We here at The Prairie would like to give our take on what’s hot and what’s not. If you find yourself in the Hooves Down category…you might want to reconsider your choices.

• Horns up for Canyon seeing the first signs of a real winter. Yes, that is snow outside.
• Hooves down to weather changes causing sore throats, coughing and fevers. *Achoo
• Horns up for the Arizona Cardinals making it to the Superbowl for the first time.
• Hooves down to those skeptics that never thought it’d happen.

We here at The Prairie would like to give our take on what’s hot and what’s not. If you find yourself in the Hooves Down category… you might want to reconsider your choices.

• Horns up for days and days of pleasant weather.
• Hooves down to global warming.
• Horns up for our old GO email accounts.
• Hooves down to the new “LIVE” emails.

We here at The Prairie would like to give our take on what’s hot and what’s not. If you find yourself in the Hooves Down category…you might want to reconsider your choices.

• Horns up for the University giving students the opportunity to vote on the fee increase.
• Hooves down to students who didn’t vote. If you don’t vote, you don’t have the right to complain.
• Horns up for homecooked Thanksgiving dinner.
• Hooves down to organic actvists coming up with hormone free soy tofu imitation turkey legs.

What are your plans after graduation?

Brittany Field
Music Education, Senior

I plan to be teaching as a band director in a local school.

Quiang Le
Marketing, Senior

I have friends in Seattle, so I’ll be living there and applying for job opportunities.

Jennifer Grier
Education, Senior

I hope to immediately be hired as a teacher and a coach.

Cory Whitaker
Ag. Education, Senior

No vacation for me! I’ll be looking for a job!

Dava Elliot
Freshman, World History

I think improvements are great but I’m not too jazzed about raising the fees.

Zach Lopez
Junior, Sports and Exercise Science

I definitely support the renovations. We’re currently benefitting from improvements that were supported by previous generations, so we need to support this for future WT students.

Becky Propp
Freshmen, Elementary Education

I don’t want to pay more, period.

Derrick Thomas
Sophmore, Biology

I pay for my own school, so I don’t agree with raising the fee.

Sally Palitza
Finance & Economics, Graduate Student

I am appalled at how sloppy and also biased my college newspaper has become in the past months.

First and most of all, I was disappointed at the article about the Horse Judging Team by Alicia Stanley.  To win a national championship title is a big deal, and our horse judging team is exceptionally good at gathering those titles and stockpiling them, yet your article did nothing to give credit where credit is truly due.

Your article said nothing more than how a typical horse judging contest is run and operated, but not much about this year’s team and their accomplishments.  No individual results were given, nor a breakdown of scores from the three components of a horse judging contest—performance, halter, and reasons.  I think the content of the article and the headline didn’t go together well–the first of last paragraphs were indicative of the headline, though nothing in between.

Also, though you ran a photo of this year’s team, the caption didn’t explain the picture at all.  It should have identified each member of the team as shown or at the least said at which contest the photo was taken.  I consider this a basic mistake of journalism and it makes it look like The Prairie staff was lazy in gathering information and writing this article.

Next, I am particularly upset by the horns up/hooves down section from the past few weeks.  I think this section is fun and I look forward to it, but lately, I am left disappointed at the choices printed.

“Hooves down to Oprah’s millions not being able to pay for a husband”?  Is this honestly the best you can come up with?!  How about horns down to uneducated voters or the percentage of young voters who do not get out and vote.  Or references to local problems that truly affect WT students.

Sadly, The Prairie coverage of the coming election has been anything but fair.  I’m upset by the references to Palin and McCain’s wardrobes. First, Palin, herself, did not go on a shopping spree, it was bought by the RNC and the reference to McCain still “look[ing] like the oldest man alive” was childish at best.

John McCain, whether you agree with his policies or not is a true American hero and respect should be paid to him and his great service to our country.

I understand that the opinion page is just that–opinions, but the constant slamming of the republican candidates (as indicated above) in this election is unprofessional.

What about allowing room for opinions from both sides?  If you can’t find many conservatives in the fine arts college–step outside the building and ask for opinions from your peers. I’m sure that across campus you will be able to find someone with a differing opinion to make the paper less slanted.

I could go on about the suggestions to dress for Halloween as Palin or McCain (again, disrespectful to both and no mention of the other candidates) and other articles that have run the past weeks, but I have made my point.
I do appreciate the spread about both McCain and Obama’s stances on the issues for the coming election.  Thank you for putting that in the week before the election.  I am sure that most students on campus appreciated the useful information that is truly applicable to their lives, as did I.

In the future, please try to keep The Prairie unbiased.

Might I remind you that, though most colleges are liberal in nature, our campus proudly sits in the heart of the third most conservative city/county in the nation and includes readers from many walks of life who hold many different opinions.