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Rediscovering University's true priorities

By Emily Harding | April 25, 2001

DURING his 2000 State of the University speech, President John T. Casteen III relayed a quote by John Ciardi: "A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students." Casteen claims that's not what the University is now, and it's not where it's heading, yet many actions of this University have indicated precisely the opposite. Rather than a treatise on the responsibility of the University to teach students, the speech was mere window dressing for big business 101.

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Giving McVeigh death takes away penalty

By Laura Sahrama | April 24, 2001

TURNS OUT that the execution will be televised after all. On May 16, almost 300 survivors and relatives of victims of the Oklahoma City bombing will watch on closed-circuit television as Timothy McVeigh is strapped to a table and given a series of lethal injections.

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No connection with Ethernet, Greeks

By Scott Killian | April 23, 2001

WHETHER you're a fraternity brother, a sorority sister, an avid attendee of Greek functions, a person who despises the Greek system or a Mennonite who doesn't wear zippers, you should take a serious look at the University's decision to help fund high speed Internet connections in fraternity and sorority houses.

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Abstain from discouraging sexual activity

By Jeffrey Eisenberg | April 23, 2001

TALKING sex isn't sexy because social conservatives make it a taboo topic. It's time we change this. The federal government, according to an American Psychological Association report, subsidized $250 million in education that only teaches abstinence in 1999 and it continues to do so.

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Rejecting mindless activism

By Brian Haluska | April 23, 2001

ONE of my favorite CDs was put out in 1993 by a hard rock band from Wisconsin. A line from one particular song's chorus comes to mind whenever the latest cause du jour pops into the headlines: "You can't change the world." Granted, this line was used in reference to alcoholism, but it has become a personal motto of sorts. I used to bemoan the lack of student involvement with issues surrounding the University.

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Considering present gift problem

By Luke Ryan | April 20, 2001

IF WORDS had a texture, "no" would be sandpaper - coarse, spike-adorned sandpaper. Fourth years shouldn't say "no" to the class gift. As adults, we've realized through experience the power "no" can convey, but even little children recognize its abrasive nature as they torment their parents behind two-year old giggling.

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Degrading lyrics sing sexist tune

By Laura Parcells | April 20, 2001

WOMEN have always had it rough. Despite the fact that we make up half of the world's population, no group has been as universally, quietly and consistently discriminated against throughout history.

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Unaltered flag lets intolerance fly on

By Megan Moyer | April 20, 2001

AS DIVERSITY becomes a more and more prevalent buzzword and colleges and universities seek to encourage minority enrollment, we like to think that we are moving away from racial tension and conflict toward a more tolerant society.

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Photos needlessly expose students

By Juliana Chan | April 19, 2001

SOMETIMES anonymity in class can be a wonderful thing. Our university is big enough so that we easily can things done undisturbed and shrink into obscurity if we make a stupid remark.

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Rules can't bully students into behaving

By Pallavi Guniganti | April 19, 2001

INSOMNIA stalked my bed, so I turned on the radio to break up the monotony of sheep-counting. 3WV was playing my favorite Pink Floyd song: "We don't need no education, we don't need no thought control ... Teachers, leave those kids alone!" Of course, the members of Pink Floyd went to British schools in the 1950s, when emotional abuse of the students was considered acceptable, even character-building.

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