Opinion

Opinion

Stop sensationalized media coverage

By Faraz Rana | August 31, 2001

A FRIEND of mine recently stu- pefied me with a very pecu- liar question. He asked me, "Who is this Chandra Levy chick that everyone keeps talking about?" After asking him if he had lived the past few months under a rock, he explained that he had spent the summer in the Middle East in a study abroad program and obviously had been a little cut off from the ever-so-significant events of life back here.

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Opinion

Flawed reasoning plagues law schools' criticism of college rankings

By Harris Freier | August 31, 2001

EVERY year, thousands of colleges and graduate programs are ranked. Every year colleges and graduate schools complain that the rankings are unfair and do not clearly show which schools are better.

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Opinion

Athletes' contributions

By Matt West | August 30, 2001

WITH EVERY new school year, an integral part of life at the University arrives: a new football season.

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Opinion

A place for pro-life Democrats

By Brian Cook | August 30, 2001

THE LIST is long and impressive: Secretary of State Colin Powell, Environmental Protection Agency Director Christie Todd Whitman, Pennsylvania Sen.

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Opinion

Removing racism requires attendance

By Pallavi Guniganti | August 30, 2001

Tomorrow Secretary of State Colin Powell will not be in Durban, South Africa at the United Nation's World Conference Against Racism.

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Opinion

Social rankings no party for universities

By Juliana Chan | August 30, 2001

KUDOS to the Princeton Review, those infamous test-prep gurus in New York City. They have effectively created a set of rankings that no college actually wants to win.

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Opinion

Rejecting credit card legislation

By Bryan Maxwell | August 29, 2001

SOMEWHERE out there, in a smoky, dimly lit room, there is a wild-eyed credit card company executive, fine-tuning his latest nefarious plot to drive college students to financial ruin.

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Opinion

Country misplacesfocus on Condit's candor

By Seth Wood | August 29, 2001

THE WORLD finally has turned against Gary Condit. After months of knowing basically everything one can know about a Congressman's dating habits, popular opinion in America has swung decidedly against the Democratic representative from Modesto, California.

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Opinion

Language requirement broadens learning

By Elizabeth Managan | August 29, 2001

BEFORE I went to France this summer, I didn't really understand why a lot of Europeans think Americans are idiots.

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Opinion

Missing: media restraint in Levy frenzy

By Laura Sahrama | August 27, 2001

IF YOU opened a newspaper or newsmagazine, listened to a radio or watched a television for any amount of time this summer, brace yourself.

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Supporting out-of-state stereotypes

By Pallavi Guniganti | August 27, 2001

VIRGINIANS are everywhere. From every corner of the state, they come with parents and siblings and even dogs in tow, having loaded up large vehicles with apparently everything they own.

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Opinion

Illogical tax plan ignores education needs

By Preston Lloyd | August 27, 2001

CAMPAIGN 2000 introduced the nation to "fuzzy math" when it came to national fiscal policy. Now the phenomenon has crept across the Potomac, down to the executive office of the Capital building in Richmond.

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Opinion

Disregard disputable college ranking system

By Katherine Martini | August 27, 2001

WHETHER it's your first time moving in or your fourth, some things never change. Oppressive heat, carpet sales, U-Hauls and traffic jams quickly come to mind.

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Opinion

Cell phone ban proves bad call

By Brian Cook | August 25, 2001

THERE is nothing more annoying than a driver on a cell phone. I think so, many professional comedians think so, and a majority of registered voters in New York think so.

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Opinion

Lose language requirement

By Harris Freier | August 25, 2001

AS ORIENTATION rolls around this year, I am reminded of one of my experiences from my first-year orientation.

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Opinion

'Massive' error exposes bias

By Seth Wood | August 25, 2001

UNLIKE some of the more vocal callers who appear on C-SPAN's television show "Washington Journal" - the political version of "The Jerry Springer Show" - I don't hold the belief that a vast left-wing conspiracy exists in the media.

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Opinion

Hypocritical feminists won't condemn Condit

By Brian Cook | August 2, 2001

IT LOOKS like the National Organization for Women (NOW) has let their whole staff out on summer vacation.

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Opinion

Why cheaters should love the honor system

By Jeffrey Eisenberg | August 2, 2001

THE HONOR system at the University needs to go. Our honor system routinely rewards cheaters and punishes honesty.

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Opinion

Failure to teach disease prevention proves deadly mistake

By Laura Sahrama | August 2, 2001

THERE ARE times when ignorance isn't exactly bliss: When a professor calls on you in class and you have no idea what the answer is.

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Opinion

Prayer is no solution to public school problems

By Brian Cook | July 26, 2001

NEW YORK City Mayoral Candidate Michael Bloomberg (R) has joined the ranks of those who want to put religion in public schools.