During the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced the concept of a social program to ensure that senior citizens have some source of income in retirement. Roosevelt had the right idea, but the unintended consequences of the Ponzi-scheme-like setup of the program means that seniors may once again suffer immense hardships in the "Great Recession" of the late 2000s and 20teens.
The Greek philosopher Heraclitus wrote that there is only one constant in our lives: change. As our counterparts at the Daytona Beach campus put it, we are a university in constant flux. As Horizons Newspaper enters its 31st year of production, we are not immune.
Graffiti on runway 21R spells out the word "FUND." Is this a plea for more money or an insult to an opposing flight team?
I hate mechanical pencils. I am one of the only engineering students at ERAU, if not the only one, to not use mechanical pencils. Whenever I go to sharpen my pencil before class starts, I never fail to get at least one sneering and snide comment about my archaic writing utensil.