How much would you pay for the universe? Admiral Ackbar would call this question a trap, but it was a serious question posed on March 7 by Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Politics and religion are mutually exclusive, never to touch – or get even remotely close for that matter. The government is steered away from faith by the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the U.S. Constitution.

The last decade and a half has heralded in a new age of creativity and creation. The proliferation of the personal computer, high speed Internet and technology education has opened the door for anyone with initiative to create a webpage or service. This shift has shown that the source of a good service is not corporate sponsorship but rather the college student spirit.

We all know what it’s like. It’s 2 a.m. and you’re just about to nod off to sleep. Boom! At that one precious moment, the jerk down the hall comes crashing down outside your door. You open the door and there they are, yelling and causing a ruckus while reeking of alcohol.

Given today’s society, it makes sense that so many use the magical boxes that connect us to our friends and our LOLcats. Although computers are very much in a world of their own, the events that unfold in our world’s computers can have grave results in the real world.

I am one for civil rights. I love them. I think that anyone should be able to marry anyone they wish. I believe that all people should have the law apply to them just like anyone else. I also believe that people should be able to speak their hearts and minds on a subject – as if working for The Lamron didn’t give that away. There are, however, limits to all rights.

In early November 2009, I came across a concept that changed my definition of the Internet. No. Stop there. It was not pornography. I found the meme. Yes, it was a glorious day. There upon my screen was my first “Philosoraptor.” It was rather funny and as a result, I habitually returned to the website.

Whether religion, politics or economics, I hold very specific points of view. With that said, I also like to be reasonable and see the other side of an issue. When it comes to marriage equality, however, I cannot see the opponent’s view. This makes sense, though, because there is no logical reason to oppose same-sex marriage – and social conservatives know it.

Sex! Good, I’ve got your attention. I’m not going to say college is a time where everyone has sex but I’m also not going to pretend that everyone in Geneseo is abstinent.

We Americans are facing an ideological threat to our stomachs: a threat more menacing than a free KFC Double Down and Paula Deen’s fat-laden cooking combined. There are reactionary religious conservatives who want to take our sacred Thin Mints away from us.

CAS: Geneseo’s Campus Auxiliary Services is a not-for-profit corporation which manages food services, catering and vending machines, handles our student IDs and provides numerous other services to students.

You do it, your professors do it, your parents most likely do it and I do it. I’m talking about Internet piracy. The ability to copy data such as a music video, movie or song in an infinitely duplicable universe is so lucrative that recent polls according to Go Globe Web Technologies suggest that 70 percent of polled Internet users find nothing wrong with Internet piracy.

The Republican Party is going to lose the 2012 presidential election. Plain and simple. Unless, of course, the GOP is able to rally itself behind a candidate that can capture the interest of swing voters. Unfortunately, with the current climate and division within the party’s base, many of those who would vote conservative are afraid of having to choose between liberal President Barack Obama and a GOP candidate who is too conservative to be elected.

Picture 200 students, arms tightly linked, on Sturges Quad along with a couple of tents. Initially this would seem like some sort of event put on by the school, like a motionless MP3 experiment.

The Internet, like any network, is like a series of highways connecting virtual cities together. The Internet service providers who run the highways, however, are always on the lookout for more money.

Apple Inc. is evil. I don't mean in the sense that they torture people, commit crimes that are particularly severe or that they do outright bad things. I say that Apple is evil because Apple is not looking out for the best interests of consumers. Apple wants to control everything you do in life. On the flip side there is but one opponent willing to do the exact opposite to reach success: Google.

Cash. Bucks. Money. The green – and sometimes pinkish – stuff that makes the world go round. As a society that exchanges these slips of paper or bits of information for goods and services, we require a constant supply of currency.

"The only difference is that an anthropologist learns anthropology, a biochemist learns biology and chemistry, an economist learns economics and an English major learns … well that's the problem."

In 1917, baseball player and shoe salesman Chuck Taylor took the already popular "All Star" canvas shoe design used by Converse and created the Chuck Taylor All-Star.

“There is a time and place for everything” is a phrase that holds true for everything, including political correctness.