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Commercial churches

MANY Religious orgs. have long been recording sermons and lectures on both television and radio stations, with Christian organizations utilizing this practice most frequently in the United States.


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Honorable middle ground

IN THE wake of last month's open trial of Stephanie Garrison, it seems like the honor debate is unfortunately spiraling into the realm of the extremes.


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A risk free e-vestment

USING our University's WebMail or Mulberry for e-mail services is akin to slipping on concrete on a rainy day: Sometimes, you can walk away without too much damage, but it usually still stings.


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A realpolitik solution

THE AXIS of Evil has recently become just a little more evil and a lot more powerful. U.S. spy agencies earlier this week confirmed that North Korea, headed by the egoistical Kim Jong Il, successfully detonated a nuclear warhead, according to the Associated Press.


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Eliminating middlemen

THE COFFEE many of you are currently sipping is the result of centuries of oppression. For that matter, many of the goods we consume, especially those made in developing countries, contribute to the exploitation of millions.


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Facilitating honor

KERNELS of growing faculty cynicism constitute one of the more worrisome trends facing the University's honor system.


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The nuclear trump card

ON MONDAY, the United States confirmed that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea detonated a nuclear device in last week's underground test.


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Financing development

OBSERVERS of world news could be forgiven if they have been left discouraged by this year, filled with reports of bloodshed in the Middle East, nuclear weapons programs in Iran and North Korea and Marxist tyranny in Latin America.


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Reform in the shadow of 9/11

LAST WEDNESDAY, a plane slammed into a building in New York City. The plane was a small, fixed wing aircraft and it hit a high-rise condominium on East 72nd Street.


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Out in full force

CONSIDERING the history of the Jewish people, I picked a pretty good time and place to be born. I can count on one hand the number of times I've faced anti-Semitism from people who actually believed what they were saying, something even my father can't claim.


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Stop Indonesian al-Qaeda

ON THE surface, military efforts by the Indonesian government and the arrests of 300 militants seem to have weakened and splintered Jemaah Islamiyah -- the Southeast Asian arm of Al-Qaeda responsible for the infamous Bali bombings in the not too distant past While U.S.


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An African solution to African problems

AFTER the horrors of the Second World War, the international community said "never again." The Holocaust represented the epitome of human evil, and one of the primary tasks of the United Nations was to prevent similar occurrences.


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Double standards for candidates

GEORGE Allen, in one of the more sinister moves of his reelection campaign, has asked voters to focus not on his own racism, but on "real issues." To ask for this courtesy when his own campaign continues to focus on attacking an allegedly sexist item written by his opponent, Jim Webb, in 1979, is to ask for a double standard.

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