The Journal

University should not fear discussing sensitive topics

Talk to us. This past summer, a female Webster University student afflicted with depression and bipolar disorder ended her all-too-brief life by hanging herself. She was young, beautiful and by all accounts an excellent student. Outwardly, she exuded a bubbly personality and ambition that drove her to be the best.

Please write us a letter, not harass us on Facebook

With the rise in technology and the increase in students and faculty and staff using social networks such as Myspace and Facebook, we at The Journal have been subjected to complaints about the paper from people using various online outlets. The number of complaints from those using less than formal means of communication has led us to ask that students use our e-mail addresses through The Journal for comments.

Dancing inmmates do more than 'thrill'

By Brittany Whitlow

While actress Lindsay Lohan bounces in and out of rehab, and singer Amy Winehouse released a song about her flat-out refusal to even go, many lesser-known people - such as the inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center - have no choice but to make the best of it.