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The one who just kept fighting
Half the magazines now are plastered with a large picture of a smiley Angelina Jolie and her perky pregnant stomach, while in the upper right corner rests a picture of Jennifer Aniston with a sad face. "Jen's Reaction" and a small picture of Angelina wearing all black and sunglasses in the upper right corner dominated […]
Ban bad parenting
Last week in my Media Studies class we had a discussion contemplating the possibility of banning everything that could possibly be harmful to children. As thoughts of censoring Jackass and Viva La Bam, crude rap music and violent video games danced through my head it hit me - it isn't the harmful programming that we […]
Winterfest chills
This weekend marks the return of the annual Winterfest, but with significant changes. Last year, poor attendance at the weekend's events was due in part to a lack of co-sponsorship at events that had been largely managed by the Campus Activities Board. This year the group branched out and is sharing responsibility with twenty-one other […]
Senators fail to full grasp views of nominees
If there's one thing today's dramatically polarized politicos and pundits can agree on it's this - judicial activism is bad. Unfortunately the term has all but lost its meaning, except as a denigration of someone whose views you disagree with. Mainstream conservative thought holds Roe v. Wade as the quintessence of judicial activism, arguing not […]
Rulemaker turns himself into a rulebreaker
President George W. Bush claims to be a strict constructionist, except, of course, when the Constitution does not suit his needs. Bush's latest controversy is when he conveniently ignored the Fourth Amendment, which outlaws unreasonable, warrantless search and seizures, by authorizing wiretaps on American citizens. The irony is that it really isn't that hard to […]
Swimmers break records at the UAAs
UR swimming and diving traveled to Emory University this past weekend to compete in the University Athletic Association Championships. Both the men's and women's teams had a great deal of success.Many new school records were achieved this weekend, showing just how well everyone swam. Freshman Bruce Maki broke a 20-year-old school record in the 1,650-yard […]
Greek system changes
The spring formal recruitment for fraternities and sororities is now over, after a series of extremely high turnouts and new memberships."I am very pleased with the turnout this year," Director of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs Monica Smalls said. "We are currently welcoming 200 new members into the fraternity and sorority community."The three community councils are […]
Haitians mull future
Last night, the Caribbean Organization for Cultural Awareness presented "Voices of Haiti," a discussion led by a panel of four students and two professors."We need to show the true side of a country that many people have tried to misrepresent," COCA President Christelle Domercant said.Panelist Joseph Point Du Jour regrets the one-sided coverage of the […]
Infection caught at URMC
Legionnaires' Disease, caused by an airborne bacteria and first discovered in 1976, was found in the water system at Strong Memorial Hospital two weeks ago. Since then, steps have been taken to isolate and remove the bacteria and restore normal operation in the hospital.The bacteria was found in a concentration of five parts per cubic […]