Opinion

Opinion

Eagle rants

November 8

More of your Eagle rants!

---

Opinion

Accurately analyzing Kerwin’s pay

November 4

The Chronicle of Higher Education is spreading misinformation about AU President Cornelius M. Kerwin — and it’s time to set the record straight. The Chronicle would have us believe Kerwin received a salary of over $1.4 million during the 2007-2008 fiscal year. But it’s false. The AU Board of Trustees appropriately has called this claim inaccurate and misleading. And to its credit, the university is pushing back hard against the Chronicle’s claims.

---

Opinion

Election reaffirms two-party system

By Michael Stubel | November 4

Political columnists and pundits tend to overreact to electoral developments and their significance in relation to future contests. I cannot say I am free from such journalistic sin. Yet, in the wake of Tuesday’s off-year elections, I am here to sound a warning before every network and print news outlet engages in the perennial debate over who is up and who is down in the political sphere. I am only afraid I speak too late.

---

Opinion

Alex Rodriguez gives me indigestion. Still, I appreciate his honesty.

By Joe Wenner | November 4

As a Phillies fan, I get indigestion from Alex Rodriguez. Throughout this World Series, I have reached for a Tums every time he steps to the plate. He ruined my Halloween weekend by dismantling Philadelphia’s comeback in Game 4. Regardless of the Fall Classic’s outcome, the Yankees owe much of their success to Alex Rodriguez.

---

Opinion

Letters to the editor

November 4

Perhaps The Eagle’s editorial staff should take a quick look through their archives before running an editorial like “Questioning new resource centers” that contradicts their previous positions on a women’s resource center.

---

Opinion

Eagle rants

November 4

More of your Eagle rants!

---

Opinion

Questioning new resource centers

November 1

Since 2006, AU’s Student Government has talked about creating a women’s resource center. The SG has also discussed starting an online veterans’ network. Next year, both projects will be completed. The Women’s Resource Center will open its doors in January 2010. The Veterans’ Network will launch next fall. The SG and the university should be commended for making good on a long-term promise. However, the creation of these centers raises questions about which special subgroups warrant their own university-funded resources.

---

Opinion

Cultural relativism is an incoherent doctrine. Let’s abolish it now

By Alex Knepper | November 1

Cultural relativism is an objectively incoherent doctrine. Let me define potentially ambiguous terms at the outset: by “cultural relativism” I mean the idea that it is wrong to cast judgment upon the culture of another nation or ethnicity. By objective, I really do mean objective: it is not up for dispute; the facts demonstrate it in the same way that they demonstrate that AU is located in Washington, D.C.

---

Opinion

Letter to the editor

November 1

Most AU students share a commitment to service and a desire to have a positive impact on the world around them. But what does it really mean to make a difference and how do you go about doing it?

---

Opinion

Eagle rants

November 1

Today's trending topics — Intelligent guy/girl def hooking up, AU males are insulted by girls complaints and the secrets to success! Today's top rant — My steps to success at AU: 1. Don't attempt to do homework 2. Rant ridiculous shit instead 3. ????? 4. Profit

---

Opinion

Justice Department must be reformed, de-politicized

By Phil Cardarella | November 1

When John Ashcroft became Attorney General of the United States in 2001, he announced the Department of Justice’s initiative against “public corruption.” However, evidence has developed that the Department of Justice has been the source, not the opponent, of this corruption. Specifically, a study has come out that demonstrates that the Bush Administration’s Justice Department, under both Ashcroft and Gonzales, committed political profiling on local Democrats. This is a violation of the individual’s freedom to speak and associate and cannot be allowed to stand.

---

Opinion

Colleges: stay out of students’ sex lives

October 28

This year, Tufts University decided to get involved in the sex lives of its students. The school implemented a policy prohibiting students from engaging in sexual activity in their residence halls while a roommate is present.

---

Opinion

Republicans need intellectuals in ‘12; Newt should run

By Graham Vyse | October 28

About a year ago, New York Times columnist David Brooks wrote an incredibly insightful column called “The Class War Before Palin.” In it, he describes the anti-intellectualism that afflicts today’s Republican Party. He explains how politicians like Sarah Palin rail against educated elites and refuse to make an intellectual case for conservatism. “What had been a disdain for liberal intellectuals,” Brooks wrote, “slipped into a disdain for the educated class as a whole.”

---

Opinion

AU cultivates capable political leaders who debate with civility

By Erin Cady | October 28

I love AU. I love the political atmosphere: most students know what’s going on in America — and even what’s being debated on the floor of the House of Representatives. I love that we are located in Washington, D.C., where history is being made every day, and with one relatively short Metro ride we can be a part of it. I love that we have classes in the city that are based on a practical, rather than theoretical approach, and where instead of learning about Congress or the Supreme Court you can go down for a class period and witness the action yourself.

---

Opinion

Letter to the editor

October 28

I have encountered many disappointed people as of late, and I do not know what to do about it. They seem to want me to feel sorry for them because they are being challenged.

---

Opinion

Eagle rants

October 28

Today's trending topics: Rants turns into AU's classified ads, people are still really looking for "intelligent guys/girls," and YOU BETTER NOT MAKE NOISE IN THE LIBRARY.

---

Opinion

Making tough tuition decisions

October 25

Times are tough. Our national economy is on the mend, but Americans are still reeling from the worse recession since the Great Depression. Healing will be slow. Recovery is a long way off. In this economic environment, the last phrase families paying college bills want to hear right now are the words “tuition increase.” That’s why it’s too bad AU’s tuition went up $1,640 this year, increasing by 5 percent. That spike is even greater than the national average among private schools, which is $1,096.

---