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Picturing Racism

WHILE I have repeatedly asked the editors to remove my photo from next to my editorial column, the fact is it's here to stay.


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Gay bashing, in the name of the Lord

Given Jesus Christ's radically inclusive nature, his followers sure do have trouble getting the whole tolerance thing down. Recently, Indiana University professor, Yale graduate and devout Christian Eric B.


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Keeping special interests out of student loans

What is the best reason to not vote Republican?Republicans favor the private interest over the public good.An example?The Bush Administration's attempts to undermine the federal direct loan program to benefit special interest tells a story of who is running the government. Within this story lies disturbing venality, campaign contributions influencing legislation, and a scam to enrich corporations at the expense of taxpayers. What Republicans are striving to kill is the federal government direct-loan program from the Clinton era that loans students money for college.


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A closer look at forest thinning

With the recent forest fires that have blazed through California and destroyed 740,000 acres and 3,600 houses and killed 22 people, an issue that had been put on the back-burner (no pun intended) has now resurfaced: the practice of forest thinning.


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The ills of mandatory vaccines

WHILE our generation is often said to be apathetic and oblivious to the fine points of grand political theory, the recent pot bust at the University rekindled a healthy skepticism of government paternalism over self-respecting behavior.


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Berzerk ratings for Berkeley

LAST WEEK, University of Maryland President C.D. Mote, Jr. caused quite a stir down in these parts by describing the University's number one public university ranking as "ridiculous." Specifically, what's ridiculous, according to Mote, is our tie for the coveted spot with the University of California-Berkeley, apparently a far better school and Mote's own alma mater. Well, I've decided I agree with you, Mr. Mote.


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Miniseries, major inaccuracies

AN ACT of intolerable cruelty is about to take place. In two weeks, CBS is set to air a shameful, slanderous, smear job of a miniseries that inaccurately portrays one of America's greatest presidents.


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Won't you be our neighbor?

WE UNIVERSITY students don't know anything about Charlottesville. This is a fact that struck me when I was voting on my absentee ballot for a county election back home.


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Safety first

IT IS FAIR to say that most Americans during their daily routines have more personally pertinent things to think about other than national security.


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Protesting capitalism

COMMUNISM doesn't quite have the scary undertone to it today that it did during the Cold War. Socialists and communists, like everyone else, have been busy redefining themselves into kinder, gentler, socially acceptable groups.


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No room for bigotry in war on terror

TODAY, there are roughly 1.3 billion Muslims in the world. Islam is the fastest growing religion worldwide, both in terms of converts and sheer birth rates among the populations and in the countries where it is most prevalent.


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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.