One of the great things about the opinion section of The DailyAztec is that it provides a wonderful, much-needed forum on the SDSUcampus for all sorts of views on all sorts of topics.
Ifthis is your first time reading these estimable pages (and shame onyou if it is!), I shall graciously take the liberty of letting youknow what you can come to expect from said pages.
Political commentaries are always a big hit, be they right-wingconspiracy-loving, tight-assed conservative or tree-hugging,ACLU-worshiping, bleeding-heart liberal. Depending on which issue youperuse, you might be entreated to believe our country’s government iseither made up of well-meaning, baby-kissing, grown-up Boy Scouts ora cleverly disguised coven of Satan’s minions wearing suits and tiesand residing in Washington, D.C.
No matter how diametrically opposed the two are, there is room forboth approaches. It is, as they say, “all good.”
Lest you think the opinion columns lean too far toward the earnestor solemn, be advised that lighter fare is welcomedas well. You might find musings about sex, campus life orpost-adolescent social angst — but now I’ve become redundant, Ifear.
You will almost certainly come across in this section somethingsnarky. (That’s a fancy way of saying “smartass.”) It is highlylikely you will encounter a plethora of esoteric references.(Esoteric is a snarky way of saying “words that even a fairly smartperson probably doesn’t know from beans.”) Smartasses go over big inthis publication. Hey, we’re college students. What else would youexpect? And, thanks largely to the First Amendment, college studentshave been given free reign over the content of this paper.
Perhaps you will observe in these frequently poignant, sometimespainfully honest assessments something to which you can relate –something that makes you laugh. Even more, it is hoped that you willfind something that will make you stop and think, if only briefly.
Yes, there is nothing else quite like it for us, the humblewriters of the opinion columns, having the opportunity to expresswith unbridled exuberance our observations du jour. We, the largelyunknown, wholly unpaid, and occasionally socially awkward (well notme, of course) get to spout off — in print — possibly for the firsttime in our lives, without restraint.
And if you, the valued readers, do not like what you read, well,the beauty of it is that you have your options, too. You can heaveyour Daily Aztec into the nearest trash can (though the tree huggerswould prefer you find a recycle bin). You can use it to wrap fish,line your birdcage, let your new puppy piddle on it or makepapier-m
