Opinion

Opinion

Letter to the editor: Conservative columnist Knepper can't help lying

By Barnaby Yeh | October 30

Alex Knepper's recent column on the state of the presidential candidacy shows that even when conservatives are trying to be honest, they're dishonest. Obama's wide-margin lead and inevitable - Knepper's idea, not mine - victory is not due to any smooth-talking, charisma, or race, or even any lack of gravitas on the part of McCain/Palin.

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Opinion

Arr! Piracy on the high seas really ticks us off

October 30

Ahoy, maties! The two of us are slightly obsessed with pirates. You know, the shiver-me-timbers louts that wear silly clothes, talk funny and complain that the rum is always gone. The responses from bewildered friends have been varied. Some politely attempt to change the subject - we've also received discreet inquiries whether we should be on some medication.

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Opinion

Election Day no holiday for AU

October 30

The last time the Faculty Senate convened to discuss and decide the structure of the student academic calendar was in 1976. It was then that the skeleton of what became our school year was formed: the panel of faculty from both AU and the Washington College of Law dealt with questions regarding exam scheduling, winter and summer break timing, and the policies governing religious holidays.

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Opinion

Letter to the editor: Fashion columnists don't understand true style

By Louise Brask | October 30

I have a problem understanding the placement of the recent "Brand Name Must Haves" article inside The Eagle. I understand the authors were trying to highlight expensive brand names, but to have a whole article dedicated on high spending may be out of line.

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Opinion

'Bitches n' hoes' doesn't cut it anymore

By Rachel Lincoln | October 27

So many new things can be learned as an AU freshman - how to balance class assignments with a myriad of social activities, how to live in harmony with a stranger, and how to keep loud noises down in respect of dorm neighbors who sleep all day and stay up all night.

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Opinion

Pay-per-test

October 27

It seems unbelievable that a college would actually pay students to retake the SATs, but that's exactly what occurred at Baylor University until just recently. Baylor paid already-admitted students $300 in bookstore credit to retake the test; students earned another $1,000 if they improved their scores by 50 points.

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Opinion

Who's going to save us now?

October 27

Some AU students and Public Safety officers are at odds over Public Safety's response time to a medical emergency in Mary Graydon Center this past week. Some students estimated that it took officers 10 to 15 minutes to respond to an AU student who was having a seizure in MGC, while Public Safety claims it took about four minutes.

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Opinion

Letter to the editor: Cross-cultural column misses important 'nuances'

By Voltaire Cortez | October 27

Let me try to say this as gently as possible... The fundamental question of Madalyn Wasilczuk's column I understand. She asks the reader to consider at what point is accepting something as a mere acknowledgment of some cultural difference or a tacit agreement to some sort of injustice.

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Opinion

Don't miss chance to shape AU's policies

By Carl Seip | October 27

This column is a chance to offer criticism and perspective on AU. It is a chance to offer congratulations, suggestions - or merely brief observations. It can pose a question, it can jumpstart a discussion. More than anything, it can show where AU can improve.

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Opinion

Correction for October 1, 2008

October 27

In "AU students may join youth panel," The Eagle misidentified Al-Jazeera TV show host Riz Khan as an AU alumnus. Khan's wife is an AU alumna. The Eagle regrets the error.

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Opinion

Letter to the editor: Columbus is neither as good or bad as people make him out to be

By William J. Haun | October 23

With due respect to Carrie Johnson, a pro-active AU student who has expanded dialogue for the better at AU, I have to take issue with some of the assertions made in her recent letter to the editor. I, for one, do not congratulate the Undergraduate Senate for passing yet another piece of worthless paper.

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Opinion

AU can learn from GW's mistakes

October 23

George Washington University recently sent out an e-mail alert to their students to inform them of eight separate accounts of sexual assault that had been reported over the last few weeks. These e-mails are all too familiar to AU students who have had to sift through our own spate of Public Safety e-mail alerts.

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Opinion

Undecided voters need to make up their damned minds

By Dan Rosa | October 23

"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" correspondents Jason Jones and Samantha Bee hosted a focus group of undecided voters for the third and final presidential debate. Their intent was to ridicule the television networks that employ such focus groups and to laugh at the indecisive, bewildered participants.

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Opinion

Democrats in for big gains come November

By Jong Eun Lee | October 23

I still remember the election four years ago when my victorious conservative friends chided me that the Republicans had a bright future as the permanent ruling party, while the out-of-mainstream Democrats were doomed to be a minority party isolated in the liberal pockets of the country.

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Opinion

Letter to the editor

By Steven Dalton | October 23

Everyone knows Columbus wasn't perfect so please stop talking. Somebody has to say it, so why not me. At first, I laughed when I read in a recent edition of The Eagle that our wonderful SG Senate was taking up - again -.... the whole "Indigenous People's Day" situation.

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Opinion

Letter to the editor

By Ben D'Avanzo | October 23

I have had a number of friends ask me a rather unsettling question: Is it true that my absentee ballot will only be counted in the case of a tie? The answer, of course, is no! Absentee ballots count the same as the ballots cast at polling places on Election Day.

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GOP in for big gains four years from now

By Alex Knepper | October 23

Is it better for the Republican Party if Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama wins? An increasing amount of evidence suggests that it may just be. Presidential nominee John McCain and running mate Sarah Palin epitomize mediocrity in the Republican Party.

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