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Making tough tuition decisions

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.

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The time has come for marijuana to be legal in the U.S.

The possession and transfer of marijuana were deemed illegal in the United States with the passage of the Marijuana Tax Act in 1937. For the “reformers” it was hailed as a great accomplishment.

Students, parents can discover and dream at D.C.’s museums

One of the best things about this city are its museums. Thanks to tax dollars paid by the rest of country, many of them are free and open to anyone who can get through security. Recently, I took advantage of the generous contributions of my fellow countrymen and took my visiting mother on a kind of historical tour.

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Addressing AU’s traffic troubles

AU students shouldn’t fear crossing the street, especially on our campus. Still, they should be aware of an incident that occurred Tuesday on Massachusetts Avenue’s southern crosswalk.

Will primetime TV news lose all of its objectivity?

Remember when MTV actually played music? Of course we don’t. That’s an obscure moment in time that few at AU could even imagine — think early 1980s. Now, 15-second splices of music videos in between “The Hills” and “Jackass” programming blocks suffice as “Music Television.”

Congress is totally sold to corporate interests. Let’s hope Obama isn’t.

Despite what you may think, the economy has recovered. On Oct. 14, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the best barometer of the stock market, hit 10,000. There has been much criticism that while the Dow has passed 10,000, unemployment will likely soon reach 10 percent. Many have heaped scorn on Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke’s recent statement that the recession is “very likely over.”

Letters to the editor

Last Thursday’s column by Alex Knepper berated the entire social justice movement as “self-serving,” but such a label can just as easily be applied to Knepper himself, who has once again written another piece rife with tired tactics. He accuses leftists who criticize bigoted initiatives like Prop 8 of somehow trying to avoid debating the merits of an argument without providing any merits himself.

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A positive pride flag resolution

AU Queers and Allies got politely turned down this week. The student group asked if the university would be willing to hang the gay pride flag from flagpoles across campus in honor of National Coming Out Week, which began this past Sunday. The Office of Campus Life told the group this was not possible, because it would violate university policy, but the office also proposed several alternative ways for Queers and Allies to show their pride.

Radical movement for ‘social justice’ is self-serving fraud

Is America plagued by an epidemic of hatred? Keep your ear to the ground on college campuses and you might hear the rumbling of angry movements struggling against this epidemic.

Columbus controversy shows why winners can’t write history

I’ve always been tired of hearing about celebrities avoiding lawful punishment because of their Hollywood status.

Letters to the editor

Headline on abortion article was biased, unfair While I have always supported (and continue to support) the Eagle’s policy of printing articles with opposing viewpoints, I must point out that the Oct. 11, 2009 article by Alissa Scheller was disingenuously titled. The article, which was titled, “Pregnancy ...

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Advocating an honest abortion debate

It’s always tough to talk about abortion. It’s a divisive issue on which many good people vehemently disagree. This is true at American as it is across America. On our campus, the Students For Life and Students For Choice organizations both thrive. Both are big; both are active. The abortion debate plays out articulately and passionately, to the credit of all involved.