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Amollo: China’s potential continues to rival the U.S.

Benson Amollo
July 16, 2012
The city of Ames installed BigBelly solar intelligent waste and recycling collection systems at the corner of Welch Avenue and Chamberlin Street, as well as in Tom Evans Park at Main Street and Burnett Avenue. These trash cans compact trash and wirelessly signal when they need to be emptied, cutting down on energy used in picking up the trash.

Amollo: We really don’t have to recycle

Benson Amollo
July 8, 2012

Amollo: American health care policy could have consequences for the rest of the world

Benson Amollo
July 3, 2012

Amollo: The complex web that is Syria’s civil war

Benson Amollo
June 25, 2012

Amollo: For America, it’s time charity started at home

Benson Amollo
June 18, 2012

Amollo: Up above the sky, a god for all of us

Benson Amollo
June 11, 2012
Too often, science and math outweigh music and the arts.

Amollo: American education cannot rely on math, science alone

Benson Amollo
May 21, 2012

Amollo: Obama support of marriage equality shows unusual political calculation

Benson Amollo
May 15, 2012

Amollo: United States failing to ask questions that made it a human rights leader

Benson Amollo
May 4, 2012
Today, the term 420 and the date April 20 lend themselves to a variety of marijuana-related topics, including the legalization debate, growing the plant and drugs on campus, among many others.

Amollo: There’s room for weeding out criminalization of weed, other drugs

Benson Amollo
April 30, 2012

Amollo: From Assad to Kony, we are victims of a tactful media

Benson Amollo
April 23, 2012

Amollo: In race relations, the “Memory of the Enemy” is the elephant in the room

Benson Amollo
April 8, 2012

Amollo: Cases of children with guns need special attention

Benson Amollo
March 19, 2012
Students come together to take a stand against the current racial controversies at Iowa State on Friday, March 2. Many students as well as some professors discussed personal stories of racism they have encountered. The rally was outside Parks Library in the free-speech zone.

Amollo: We need to talk about race, even when it has no immediate impact

Benson Amollo
March 5, 2012

Amollo: Caught between a rock and a hard place, the West must still help Syria

Benson Amollo
February 28, 2012

Amollo: On prison labor, United States is worse than China

Benson Amollo
February 20, 2012

Amollo: Spineless hate dangerous for America’s diversity

Benson Amollo
February 14, 2012
Newt Gingrich makes his way through a standing room only crowd on Sunday, Jan. 1 at West Towne Pub in Ames. Crowd memebers included a a group of high school students from Ohio in Iowa to learn about the caucus.

Amollo: Gingrich could have trouble within the GOP

Benson Amollo
January 30, 2012

Amollo: Despite scorn from political parties, Occupy protests expose real hardships

Benson Amollo
January 9, 2012

Amollo: Florida A&M needs to address grave hazing charges

Benson Amollo
December 2, 2011

Amollo: Media bears some blame for Penn State scandal, too

Benson Amollo
November 16, 2011

Amollo: In education debate, examine relevance of teaching

Benson Amollo
November 10, 2011

Amollo: Defy conventional wisdom in pursuing your goals

Benson Amollo
November 7, 2011

Amollo: Obama’s student loans initiative only a half measure

Benson Amollo
October 26, 2011
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain speaks to voters in Hiton Coliseum before they cast their ballots in the 2011 Ames Straw Poll.

Amollo: Cain’s candidacy not an indication of post-racial politics … yet

Benson Amollo
October 19, 2011
Demonstrators moved from Parks Library back to Central Campus during the Occupy ISU movement. The protesters gathered Thursday, Oct. 13, to voice their concerns about the economy, especially debt from school and financial issues due to job loss.

Amollo: Protesting for change requires sacrifice

Benson Amollo
October 14, 2011
Columnist Benson Amollo states that both parents and community members should take more action to prevent children from being bullied.

Amollo: Bullying problem requires real action, not just talk

Benson Amollo
October 11, 2011
The American idea of freedom is not universal and students should remember this when traveling abroad.

Amollo: American notions of justice unknown to foreign countries

Benson Amollo
October 7, 2011

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