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(12/09/04 5:00am)
As AU students get ready to hit the books in an attempt to prove that they actually learned something this semester, President Bush is meeting with heads of state, brushing up on his strategy in Iraq with a late-night game of Risk, and rolling the dice hoping for a lucky seven on the economy. Well, why shouldn't he be hitting the books too? The top 24 reasons why he should:
(11/18/04 5:00am)
In an administration that has made clear from the beginning that dissent is not allowed, it cannot come as any surprise that the only dissenting voice of the administration has at last been snuffed out. And for a president who only hears what he wants to hear, it is also no surprise that Condoleezza Rice is replacing Secretary of State Powell. Powell, the first African-American secretary of state, announced his resignation Monday, amid sorrow and jubilation. Ironically for this Republican administration, it is the conservative bloc rejoicing while nervous liberals welcome Powell into our midst to share our motley array of emotions: defeat, dissent and uncertainty.
(11/04/04 5:00am)
I am debating how personal to make this editorial even as I begin to type. I feel so vulnerable, as it is somewhat daunting to consider risking further exposure. It's been a long, exhausting and emotionally draining election cycle, which has, essentially, drawn to a close. Without any fanfare, the dawn of Nov. 3, 2004, came quietly, almost unnoticed, as though Nov. 2 had not truly passed the day before. All that seems to be left is the same that was here before: fear.
(10/21/04 4:00am)
There's a lot of rhetoric and hypocrisy in politics. I don't think any student on this campus would dispute that, and if they did, they'd be na?ve or lying. However, there comes a point when enough is enough, when it's just not funny anymore, when the line is crossed. A little hype is a little hype until it becomes unpardonable hypocrisy, and then the truth light needs to be shone on it. That latest case: women in Afghanistan.
(10/07/04 4:00am)
I had the utter joy of being in the first junior class to be subject to the new Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) testing standards. I'll never forget my high school's struggle to test 800 students for two days, while abiding by the regulation classroom setups. Needless to say, the freshmen and sophomores got two field trips and the seniors got two days off of school. It took more than half the classrooms in my high school to seat my junior class. That was only the beginning of it, too. In addition to the ISBE assessments in reading, writing, math, science and social science, every student, including the handicapped and disabled, had to take the ACT. It was the longest two days of my life.
(09/30/04 4:00am)
Posted 1:05 a.m. Oct. 1, 2004.
(09/23/04 4:00am)
I was reading a Richard Allen Greene article on BBC.com the other day, and found myself exceedingly entertained by his opening paragraph: "The first bumper sticker I saw when I arrived in the United States said 'Got Jesus?' So did the second one. And the third." Really, it was quite humorous until I thought about it. Religion in America. Many U.S. policymakers, in addition to foreign observers, view the United States as a Christian nation, and even an evangelical one. In a 2002 ABC News poll, 83 percent of Americans identified themselves as Christian, and 37 percent of those considered themselves evangelical. It seems that while a small percentage of Americans seem to think that God is losing His American stronghold, the numbers illustrate that His reach is growing deeper and stronger. But should it reach into politics?
(09/13/04 4:00am)
Last Thursday, I cried with absurd joy when Secretary of State Colin Powell used the word genocide while testifying on Sudan in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. .A great deal of debate had preceded the event over whether or not he would say the "G" word, and discussion has followed since as to what the consequences of his word choice will be, if any.
(02/26/04 5:00am)
"Sometimes people get frightened at the speed of its progress; despairing of stopping its motion, men seek at least to put obstacles and difficulties in its way; there is an attempt to balance its actions by measures of opposite tendency. But all in vain! It grinds up and smashes everything that stands in its way and everything is reduced to a fine, impalpable dust, and that dust is the foundation for democracies."