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Iranian nuclear deal receives mixed sentiments – Part 2
In our personal lives, and in most of the business world, deals are about trust and amiability. Pundits and politicians would like us to believe that deals between nation states work the same way. Nothing can be further from the truth. Reagan used to say “trust but verify;” the truth is that verification generates trust. […]
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Iranian nuclear deal receives mixed sentiments – Part 1
Last month, on Nov. 24, The P5+1 Nations (the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, including The United States, Russia, China, France, and The United Kingdom, plus Germany) finally reached an interim nuclear agreement with the Islamic Republic of Iran. The agreement, which lessens about $7 billion in sanctions on Iran in […]
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Don’t judge a campus based on a single article
Rachel Barnhart has taken the Campus Times article “College Town still slated for 2014 amid student angst” and used it to portray UR students as lazy. Her article on the Rochesterian website puts the idea out to the community that UR students are whining and complaining about a short, fifteen minute walk from our campus […]
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Community college is a better option
To all of you trust fund students, whose parents saved money from when you were young so that they could blow it all away on the best possible college education money could buy. If you have been shackled into the college’s credit system for over a year it may be too late for you. But […]
Op-Eds
Enough Walmart, new stores
I recently ran into a friend at the bus stop. She was carrying about a dozen plastic bags, all from Walmart. “What are you doing shopping at Walmart?” I rudely asked her. “Haven’t you heard how they treat their workers?” She had. She knew that Walmart’s low wages, minimal job benefits, and poor working conditions […]
Sex and the CT
Ask Estrada: Hookups, relationships, and threesomes
Why won’t my boyfriend perform oral? How can I push him in the right direction? Without talking to your boyfriend, I can only guess about his reasons for not visiting your downtown. It’s possible that he simply had a bad experience with a previous female partner who felt too self-conscious to enjoy it. He also […]
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DLH does not ‘further segregate students’ at UR
UR students constantly brag about how proud they are of the intelligence on campus, and it’s mostly warranted. We are fortunate to be a part of such an intelligent student body. Even so, it appears ignorance is again rearing its ugly head. I, like Bordwell, fully support DLH as an organization. I too think it […]
Op-Eds
Allow college students to keep guns in dorms for self-defense
On Oct. 24, two students at Gonzaga University defended themselves from a home invader by brandishing a pistol. Lamentably, Gonzaga has a ban on firearms in university buildings and residences. Therefore, even though the students were defending their “castle” or, more technically, habitation, they were still placed on probation by the school. The two students, […]
Editorial Boards
Haiyan must not have final word
Two weeks ago, Typhoon Haiyan, a Category 5 super typhoon, struck the Philippines. With winds reaching 195 miles per hour and waves rising as high as 17 feet in some areas, the typhoon was responsible for thousands of deaths. Millions of Filipinos have been displaced. The cost of damages, according to a Kinetic Analysis Corp., […]
Ed Observers
‘Gravity,’ ‘Aningaaq’ a testament to Cuarón’s genius
If “Gravity” were a symphony — and believe me, Alfonso Cuarón’s space thriller deserves a comparison of that scope — then “Aningaaq” would be the seven-measure rest leading up to the third movement. The short companion piece, directed by Cuarón’s son and “Gravity” scribe Jonas Cuarón, centers around the man at the other end of […]