Grateful for those on the journey
AS THIS is my last column, I want to thank a number of people who have helped me along the way.
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AS THIS is my last column, I want to thank a number of people who have helped me along the way.
DAVID Kay, the former chief weapons inspector of UNSCOM, the U.N. Special Commission on Iraq, wrote a piece in The Washington Post last Sunday about the current search for a "smoking gun" by weapons inspectors in Iraq ("It was never about a smoking gun," Jan. 19). What he said should be clear by now: There is unlikely to be a "smoking gun" found in Iraq, some cache of chemical weapons or the like, that will give the United States clear justification for war. The United States would be better off considering whether or not we should go to war than looking for justification to do so.
The upset victory by the Cavaliers in the Continental Tire Bowl over West Virginia was a major accomplishment for the football program. But the controversy surrounding the halftime skit by the Pep Band that mocked West Virginia overshadowed the victory, and this is a shame. The outcry over the skit is ridiculous and clearly an overreaction.
LAST WEEK, the Texas state board of education approved the history books that it would buy for its 4.2 million public school pupils. Due to its hefty share of the market, the textbooks Texas selects usually are adopted nationwide ("Remaking History," U.S. News & World Report, Nov. 25).
CHARLOTTESVILLE residents can expect a nasty surprise when they look at their water bill later this month. There will be a 50 percent rate hike, which is on top of the previous rate hike this fall. But here is the kicker: the reason is not because Charlottesville wants to discourage water use. Rather, because of the excellent conservation efforts of Charlottesville residents, the water company actually lost money. Now the Charlottesville City Council has the nerve to pass the increased fees on to their residents, after spending all fall discouraging water use.
Former St. Paul Mayor Norm Coleman will most likely be the new Republican senator from Minnesota after defeating the Democratic candidate, former Vice President Walter Mondale. Tragically, Senator Paul Wellstone (D) was not a choice for Minnesotans after his untimely death in a plane crash almost two weeks ago. But at a memorial service for the late senator on Oct. 29, his family and supporters turned what should have been a solemn service into a political rally. This was disgusting and tasteless.
The idea of a commerce minor has been around for the last few years, but has been more of a tease than anything else. Most recently, Economics Dept. Chairman David E. Mills mentioned last week that he would like to see the establishment of a commerce minor ("Department reconsiders logistics of double major," Oct. 24). But despite talk of the creation of the minor and interest among students, the idea of a commerce minor remains a pipe dream. This must change, and it should be created.
PRESIDENT George W. Bush has kidnapped Christopher Hitchens and has replaced him with a robot designed to tout the administration's line on Iraq. In the Sunday Washington Post, Hitchens, one of the foremost leftist intellectuals in the world, a columnist for Vanity Fair and formerly affiliated with The Nation, has announced that he cannot support the Left's opposition to a war with Iraq ("So Long, Fellow Travelers," Oct. 20). Hitchens change of view ispositive because he decided to ignore ideological exaggerations in looking at the case for going to war with Iraq, something which all Americans should do.
Over the last two weeks, politicians and law enforcement officers have lashed out at the sniper who has terrorized the Washington, D.C., area. They have called the sniper a "coward," and the governor of Maryland urged the killer to turn himself in. This is all stupid. This is not likely to get the killer to stop, and may in fact encourage him to kill more. Police and elected officials should concentrate on catching this murderer rather than taunting him.
Last month, Harvard University President Lawrence H. Summers caused quite a stir when he linked anti-Semitism with the movement to get colleges in the United States to divest from companies who do business with Israel. Summers got it right, and these issues need to be addressed by examining the issue of anti-Semitism on the anti-Israel movement.
The business headlines over the past few weeks have centered on former General Electric Chief Executive Officer Jack Welch. In years past, this would not have been odd, because Welch was generally considered one of the great CEOs in American business history. But all of the recent news involves his retirement package, which seems to many to be excessive. Welch is being mentioned in the same sentence with disgraced executives from Enron and WorldCom. This is unfair.
ON TUESDAY, Student Council discussed a proposed resolution to eliminate on-Grounds first-year parking privileges starting in the 2003-2004 school year.
Now that the second full week of classes has ended, most people have their schedules set and have gotten the required books. Although the shock value of having to pay over $500 for books that many students will never open has probably worn out for cynical upperclassmen, the outrage should not. Professors should have a cap on the amount of money that books from their class can cost.
TRADITIONALLY, a family's legal responsibility for child support used to end at age 18. Starting Oct. 1, however, Connecticut will join a nationwide trend -- already occurring in 23 other states -- of courts deciding to include college expenses in setting child-support payments in divorce cases ("States split on asking divorced parents to pay for children's tuition," The Chronicle of Higher Education, Aug. 16). Connecticut and the other 23 states it joins are entirely correct, and the sooner this Commonwealth joins them, the better.
Sami Al-Arian, a tenured professor at the University of South Florida, has abused academic freedom. According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, the Board of Trustees at the University of South Florida is going to court to see if it can fire Al-Arian for his supposed links to terrorism. The Board of Trustees should have fired him immediately last September because he has attracted negative attention for that university for almost a decade("U. of South Florida accuses professor of links to terrorism and asks court to approve plan to fire him," Aug. 22).
LIKE IT or not, the focus of college is on the classes you take. This column is meant to help out incoming first years in the College make it through their first year or two as painless as possible.
CONGRESSIONAL Republicans managed to get the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a bill, H.R. 4737, which would force many welfare recipients to work more hours a week, and spend less time getting an education. This bill is a step in the wrong direction. Congress should ease education restrictions on welfare, not tighten them, as this bill does.
LAST WEEK the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops adopted a new national policy where priests who sexually abuse minors would lose their jobs with the church, but still retain their official title as priests. This new national policy does not go nearly far enough. Anyone convicted of sexual abuse should be removed from the priesthood permanently.
THE BUSH administration is considering barring some foreign students from certain academic fields that teach skills necessary for the application and development of weapons of mass destruction. Three major college groups propose that the government scrutinize foreign students' visas who want to study in certain scientific and technological fields. This is a more reasonable approach.
EUROPEAN professors are petitioning for a boycott of Israeli cultural and research institutions, because of Israel's military actions in the West Bank. This call by some European academicians is outrageous and violates the understanding that cultural change is supposed to promote.