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Covering stories through great photos

PHOTOGRAPHY is one of the most underrated and underappreciated aspects of a newspaper. Readers and even staff members at newspapers often forget or don't realize that photographers, like reporters, are journalists.


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See Samara run

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.


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Debating democracy

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.


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Oil, oil everywhere, and not a drop to drink

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.


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A vote to save the University

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.


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A housing disaster

THIS YEAR, the University announced several changes to the on-Grounds housing application system for upperclassmen.


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A diverse education

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.


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Major media misnomers

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.


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Privacy for political families

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.


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An education on the candidates

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.


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A safe bet for Bush

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.


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Opining on opinion columns

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.

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