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No more room for middle ground in Middle East

I AM NOT a pessimist by nature, but now that President Bush is sending Secretary of State Colin Powell to the Middle East to "help quell" the escalated Israeli-Palestinian conflict, I must implore you all to not give a crap, and go about your everyday lives.


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Put away the plastic cups

IT SHOULD be simple enough, right? Your band director or debate team coach hands you a little plastic cup, you fill it, a few minutes later you're back to practice, and a few days later, everyone knows you're clean.


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Nonsensical suit

AMERICAN history is littered with frivolous lawsuits. A Virginia inmate once sued himself for $5 million because he got drunk and violated his religious beliefs, causing him to commit a crime.


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Rugby Road's unfair advantage

FROM BEING allowed to form their own judiciary committee, to being treated leniently by police, fraternities and sororities always have received special treatment.


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Poll vaulting to fiscal reality

THE TIDE is turning in American politics, according to the Associated Press. In a poll conducted last week, they revealed that 80 percent of Americans think tax cuts are helping "someone else." Additionally, 72 percent of those polled would rather vote for a congressional candidate who vowed to balance the budget rather than one who would cut taxes.


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Justified loans to Greeks

THIS YEAR marks 150 years of fraternities at the University. During this period, a small system has flourished into 63 fraternity and sorority chapters under four Greek governing councils.


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25 to life for jaywalking?

A RECENT decision by the Supreme Court means that there may be a way to rid the University of the person making the bomb threats - send him to California, where the "three strikes" law may be repealed.


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Passover II: Judgment Day

IMAGINE for a moment a splendid little holiday based on the slaughter of innocent children. Before you judge, the holiday does involve a pretty delicious feast.


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No love for hate laws

HATE CRIMES laws are the Marshmallow Peeps of progressive social change. They look nice in the box and taste remarkably syrupy sweet.


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Berry good results?

ON MARCH 24, at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, California, Halle Berry made history by becoming the first African-American woman to win an Oscar for Best Actress.


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