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Opinion

Victoria’s Secret

Published November 27, 2002

This letter is in response to Gina Lang's Nov. 25 letter "Put on some lingerie," in which she states her approval for the televised Victoria's Secret runway fashion show. Lang states in her letter that...

Israeli policies in Palestine

Published November 27, 2002

The Nov. 26 column "Israeli policies are unjust for neighbors" by Sana Ansar makes a convincing case that a problem exists but makes no effort to solve it. Israeli policies are in response to a largely...

Israeli policies are unjust for neighbors

Published November 26, 2002

T By Sana Ansar he heartache of the present day Mideast conflict lies in the tiny strip of land popularly known as the Holy Land. Believed to bear testimony to the existence of sites of religious significance...

ESL teaching assistants confuse some students

Published November 26, 2002

E By Chitra Vairavan very other day, for approximately 50 minutes, students watch their teaching assistants babble on for the class period about concepts few students in the class understand. Does that...

Teaser misrepresents alumni’s position

Published November 26, 2002

The lead story in the Nov. 25 issue ("Despite media reports, no stadium deal yet") had an inaccurate and misleading teaser for the University of Minnesota Alumni Association stadium resolution story that...

Disappearances provide warning call for some

Published November 26, 2002

T By Tiffany Winter he past few weeks have been terrifying and stressful for many students. Four Minnesota college students have been reported missing and have not been found. As sad as this is, it is...

Thanksgiving: Just another day of empire

by Joel Helfrich
Published November 26, 2002

The other day, Minnesota Public Radio aired a documentary that asked the following question: "Is the United States becoming an empire?" I chuckled to myself and immediately thought every student at the...

Iowa’s marching band

Published November 25, 2002

This is in response to Jon Bottema's Nov. 21 letter "Not in our house." The Iowa band was invited with open, welcoming arms last spring, long before we knew what a great team the Hawkeye's would be this...

Iraq debate

Published November 22, 2002

After attending the public debate on the war with Iraq on Monday, I have to question reporter Nathan Hall's priorities in reporting the event in "Parliamentary debate winners argue against U.S. war with...

Eliminating welfare will not eliminate the cost of the disadvantaged on society

by Matt Telleen
Published November 22, 2002

Since the late 1990s, this country has enforced time limits on the welfare benefits that Americans can receive when they cannot support themselves financially. With the new Republican-controlled House...

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