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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Opinion

A tacky attempt at humor

Published September 16, 2002

Your in-house promotion with the bandaged cat has crossed the line of good taste. What an appalling statement it makes. We here at the Brown County Humane Society work hard every day to keep animals from...

Europe says no; why care?

Published September 16, 2002

IBy Steven Snyder n the days following the Sept. 11 attacks, countries around the world rallied to the defense of the United States. Leaders proclaimed their allegiance, offered public support for the...

Protect environment with legislation

Published September 16, 2002

FBy Heather Cusick rom Enron to WorldCom, corporate scandals dominated the headlines this summer. Now, as Congress returns from its August recess, senators and representatives will have the opportunity...

Fatuous pacifists

Published September 16, 2002

The commentary by Students Against War ("War on terror renews cycle of violence," Sept. 12) proved them utterly fatuous. Being against war, as opposed to being against a particular war, is simply not a...

Columnists’ hypocrisy destroys messages

Published September 16, 2002

IBy Brandon Thompson n the weeks and months following the tragedy of Sept. 11, and now again in the wake of the anniversary of that date, perhaps thousands of pages of newsprint have been devoted to discussing...

Double standards in U.S. foreign policy

Published September 16, 2002

An article in the Daily ("Bush to cite Hussein's defiance to U.N.," Sept. 12) reported on President George W. Bush's intention to "cite a list of at least a dozen instances in which the Iraqi president...

Before war, let’s talk

Published September 13, 2002

Our campus needs to be filled with dialogue about our opinions on the subject of war against Iraq. If war happens, it's going to affect this generation like never before. We need to take a stand. We need...

Time is needed for families of the missing

Published September 13, 2002

SBy Pauline Boss ix days after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center towers, I was in New York with two graduate students, called there because of my decades of work with families of the missing....

Defending freedom at the polls

Published September 13, 2002

We made a mistake this week. Everyone knows what Sept. 11 was, but how many know what Sept. 10 was? For those who don't know, it was Minnesota state primary election day. As usual, turnout was abominable....

Civil discourse

Published September 13, 2002

Why personally attack a columnist? I believe Scott Laderman to be a good man whose intent is not to hurt or misinform the readership of the Daily, but instead to encourage us all to think in more than...

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