The Slippery Slope Fallacy

Brandon Evans, IV Leader Columnist
March 13, 2012
Filed under Featured Opinion, Opinion

While working on a larger treatise regarding reasoning and argumentation, I found it worthwhile and applicable to extract this part for the contemporary state of politics and pandering. The slippery slope is a rather familiar term, but I often wonder how much people understand it. In fact, the slippery... Read more »

5 things to differently in marriage

Zach Buckley, IV Leader Columnist
March 7, 2012
Filed under Opinion

The full title of this article is "5 Things I Plan on Doing Differently in My Marraige because of Observations I Have Made Over the Course of My Life" - it just wouldn't fit.    I figure I would clarify that, in case you were wondering. In my Marraige and Family course we are watching The Story... Read more »

Information too much of a good thing?

Nathan Grote, IV Leader Managing Editor
March 7, 2012
Filed under Featured Opinion, Opinion

Somebody asked me the other day if I remembered the pledge of allegiance.  Of course, I remembered it, I said, and proudly stood to recite it. I got the first sentence out, started in on the second, but it didn’t seem right.  I tried it from the top a few more times, but each time was certain that... Read more »

Birth control better than no control

Rachel Hettrick, IV Leader Columnist
March 7, 2012
Filed under Featured Opinion, Opinion

Recently, the hot issue in the news has been birth control. Between the debates over insurance coverage for birth control to the controversy over Planned Parenthood, this seems to be a debate that will continue to rage. However, we need to strip away the emotions involved and examine the facts of the... Read more »

On Contraception: Dilemmas and Uterine Sovereignty

Brandon Evans, IV Leader Guest Columnist
February 23, 2012
Filed under Opinion

Contemporary and controversial, abundance of opinion is apparent regarding contraception. The often fervent establishment of principle comes absent considerable scrutiny of conviction. To achieve a more comprehensive understanding of this argument then a more thorough debate of underlying concepts should... Read more »

Students asked to share views through survey

February 15, 2012
Filed under Opinion

Students, During March, students in randomly selected classes at IVCC and other community colleges across the nation will have the chance to share views by completing The Community College Survey of Student Engagement. The survey takes approximately 45 minutes to complete.  Questions focus on how... Read more »

Freedom to Exile

Nathan Grote, IV Leader Columnist
February 15, 2012
Filed under Opinion

It was Thursday morning that I had visited Appomattox Court House.  It was a comparatively small site next to the expansive battlefields of Gettysburg, Antietam, and Manassas that I had been to throughout the week.  By 9 o’clock I had seen what there was to see, and I had the whole rest of the day... Read more »

Be Mine!!!!

Haley Petre, IV Leader Staff Columnist
February 15, 2012
Filed under Opinion

Feb. 14. Valentine's Day. A whole day dedicated to love and  expressing to your special someone or crush just how much they mean to you. Easier said than done. Maybe you wanted to tell her how adorable you think she is when she laughs. Maybe you tried to tell that boy that sits in front of you in... Read more »

Commercials lead away from true contentment

Nathan Grote, IV Leader Managing Editor
February 15, 2012
Filed under Opinion

As I finished up my series of articles that wraps up on Page 4, I thought back to all the things from my trip that I couldn’t include.  Chief among them was a closer examination of the week I spent suck in Tennessee. While in southwestern Tennessee, my car broke down, leaving me stranded in a mid-sized... Read more »