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Dear Congress, get with the program

Garrison Ebie March 10, 2010

Welcome to America, home of the world’s finest medical treatment facilities that most of the citizenry can’t even afford. To your left, you will notice staggering unemployment. To your right, an embarrassing...

Breaking records and breaking boundaries

Marchaè Grair March 10, 2010

It’s women’s history month. And basketball season.I happen to be both a proud woman and a basketball fan, so I cannot ignore the accomplishments of the record-breaking Huskies.For those of you who...

Homeschooling and the art of political asylum

Sonali Kudva March 9, 2010

At the beginning of this month, I read a most interesting news report in Time (“Homeschooling: German Family Gets Political Asylum in U.S”) . A German family with two children was granted political...

It’s time to rock the vote

DKS Editors March 9, 2010

Today, students will have the opportunityto decide what next year’s student governmentwill look like.The Undergraduate Student Government isholding elections today for its 18 elected directorand senator...

Demand clean energy

Katy Robinson March 9, 2010

Our country is in an energy crisis, and ithurts young people more than anyone. Oldand dirty power plants are polluting ourneighborhoods, our friends and neighbors arelosing their jobs, energy bills have...

The existentialist left conservative

Ben Wolford March 9, 2010

It’s been two years and four months sincethe death of Norman Mailer. In honor of him,here are some excerpts from a discussionbetween Mailer and William F. Buckley on FiringLine in 1968.Buckley was interviewing...

Our View: The most backward decision in America

DKS Editors March 8, 2010

Last Thursday, thousands of college students across the country protested budget cuts to state university systems. Students took to the streets, letting lawmakers hear their pleas to put money back into...

Total buzzkill

Molly Cahill March 8, 2010

Growing up where I did in California, I found there were typically two schools of thought when it came to the military: You either thought they were on par with baby-killers or a back-up plan to pay for...

Apparently, loving people is a crime

Frank Yonkof March 8, 2010

The “animal rights” community was certainly unhappy with my column last week (“Humans always come before animals,” March 1) when I stated that I would never donate money to an animal shelter because...

A healthy distrust

Nick Baker March 8, 2010

Last week I wrote a column in response to one written by another columnist. The column was called “Country first” by Anastasia Spytsya (Feb. 25), and my response was called “How I learned to stop...

Too many credit cards could be in trouble

DKS Editors March 5, 2010

College students are constantly bombarded with financial options. Many stores constantly ask if these young people want to sign up for their credit card to save a percentage on that day’s purchase or...

Anti-abortion ad causes controversy

Rabab Al-Sharif March 5, 2010

he message spread on 80 billboards throughout the state of Georgia is causing quite a stir across the nation.These billboards, put into place by Anti-abortion groups Georgia Right to Life and the Radiance...

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