Opinion

Wellstone Hall?

Published October 31, 2002

Now is the time to honor Paul Wellstone in a meaningful and lasting way; we should name the new Molecular and Cellular Biology Building "Wellstone Hall." What better way for the University Board of Regents,...

Keep watching the Simpsons

Published October 31, 2002

I applaud Benjamin Sunderlin, who wrote recently to encourage us to participate in our collective political discourse in "War demands discussion" (Oct. 29). To that end, Sunderlin criticizes those who...

Partisan actions at Wellstone’s memorial should have been kept out

by Chris Schafer
Published October 31, 2002

I was on the golf course when the state first heard the news of a plane crash in northern Minnesota. By the time I made it back into the clubhouse, cursing the terrible handicap that is my banana slice,...

Alan Page on the ballot

Published October 31, 2002

I was just numb when I heard the news about the Wellstone plane. Yes, Sen. Paul Wellstone was an advocate for economic democracy, for the environment, for international justice and so on. Public officials...

Crusaders to the end, Wellstones lived to lead

by Simon Chabel
Published October 31, 2002

Four years ago, while listening to the radio, Sheila Wellstone heard a report on sex trafficking. The report featured stories from victims such as a Ukrainian woman forced into prostitution because of...

Remembering Mary McEvoy

Published October 31, 2002

On behalf of the department of communication disorders, we are writing to express our profound sadness at the loss of our friend and colleague in educational psychology, Dr. Mary McEvoy. McEvoy was a brilliant...

Editorials should stick to the facts

by Bastiaan Vanacker
Published October 30, 2002

Last week I was contacted by Koby Nahmias and Omri Fine, founding member and chairman, respectively, of the University student group Friends of Israel. They had numerous concerns about the Daily's coverage...

The big picture

Published October 30, 2002

This letter is in response to Tony Dahlman's letter to the editor titled "Listening to the protestors" that appeared in the Monday, Oct. 28 issue of the Daily. My apologies to Dahlman, the distracted teachers,...

Wellstone fostered reciprocal relationships

Published October 30, 2002

I By Larry McDonough have known Democratic Sen. Paul Wellstone for 20 years. We met through our involvement in Minnesota Public Interest Research Group, a Ralph Nader-organized and student-directed public...

Daily cartoon

Published October 30, 2002

I opened the editorial section Monday to find a political cartoon depicting a private plane crashing into the Capitol building (Oct. 28). Though Sen. Paul Wellstone's re-election bid was perhaps the most...