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Cheers and Jeers
The end of the semester is upon us and with that comes the typical reminiscing about the past year. Now we?ll mention some things that we noticed, but did not delve into with our editorials.CHEERS to Residential Life for allowing coed groups to live in suites with doubles. Residential Life has been adapting to the […]
Is that your final answer?
What is it about game shows and reality shows and their need to create catchy phrases such as ?is that your final answer, ?voted off the island? and ?you are the weakest link, goodbye??Does it ever stop? Probably not, because that is what our culture has become. Instead of looking for substance in our entertainment, […]
Putting the community before yourself
With three weeks to go until the university throws me out on the street, I find myself without a job or any clue of what I want to do with the rest of my life. Before I start selling surplus apples outside of Douglass, however, I probably should examine my time at UR and see […]
Moving on
Many clichs can be said about the college experience. It has been wonderful, it has been a lot of work, it has been a lot of partying, but most of all, I don?t believe that it?s anything like the real world will be. Most likely, we will never again be in walking distance of everything […]
China policy needs new direction
It?s been a trying year for U.S.-China relations. The recent spy plane incident and the decision to sell arms to Taiwan are only the latest in a worrisome string of flashpoints in U.S. relations with the People?s Republic of China ? from the detainment of American scholars to China?s stalled World Trade Organization bid. Although […]
Letter to the Editor: BSU explained
The Black Students Union. The mere name of this organization has led others to identify the group as a faction of biased, discriminatory, narrow-minded and even bigoted black students that produce programs exclusively for black students.Despite BSU?s many attempts to rectify these misconceptions, there are still many students who feel that BSU?s agenda is to […]
Bush lacks tact in dropping Kyoto treaty
(U-WIRE) DURHAM, N.C. ? President George W. Bush ran as a compassionate conservative. This brand of politician allegedly took a more moderate position on hard-line conservative issues. In his campaign, Bush pledged support for reducing carbon dioxide, mercury, nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide emissions. Bush pointed to Texas as an example of how mandatory regulations […]
Unfortunate timing
Last weekend was a college student?s dream. There were so many events happening on campus that I had the delightful agony of choosing which ones to take part in. There were far more things happening than I had time to attend. Student groups managed to put on a smorgasbord of events that covered such a […]
Disclosure meeting yields no vote
In its last and perhaps final meeting of the semester, the University Apparel Manufacturing Committee decided not to vote on a recommendation for public disclosure of UR manufacturing sites Wednesday.The committee?s final recommendation was for President Thomas Jackson to create a task force to study disclosure and examine its the implications for the university and […]
Who Cares?
Who Cares?