Editor’s note: This is a summary of the first episode of our podcast, “The left, the right and the Hornet.” Listen to the podcast here.

In this week’s episode, Online Sports Editor Jordan Guinn, a strict conservative, debates hot topics with political opposite Scott Allen, a staff writer.

Why didn’t the United States invade Iraq during the first Gulf War? Listen to the podcast to find out. Also, Guinn and Allen debate what the next step in Iraq should be.

Should the United States have waited for U.N. permission to invade Iraq, or is it akin to the country asking itself for permission?

Allen and Guinn have differing opinions on renewable energy. Should the United State go “green” for the good of the environment, or should we use it as an opportunity to control the world’s supply of oil?

Next, the left and the right move on to a topic closer to home for many students: CSU fee increases. Guinn argues students want to have their cake and eat it too with cheap, quality education.

What is the solution to campus image? Is it a successful athletics department, and is this what President Alexander Gonzalez is banking on?

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