THIS FALL, University students have the opportunity to save the University. Indeed, the current budget crunch has made it clear that radical reform is necessary if the University is to retain its position as a leading national institution.
THIS YEAR, the University announced several changes to the on-Grounds housing application system for upperclassmen.
ALL TOO often do University students confine our learning to classrooms and textbooks. But one of the greatest aspects of attending a four-year institution is what we do not have to do.
ON THE morning of Sept. 11, 2001, there were probably few people that could fathom the magnitude of what had happened to us.
Yet another blatant example of media bias: A recent ABC News internal memo by Political Director Mark Halperin referring to the two major presidential candidates has surfaced, stating that ABC doesn't have to "hold both sides 'equally' accountable." One may not be surprised to find two major faux pas of Kerry's that have been inadvertently overlooked by the mainstream media: exploiting Mary Cheney and promising medical miracles.
LAST WEEK Democrats fumed and fussed and even filed a federal complaint about a devastating TV documentary airing this week.
GUESS WHAT. Dick Cheney's daughter is a lesbian. Let me repeat it just in case you didn't hear it the first time: Dick Cheney has a lesbian daughter. It's OK, though, because even though he's an evil corporate Republican backing a president who's out to demolish any prospects of gay marriage, I'm sure he still loves her.
NO MORE talk of who won the debates. The election is only two weeks away, and soon enough we will all know who the winner is.
"I SIGNED the partial birth [abortion ban]," President Bush declared in the second presidential debate.
IF IT is the case that the issues and potential policy outcomes motivate the American electorate when deciding who to cast a ballot for, then college students, including those at the University, should be analyzing the policy promises of presidential candidates for federal support for students in higher education.
A FUNNY thing happened on the way to the 2004 ballot box. Instant polls and political pundits as far as the eye could see declared John Kerry the winner of all three presidential debates.
WITH A hotly contested election drawing near, there is a great deal of debate concerning who will protect basic American freedoms over the next four years.
MOST OF the e-mails in my inbox and a majority of the letters to the editor I see are from readers complaining about something written in a column or an editorial. Opinion pages naturally draw criticism.
'TIS THE season for housing headaches. Bewildered first years trudge through apartment complexes off streets they've never heard of, strain to think of reasonable questions about plumbing and parking passes to ask overworked real estate agents and plead with parents that it is absolutely necessary to pay hundreds in utilities costs because "everyone lives off Grounds." It seems that leases are being signed earlier and earlier each year, by students who are less and less likely to be familiar with all their options and more likely to rush into a living situation with new friends they hardly know.
LAST MONTH, USA Today reported that over half of us students here at the University come from families which earn an income of over $100,000 per year, while a full fifth of us exceed the $200,000 mark.
THERE has been much talk, among citizens, students and even on the pages of this newspaper, that voting is a useless exercise.
THE LATE Justice Stanley Reed, when one of his law clerks would argue for an expansive view of the Constitution in order to achieve desirable results, would refer him to the dictionary to look up the word "kytocracy," which means "government by judges." Reed was a member of a now nearly extinct breed: a New Deal liberal who strongly opposed judicial usurpation of the power of the legislative branches.
IN A COUNTRY that is hemorrhaging manufacturing jobs and with a union membership rate at its lowest percentage since the Depression, you cannot make a decent living without a college degree, and the money you earn will probably be proportional to the quality of the university and your choice of a degree.
WHILE President Bush has been criticized for many ofhis policies, too few people have questioned President Bush's biggest domestic policy failure. Indeed, while issues such as gay marriage or stem cell research will be resolved within the next few years, President Bush's half-trillion dollar budget deficit threatens to create a climate of higher taxes, reduced government services and lower economic growth for decades to come. Furthermore, although President Bush may try to blame the deficit on Sept.
ON MONDAY, Oct. 11, I was able to attend the final concert in the MoveOn.org political action committee's "Vote for Change" concert series.
