To some, the Oracle is the way you get your news.

To others, it’s a means of measuring popularity. Some use the Oracle for last-minute birthday gift-wrapping or as a hasty coaster for a dripping cup of coffee. And still others (the majority, I suspect) politely receive the Oracle from my staff every other Friday following chapel, browse through for interesting pictures and promptly discard it in the Deli or Hava Java.

To me, the Oracle is much more than an ongoing school project or a means to attain skills that make me a marketable hire. It’s more than the temporary thrill of seeing my name at the top of the masthead.

It’s cliché, but it’s true: the Oracle is my family. I’ve made inimitable relationships with my coworkers. It’s the thing I’ll miss most about ORU when I graduate in a few weeks.

Each generation in American history has experienced revolutionary changes and monumental events that have shaped our society and country as a whole.

I’ve often wondered: What will be the revolutionary change of my generation?

As sci-fi predicted, the modern world is fast-paced and technologically based. The “traditional” family makes up less than 25 percent of the country due to an increasingly career-focused generation.

Since the repercussions of 9/11, our nation seems to be facing what will one day be known as “The Great Recession.” Perhaps it is this economic decline that has so effectively motivated the children of the 21st century to find success in the workforce.

However, our country may be facing social issues much greater than those of a fiscal nature. Despite the revolutionary path paved in the 60s for women’s rights, women of our generation are still facing the challenge to break down equality barriers - particularly in the workforce.

Kermit the Frog might say, “It’s not easy being green,” but I have a bone to pick with Kermit. It’s really not that hard being green, or going green for this matter.

You might want to ask, “Well what’s the hype over going green anyway?”

I asked that question too, until I realized that we have to share this Earth with future generations. Our children will inherit the Earth as we leave it. Then it made sense to me why going green may be important.

Going green is beyond a political statement— it is an act that declares that we want to live in a better world and take care of our environment.

I was deeply troubled over the story on Dr. Pat Robertson in the Jan. 20 issue of the Oracle.