Opinion

Grad, professional students object to fees

Published May 7, 2004

Undergraduate leadership, such as MSA, does not represent grad and professional students.

Daily’s elections coverage adequate

Published May 7, 2004

The All-Campus Elections Commission has leveled accusations of fabricating quotations and using inaccurate information in the April 29 article "Zearley tactics called unfair" against The Minnesota Daily. These...

Weaving offers opportunity for generations to connect at many levels

Published May 7, 2004

The process of weaving offers a model of how we form individual and community-wide connections.

Gentlemen, lend me your penises

Published May 6, 2004

Not because I'm envious (I'm anti-Freud) but because apparently I need one to tell me how to dress, as I have learned from reading the April 26 article, "If you're sportin' 'floofy' skirt, listen up."...

Couples must make effort to avoid divorce

Published May 6, 2004

Soon divorce will become as easy as breaking up with a boyfriend or girlfriend.

Pay attention to the news; give a thought to those abroad

Published May 6, 2004

I tend to think many Americans are obsessed with reality TV and celebrity gossip because it is something they can at least understand and manage in their minds. For many, the daily news of politics, business,...

Deficit spending just passes the buck

Published May 5, 2004

Reinstating a pay-as-you-go rule for proposed tax cuts will make it harder to win votes by promising fewer taxes.

Dove hunting mirrors U.S.’ war outlook

Published May 4, 2004

Hunting mourning doves goes against everything the United States stands for.

Attempts to fund new stadium try to make up for leaving Memorial

Published May 3, 2004

Here they are again: a sports team wanting a new facility. The twist this time is that it is not only a professional, private business demanding a stadium. This time it is also the Gophers football team. While...

22 columns about everything

Published May 3, 2004

This is my last column of the scholastic year. I'm not about to get all maudlin and bid you, the readers, a tearful goodbye; I just wish that I was blessed with more space to write today, as I've still...