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Opinion

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,...

University participation fails native peoples

by Joel Helfrich
Published October 21, 2002

Last Friday, the University celebrated Columbus Day in a fashion reminiscent of times past. We were painfully reminded that institutionalized racism is alive and well; the decision to violate traditional...

Middle East tensions inflamed by intolerance

Published October 18, 2002

Since the long flare-up in the Middle East began last year, a similar escalation of tension between Muslim and Jewish students has begun on college campuses across the country, including the University....

Double standards

Published October 18, 2002

Over the past few weeks, we have been seeing more and more signs calling to stop the war on Iraq, stop the war on terrorism and other statements made by organizations such as Students Against War and the...

The hazards of driving in Minnesota

Published October 18, 2002

O By Ellen Dworsky ctober is here and soon we'll see snow. One morning we'll awaken to what Minnesotans call winter flurries, although those of us from warm climates will call it a blizzard. You will look...

Gophers need stadium priority

Published October 18, 2002

Once upon a time, a Roman emperor, faced with the problem of keeping a population content with its lot, came up with what is perhaps one of the most effective forms of social control in history. Give the...

Goldy supports diversity

Published October 18, 2002

I'd like to reply to Carol Sanders' Oct. 16 letter about Goldy's presence at a Coming Out Week event. Yes, Sanders, Goldy is, as you say, "a great representative of the University." As that representative,...

Fight or flight

Published October 18, 2002

I am disturbed by the article printed on Oct. 17, "Once on tour, now anti-war, student soldier won't go to Iraq", detailing how Paul Stoetzel is currently a National Guardsman and yet is fully planning...

Are organ donations tainted gifts of life?

Published October 18, 2002

T By Jeffrey Kahn he news that the West Nile virus might have been spread from a Georgia organ donor to four organ recipients is raising concern. The case also raises the possibility that the virus can...

Research supports Daily editorial

Published October 17, 2002

This is in response to Joe Dunsmore's Oct. 16 letter, "Minority enrollment." Dunsmore calls the Daily's editorial board biased in its Oct. 11 editorial ("Minority enrollment deserves attention"), while...

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