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Stephen Parsley


Rest and relaxtion

WHEN IT comes to college,everyone you'll meet is anexpert on how you should spend your time. Already you probably have received ample advice about activities to get involved in, and, trust me, a lot more people will be clamoring for your attention in the next several months. I won't waste your time and tell you to find things that interest you and spark your passion.

By the student, for the student

IN MY column last week I took aim at U.S. News and World Report's influential "America's Best Colleges" issue, asserting that its use of irrelevant and arbitrary criteria made it a useless way to rank universities.

Rethinking collegiate rankings

OUTSIDE the world of sports, the country rarely finds itself consumed with college rankings. One of those occasions came in August, when the newest edition of U.S.

Doomed by incompetence

MERCIFULLY ending his thoroughly pathetic tenure as America's chief prosecutor, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales finally resigned on Monday.

The specter of wages

AFTER a yearlong hiatus, the Living Wage Campaign returned in style last Friday morning, holding a half-hour long protest on the Rotunda steps.

Defending tradition on the Lawn

IT IS hard to remember a recent University decision that has galvanized such widespread student opposition as the recent news that Vice President for Development and Public Affairs Robert Sweeney might be chosen for residence in Pavilion VI.

From Russia with hope

THOSE who believe that history has a sense of irony must surely be chuckling over the news that Russia, the country whose nuclear weapons kept the United States on alert during the Cold War, may end up being the key to halting Iran's nuclear program.

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