Political cartoon by Nikko Elliott, PUC student, whose views do not necessarily represent those of The Chronicle.

This past week was the 54th annual Grammy Awards. While I don't typically watch award shows like the Grammy's, I'm usually amused by the Twitter chatter they produce. As I was checking the trending topics during the show, Twitter blew up with talk about how great Chris Brown is.

"We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect-, what the heck? Seriously?" Suspenseful drama music plays in the background followed by gunfire and cars screeching away. Sound familiar? This is what I ran into while attempting to read a book in a student lounge.

Walking into a class at the start of a new semester, you would think that most professors would actually be excited about the subject material that they're teaching. After all, it's something they've dedicated a large amount of their life to, spending long hours studying for their respective teaching certificates or gaining valuable experience in their field of work, honing their craft into a fine art in the process.

I'll admit I've never really taken a huge amount of pride in being from Indiana, but I've never been embarrassed about it.  That was until Indiana became the latest state to challenge science. The State Senate recently passed House Bill 89, which, if signed into law, will allow public schools to teach alternative theories on the origin of human life (namely alternatives to evolution.

Political cartoon by Nikko Elliott, PUC student, whose views do not necessarily represent those of The Chronicle.

Spanish, French, German and Japanese are four of the main languages taught at PUC, but students can only major and minor in two out of those four: Spanish and French. Emails are constantly sent to my inbox for trips to Spain, but I don't speak a word of Spanish, nor do I speak any French.