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Mime article misses

Published September 30, 2002

In the Sept. 26 story, "It's mime time," the writer, Nathan Hall, clearly has a distaste for mime as both a practice and a concept, even though his writing demonstrates just how little he knows about it...

Colonialism in Tibet

Published September 30, 2002

Regarding the Sept. 24 opinions column, "Democratic propaganda blinds all in Tibetan controversy," it seems Diana Fu got some historical facts wrong. First, Tibet was independent before 1951 and was never...

Condemn bias consistently

Published September 27, 2002

This letter is in response to the Sept. 24 article entitled "U police investigate assault, role of bias." The alleged attacker in the story was quoted as saying, "Why don't you go and blow up another two...

Bush creates Orwellian society

by Matthew Brophy
Published September 27, 2002

Freedom is Slavery; War is Peace; Ignorance is Strength. This is the motto heralded by Big Brother in George Orwell's book, "1984." This motto might as well be from the George W. Bush administration. Since...

‘Pre-emption’ undermines global security

Published September 27, 2002

Over the last several weeks, the George W. Bush administration has argued the need for a pre-emptive attack on Iraq is necessary to ensure the continued safety of the global community. Such a unilateral...

Kill the death penalty

Published September 26, 2002

More and more there seems to be evidence of mistakes and mistrials involving death penalty sentences in the United States. And again a federal judge says it's unconstitutional ("Judge declares death penalty...

Ventura in Cuba

Published September 26, 2002

Gov. Jesse Ventura arrived in Cuba yesterday, despite pleas from the George W. Bush administration and Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to cancel his visit. Ventura will be attending the U.S. Food and Agribusiness...

War is justified

Published September 26, 2002

After reading "U.S. represents threat to world peace," (Sept. 25) I am curious how President George W. Bush can be a threat to world peace. He has not only asked Congress for permission to go to war with...

Buses are better

Published September 26, 2002

The column "Professors, buses make back-to-school blues," (Sept. 25) portrayed mass transit, particularly Metro Transit bus service, as an unreliable service, necessary only for those who are not lucky...

Political gymnastics belie unwise decisions

Published September 26, 2002

DBy Larry Jacobs id you know that growing numbers of Americans are filing new claims for unemployment insurance when they have been out of work for six months or more and are giving up even searching for...

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