THE HONOR system at the University has been the subject of much debate and controversy recently, as well it should be, given an illustrious history that no longer stands up to reality.
FOR ANYONE with the perseverance to follow the endless single sanction debate, it quickly becomes obvious that discerning the right or wrong answer to the problem is as impossible as getting pro-choice and pro-life advocates to agree on when life begins.
Afew weeks ago, I returned to the University for the first time since I graduated last May. As a student, many of us described the University as a "bubble,"and I will admit that it was my bubble.
NEVER HAS so much for so many depended on the stupidity of so few. With apologies to Winston Churchill, there is no other way to describe the British government's latest blunder.
Countries have already begun establishing foreign language requirements for their elementary school children.
Should University students be free to say things that offend Islam? The College Republican club at San Francisco State University may face sanctions from SFSU and its student government on charges of incivility, attempting to incite violence, and attempting to create a hostile environment.
Monday night, Sam Leven and Rachel Carr represented Hoos against Single Sanction to justify their proposal for a multi-sanction revision to the honor system, which appears as referendum four on the ballot this week.
When one thinks about the tobacco industry, lawsuits and those scary "Truth" ads usually come to mind.
Overshadowed by the increasingly dire situation in Iraq, the conflict in the East African nation of Somalia has quietly provided the United States with perhaps its greatest success in the War on Terror.
THE FLYERS are up. The chalk is down. The writing is on the wall. The Honor Committee has one of the longest "lame duck" periods of any organization on Grounds: nearly a month.
THIS WEEK, the city of New Orleans celebrated Mardi Gras for the second time since being devastated by Hurricane Katrina in August of 2005.
THIS WEEK, students at the University will get the opportunity to make their first substantive vote on sanction reform in five years.
IRAQ IS looking a lot like Vietnam these days and not just because Americans are dying there for a cause the locals don't believe in, sapping our moral standing and military might to the benefit of our enemies in the region and the consternation of our allies around the world.
THE RECENT six-party deal on North Korea was greeted with unnerving criticism from conservatives and a gleeful "I told you so" from liberals.
BRITNEY Spears's haircut, no matter how extravagant, is not newsworthy. News delivers pertinent information about recent events to a large audience so that as a society, people can be more informed about the events that affect them.
DEMOCRATIC Senator Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) reaffirmed his party's complete lack of economic sense last week with a proposal requiring banks to bid for government-backed student loans.
PEOPLE CAN be very unkind. It is common late in grade school or in the middle-school years for youngsters to tease each other using condescending words or phrases tied to physical or mental real or perceived short-comings.
THINGS are not quite right in Neverland. A salmonella outbreak that has been growing since August and now has nearly 300 cases was recently linked to peanut butter, specifically the Peter Pan and Great Value brands made by ConAgra in their Georgia plant (noted by a product code on the lid beginning with "2111.") A salmonella outbreak isn't that strange.
I REMEMBER when I first learned about the Holocaust, I wasn't told that millions of people were murdered -- I was told that millions died in camps, which seemed odd.
KEG STANDS, the pursuit of easy sex and an unending stream of sports and food. Sounds like the ideal weekend to many.
