IT'S GOING to be a busy night Nov. 2: One of the most hotly contested presidential elections in recent history, control of the Senate in precarious balance and a cutthroat Congressional battle in our own backyard.
DEMOCRATS and Republicans alike are constantly prattling away about the amazing wonders of American-style democratic government, like infatuated school girls with a hunky crush.
WITH A new CNN/USA Today poll showing Bush with an eight point lead among likely voters, it is probably safe to say that the debates are behind us.
LET US pretend, for a moment, that there are certain qualities necessary for an effective president upon which you may neutrally base your vote this Nov.
ACCORDING to British Petroleum, if the United States were to rely entirely upon oil drilled in this country, we would have oil for four years and three months, and that includes depleting entirely the Strategic Petroleum Reserves.
The career of Bill O'Reilly, the hugely popular talking-head with Fox News, was plunged into scandal last week.
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.
