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Secularist in Seattle

LAST WEEK the Supreme Court overruled the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. For any other case, this would hardly come as a surprise.


Opinion

The distorted lens of the Kaleidoscope

LAST THURSDAY, students and administrators proudly unveiled the long-awaited "diversity center" which replaced the informal lounge in Newcomb Hall and christened it"Kaleidoscope: Center for Cultural Fluency." Officials and boosters announced hopes that the "new and different" space will provoke new and different discussion of culture and race that will lead to greater understanding and unity.


Opinion

Partisanship over protectionism

LAST FRIDAY, Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., reversed ground on his opposition to efforts to extend the deadline of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, or "9/11 Commission" as it's also known, and will now allow the commission to continue its work through July 26.


Opinion

Improving our sex columns

SEX -- or more conservatively termed "relationship" -- columns have been popping up in college publications around the country at schools such as UC-Berkeley, NYU, Yale and ACC pals like Wake Forest and Maryland.


Opinion

Toward sexual equality

Few things characterize the mythical "good old days" of the past like sexual prudishness. Even when our parents were in college in the 1960s and '70s, dorms were largely segregated by gender, colleges employed "dorm mothers" to enforce often arbitrary social norms and the very conception they had of sex was far removed from ours today.


Opinion

Ambushing politics

LAST Friday, William Pryor became the second judicial nominee in five weeks to be placed on the bench by President Bush without confirmation in the Senate. Senate Democrats had blocked Alabama's former attorney general and five others from taking the bench.


Opinion

Emergency Misconceptions

DEL. ROBERT Marshall of the Virginia House of Delegates is attempting to pass one of the most ridiculous bills that has ever been brought up in Virginia.


Opinion

Why Nader doesn't matter

SO, RALPH Nader has crashed the party. In a misguided move that shocked no one, Nader announced last week that he will run for president, once more subjecting the electorate to his rumpled charm, his high-minded lectures and his callous indifference to the fate of America's mainstream liberals.


Opinion

A Nader nuisance,Bush boost

IT FEELS almost like déjà vu: George W. Bush running against a Democratic candidate whose main deficiency may well be his apparent lack of charisma, and also against a third party anti-establishment candidate who appeals to the most liberal voters in the country.


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Latest Podcast

The University’s Orientation and Transition programs are vital to supporting first year and transfer students throughout their entire transition to college. But much of their work goes into planning summer orientation sessions. Funlola Fagbohun, associate director of the first year experience, describes her experience working with OTP and how she strives to create a welcoming environment for first-years during orientation and beyond. Along with her role as associate director, summer Orientation leaders and OTP staff work continually to provide a safe and memorable experience for incoming students.