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Honest evaluation

STUDENT Council passed resolutions last week asking the administration to tweak the course evaluation system and commending the University community for increased participation in it.


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Necessary testing for defense

LAST WEEK the USS Lake Erie, a cruiser equipped with the advanced Aegis radar system, successfully tracked and intercepted a ballistic missile over the Pacific Ocean in the latest test of U.S.


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Actively building student activism

RECENTLY Grounds has been abuzz with student activism. Although some in the past have questioned the degree to which students at the University are in touch with the problems of the outside world, the recent campaign by S.T.A.N.D.


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Low court, high principles

FEDERAL lower-court judges are not often prominent players in our political system. Lacking the glamour and high profile of a Supreme Court appointment, lower-court judgesmove within the narrow confines of Supreme Court precedent.


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"Never again," yet again

HERE WE go again with the "never again" cycle. Because we, the world community, have decided that a mournful, post-facto "never again" pledge is simply more convenient than the action required by "never, period," Darfur will take its place in history alongside Bergen-Belsen and Bosnia-Herzegovina.


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Self-disenfranchisement

REFERENDUM Number 3 -- the so-called "consensus clause" -- is the single most dangerous threat to student self-governance to appear on a student ballot.


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Voting against hatred

FOUR RACIST assaults have taken place on Grounds in the past month. When some African-American students were painting Beta Bridge, individuals in a passing automobile reportedly yelled to them, telling them their place was in the cotton fields as opposed to the University.


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An injudicious referendum

I AM WRITING this column in response to Student Council President Noah Sullivan's personal campaign for an opinion referendum on the University Judiciary Committee's sanction process and hate crimes.


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A wise consensus

IN THE coming spring elections, students will decide whether the Honor Committee Constitution should be amended to ensure that the single sanction can be changed only with the vote of a majority of the student body.


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Professing the real college learning experience

LAST TUESDAY, as I sat at a table with members of the faculty and fellow second years listening to Charles McCurdy, chair of the History Department, explain the similarities between Babe Ruth and Chief Justice John Marshall, I came to a profound conclusion: this is wonderful.


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Getting out the vote

THAT TIME of year has rolled around again. We've beenbombarded with e-mails, flyers, chalkings and maybe even phone calls about University elections.


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Standing by Cosby

AFTER making a splash last May with a controversial speech about the problems facing many African-Americans, Bill Cosby's moral authority and credibility are now tarnished by allegations of sexual misconduct -- one from thirty years ago.


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A N.E.W. diversity

"N.E.W." does not stand for "No Education for Women," the "Network of Eventual Wives" or "Nuts for the Elimination of Women." N.E.W.

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Latest Podcast

The Organization of Young Filipino Americans is one of many cultural Contracted Independent Organizations at the University, and their mission is to create a supportive community for Filipino students. Danella Romera, the current president of OYFA and fourth-year College student, discusses the importance of OYFA as a cultural organization and how OYFA plans for this year’s Culturefest, an annual multicultural showcase. 

Listen to the episode here.