Opinion

Bush avoids North Korea

Published October 23, 2002

For months, the George W. Bush administration has aggressively threatened war, held back only by a thin sense of propriety. However, even as Congress granted war powers to the chief executive and the U.N....

Goldy didn’t “endorse” homosexuality

Published October 23, 2002

As officers of the Queer Student Cultural Center, the student group responsible for hiring Goldy Gopher to appear at the National Coming Out Day rally, we feel the need to set the record straight, so to...

Stoetzel needs to make up his mind

Published October 22, 2002

I would like to reply to the article written about Paul Stoetzel, the National Guardsman who is protesting the possible war in Iraq ("Once on tour, now anti-war, student soldier won't go to Iraq," Oct....

Second Amendment

Published October 22, 2002

Matt Telleen's Oct. 21 opinion column on the Second Amendment ("Loyalty to the Second Amendment is misguided") is flawed. The term "arm" in the Second Amendment is intended as "firearm." And as there are...

Gubernatorial candidates must think about energy

Published October 22, 2002

As the elections are only two weeks away, newly-elected politicians will soon be faced with big decisions on the environment and energy. One year from now, the Prairie Island nuclear power plant will have...

So-called Friends of Israel are anything but

by Scott Laderman
Published October 22, 2002

Last week, I had the good fortune to attend a campus forum featuring Na'eem Jeenah, a South African lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand and a veteran of the anti-apartheid movement. Jeenah...

Israel and terrorism

Published October 21, 2002

In response to Omri Fine's letter "Double standards" (Oct.18), I would like to share a part of the vast diversity of opinions among Israelis related to the Israeli-Arab conflict. More than sad, it is frustrating...

Pro-war stance is flawed

Published October 21, 2002

In his column, "Anti-war stance is flawed" (Oct. 14), William Hudson uses faulty reasoning to defend his pro-war stance. The statement that "any U.S. action" in Iraq is justified is misinformed. Article...

Keep Goldy out of sexual politics

Published October 21, 2002

On Oct. 11, University students came out of the closet and were immediately greeted by the smiling face of Goldy Gopher. As a part of National Coming Out Day, the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender...

Campus Connectors forget the disabled

Published October 21, 2002

This letter is an addition to the recent letters about the Campus Connectors that appeared in the Daily. It has been my experience that the Campus Connector drivers are completely disrespectful to students,...