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Reality check

THE LIVING WAGE campaign is a pandemic of misguided idealism. Though the protestors' hearts are in the right place, their brains are nowhere to be found.


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Negotiating nuclear security

IRAN'S hardliners have gotten the confrontation they desired from the United States. During recent weeks, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has defiantly maintained his nation's right to enrich uranium for a civilian nuclear program in violation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.


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Service, brotherhood, scholarship

The University's Inter-Fraternity Council is an active and efficient organization that governs over 1,400 Greek students on Grounds, not a decrepit organization that condones illegal and inappropriate behavior as some make it out to be.


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Playing revolutionary

Those who attended the living wage rally Wednesday afternoon may have had a variety of opinions, but most would have come away with the same feeling: This is really fun.


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Baseless accusations

LET'S SAY you were going to the AFC, but you forgot your University ID. The attendants will not let you in without your ID, but you've decided that as a University student, you have a right to use the gym.


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A campaign of bloodshed

THE UNITED STATES has fought unjust wars and practiced immoral acts formed under the guise of a "war on terror." But most of all, the campaign has wreaked havoc in regions such as South Asia and damaged all possible chances for peace and prosperity.


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Liberty and health care for all

MASSACHUSETTS is truly a great state. From pioneering new budget and tax programs to progressive marriage plans, the Bay State has paved the way for public policies that receive national attention and open up public discourse about possible national versions of new programs.


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Greek accountability

ZETA PSI, a member of the University's Inter-Fraternity Council, was recently found guilty of holding an unsanctioned rush event last fall that involved providing alcohol to underage first year students.


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Dubious disenfranchisement

WORDS SUCH as "disenfranchisement" and "fraud" have become synonymous with elections. Unfortunately, there's a double standard in the actions of civil rights leaders -- it all depends on which group is allegedly being disenfranchised.


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A failure to communicate

ADVERTISING is hard work, and doubly so when your target population is college students. What other collection of individuals can boast having both the workload of an ant and the attention span of a fruit fly?


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Squirrelly rhetoric

DURING WEEKS like these -- when congested sinuses softly wheeze the sweet song of spring -- some neglected topics might merit our attention.


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An illegal abortion ban

ON JUNE 28, 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court yet again reaffirmed the basic principles of Roe v. Wade when it struck down the improperly labeled "partial-birth abortion" ban.


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Slowing immigration

SO HERE'S where we stand on the immigration issue, the policy question that has split the nation: The Senate, led by Democratic Leader Harry Reid and Republican Leader Bill Frist, had agreed to a "compromise" bill that allows for a "guest worker" program and limited amnesty for some long-term illegal immigrants.


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A fond farewell

WHAT DO Tom DeLay, Newt Gingrich, Richard Nixon and yours truly have in common? No -- it's not that we're all crooks.

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Latest Podcast

The Peer Health Education program is made up of students who work to empower their peers to develop healthier habits. Evie Liu, current Outreach Coordinator of PHE and fourth-year college student, discusses the role of PHE in promoting a “community of care” in the student body and expands on the organization’s various initiatives.