Abortion Legislation Gets Green Light From Senate

In the editorial titled "Abortion Legislation Gets Green Light From Senate", the Cougar Editorial Board claims that the abortion bill, in which a woman must have a sonogram prior to the decision of abortion, should not have passed through the Senate. The Staff Editorial section of this newspaper has it's creditability in being a part of TheDailyCougar.com, which has been the official student newspaper of the University of Houston since 1934. One of the major concerns that the Cougar Editorial Board brought up in this particular editorial was that "in the middle of a multi-billion dollar budget crisis, the state Senate has passed a bill that requires even more tax dollars to sustain". The newspaper logically suggests that "forcing a pregnant woman to be subject to trauma for a decision that is entirely her own is an extreme form of government intervention" and that "leaving someone with no option but turning over control of her body and using cruelty to push a conservative agenda is an abomination of human rights". The Cougar Editorial Board uses these points to back up his main point of why the abortion bill should not be passed through the Senate. The board comes to the conclusion that it is a waste of the tax dollars during a budget crisis and it is not worth the money to be spent. A woman already has her mind made up of which path she is about to partake of, whether it be abortion or not, and the choice is completely hers - the government should have no say in the choice. I believe the board of this editorial explained his views on the bill very clearly and logically, making his argument successful. If my mind was not already made up on the matter, it would probably have convinced me because of his valid points. However, because my mind has been made up due to my strong faith, religion, and the environment / home in which I have grown up for nineteen years, it was not successful in changing any beliefs I previously held.

Community College Costs Climb

In a recent article featured on KVUE, Texas community colleges were in the spotlight. The article focused on how the reducing of state funding for the schools will greatly effect the cost of tuition per student. The probable outcomes of the cutting of the funds are raise in tuition, increase in property taxes, and enrollment caps due to the growth of the schools taking place during the meantime. It is likely that many students will not be able to afford the colleges, as financial aid will be cut.

This is an informative article and is a great read for college students in Texas, more specifically the students at community colleges, such as ACC. It is worth the few minutes to read this article about colleges like ours in order to get an idea of what is to come in the future of our school.