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Alms for Americorps

IT'S NOT what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country... and don't expect your country to help you out when you need it." This is the message Bush and Congress sent out to the thousands of Americorps members when they refused to fulfill funding promises for the organization founded by Clinton and supported by Bush after September 11.


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The politics of plagiarism

FAITH Hill is a country crossover superstar. It's pretty hard to argue otherwise. I can write that here and be relatively confident that, although my thought is not very original (certainly anyone familiar with Faith Hill knows that fact), I'm not stealing someone else's thought, because most folks familiar with the multi-genre singer would label her as such.


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A market for terror

It's a crazy, mixed up world down in Washington these days. Black is white, up is down. Renaming French fries "Freedom Fries" is seen as a good idea, and one of the most intelligent schemes to come out of the Bush administration -- the Pentagon's issuing of futures on terrorist attacks -- is deemed an atrocity.


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Everything new is old again

LABOR day has come and gone: Pools are now closed, seersucker slacks have been shelved, the football season is revving into high gear, and political candidates are ratcheting up their campaigns.


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The times, they are a-changing

WITNESSING significant change is an important part of a University's growth. We can be certain that as of this date, the face of the University is undergoing a minor makeover, as many of the structural changes that have seemingly sprouted from the ground up have taken shape over the past couple of months.


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Unfair assault on music sharing

I REMEMBER a day back in high school, when I was a mere lass of 17. I was about to embark on a college-hunting trip with my parents, a trip where I would spend a whole lot of time in our car.


Opinion

We don't need no thought control

NOTHING quite lights up the eyes of administrators like saying we have a "diverse" university. The administration is so concentrated on achieving racial diversity that students soon will be required to take an online exercise promoting diversity education.


Opinion

The ISIS crisis

THE OLD saying goes that there are two certainties in life: death and taxes. For the average University student however, the saying should instead read "death, taxes and ISIS frustrations." For an inanimate object, ISIS incurs far too much anger and frustration among students than it should.


Opinion

A biased "Case for Israel"

ALAN DERSHOWITZ is at it again. Dershowitz, portrait of the pop culture intellectual, is a regular guest of primetime TV, eagerly opining on everything from Monica Lewinsky, the pro-life movement and even Jewish theology (for which he regularly receives a thrashing from real theologians). He is perhaps most famous for his circus-like legal exploits -- the tenured Harvard professor's most (in)famous clients include Patty Hearst, Jim Bakker and Mike Tyson.


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No justice in "Roy's Rock"

When I achieve my lifelong goal of becoming the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, I want to put a giant statue of the Buddha in the rotunda of my court house.


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Piracy and privacy

UNIVERSITY first years encounter many new pleasures in their first week in the dormitories: the abolishment of curfews, readily available kegs and high-speed Internet connection courtesy of the school, free of charge.


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Latest Podcast

Brenda Gunn, the director of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library and the Harrison Institute for American History, Literature and Culture, explores how students can approach the collections with curiosity, and how this can deepen their understanding of history. From exhibitions to the broader museum world, she reflects on the vital work of archivists in ensuring that even the quietest and oppressed voices are heard.