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

July 15, 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

July 8, 2012

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

July 2, 2012

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

June 24, 2012

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

June 17, 2012

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

June 10, 2012
Too often, science and math outweigh music and the arts.

Amollo: American education cannot rely on math, science alone

May 20, 2012

Amollo: Obama support of marriage equality shows unusual political calculation

May 14, 2012

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

May 3, 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

April 29, 2012

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

April 22, 2012

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

April 8, 2012

Amollo: Cases of children with guns need special attention

March 18, 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

March 5, 2012

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

February 28, 2012

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

February 20, 2012

Amollo: Spineless hate dangerous for America’s diversity

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

January 30, 2012

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

January 9, 2012

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

December 2, 2011

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

November 16, 2011

Amollo: In education debate, examine relevance of teaching

November 10, 2011

Amollo: Defy conventional wisdom in pursuing your goals

November 7, 2011

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

October 25, 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

October 18, 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

October 13, 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

October 10, 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

October 6, 2011
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