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THE BEST teacher I ever had was a third year student at the University. His name: Tom Bednar. He already has taken his degree and is in Iowa, but his lessons remain in my mind and in my heart.
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THE BEST teacher I ever had was a third year student at the University. His name: Tom Bednar. He already has taken his degree and is in Iowa, but his lessons remain in my mind and in my heart.
THE ABORTION debate suffers from a great deal of confusion among pro-choice supporters and pro-life supporters. It is clear that the pro-life position is philosophically and practically untenable. With hope, the issue will fade away from the American political landscape into the far-off land of non-issues, where it has long belonged.
THE UNIVERSITY'S chapter of the American Civil Liber-ties Union has, of late, come under attack for its involvement in the "NOT BLACK ... NOT JEWISH ... NOT FEMALE ... NOT GAY" flyers posted around Grounds. The ACLU's critics, objecting that the ACLU is violating its own principles and that the organization is attacking a white male majority, simply failed to do their homework.
IN A FEAT of irony, the Honor Committee has been either actively dishonest or incompetent. Neither interpretation is flattering to the Committee.
THE HONOR system at the University is a bad thing. But it seems to be a fact of University life that isn't about to pack up and go. For that reason, we ought to watch the Honor Committee like hawks to guarantee it doesn't muck up and make a bad thing worse.
THE SUPREME Court will be addressing a hot button issue this term: the constitutionality of vouchers. If the Court gets this one right, it will affirm vouchers as a constitutional alternative to traditional public education.
What do the songs "Bridge Over Troubled Water," "What A Wonderful World," "Ticket to Ride" and "You Dropped A Bomb On Me" have in common?
A top the Capitol West steps I'm looking at the Mall and the Washington Monument. This place is dead.
STUDENT Council has earned a new name: Stupid Council. It has placed such a strong priority on something it really cannot affect - eradicating the "Not gay" chant in the Good Ol' Song.
THE HONOR system at the University needs to go. Our honor system routinely rewards cheaters and punishes honesty. A good honor system would do just the opposite: It would punish cheating by, for starters, not offering incentives to cheat. A good honor system would not systematically punish honest students. If you think these are attributes of a good honor system, then their absence in our honor system is a good reason to scrap the system altogether.
DEAR FIRST-YEAR students,
AS IMPORTANT as the discovery of alien life forms may appear to be, this should not be a priority of the United States government.
JULY 4, 2001 was disgraceful. It's hardly a day of independence when honorable men and women aren't entitled to this freedom. The "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pursue" policy in the United States military is a stain on everything this nation stands for, and everything our military men and women - gay and straight - fight for.
THE ENVIRONMENTALIST movement is a modern hoax. Its substance is nothing more than a sense of self-righteousness, similar to the complacency found in religious fanaticism.
TALKING sex isn't sexy because social conservatives make it a taboo topic. It's time we change this.
REFLECTIONS On Complexions III, a race relations forum that was held Friday night, was a failure. The people and the work behind the event were quite amazing. Portman Wills simulated the "Who Wants To Be a Racial Millionaire" game very believably, the introductory video was funny and provocative and the organization and presentation were well crafted.
MR. HOROWITZ appeared on this page two days ago with some filthy garbage he calls an opinion. The Managing Board correctly printed it on the Opinion page, but Horowitz's analysis, his research and his points are weak.
WHEN EDUCATORS and legislators teach and talk in moral absolutes, they've ceased to be educators and legislators. Instead they're brain-washers and misguided people with a lot of power.
THEY DROPPED the bomb again. This time it's more powerful, more complete and just as explosive.
TO BE WRONG is fine. To admit it, divine. I want to admit that I was flat wrong about the honor referenda. I have long stood in opposition to them. Thanks to a persuasive friend, whom we shall call J. Haley - or to be less obvious and preserve anonymity, Jim H. - not only will I admit my errors, but I'll explain what I thought and why I was wrong.