Do not dishonor lives lost in Iraq
By Kyle Swanson | Dec. 10, 2003\Those soldiers died for nothing."" I recently overheard a fellow student make this comment, which is as disheartening as it is wrong. This war has cost many lives and huge ' ¦
\Those soldiers died for nothing."" I recently overheard a fellow student make this comment, which is as disheartening as it is wrong. This war has cost many lives and huge ' ¦
I have always been wary of measures designed to get tough on crime, especially mandatory minimum sentences and three strike laws. These laws destroy judicial discretion and punish individuals based ' ¦
I have learned entirely too much chemistry as an undergraduate and, sadly, most of it has been unused. When I combined this with my perpetual lack of money I could ' ¦
If our government made sense, federal aid to help poor college students would go to the schools with the most low-income students. Of course our government does not make sense. ' ¦
The North Korean government just never gives up. In October it announced its intention to test nuclear weapons. I hope this remark was just another bluff to gain leverage with ' ¦
\The anti-war movement here and abroad must give its unconditional support to the Iraqi anti-colonial resistance."" With this statement, which was published in brochures and repeated in recent public demonstrations, ' ¦
Our country is currently mired in a staggering deficit due to the fiscal irresponsibility of the Bush Administration. Spending cuts, or even spending limitations, have not been used to balance ' ¦
I have never owned a handgun and I highly doubt I ever will. Moreover, I definitely do not need to carry a handgun to school for protection. So clearly I ' ¦
Oswaldo Paya's house in Havana is fairly easy to identify. Just look for the not-so-secret secret police keep the house under 24-hour surveillance; they will be located on park benches ' ¦
Last week Kurt Vonnegut came to our campus for the Distinguished Lecture Series.. And as one would expect, he was an unbelievable mix of cynicism and light-heartedness. Vonnegut, playing the ' ¦