Volume 28, Issue 03, September 15, 2005
Insight
The telephone belonged to the Sheriff of Bent County.
He was my great-grandfather, and the phone was passed down to my mom, and now the phone is mine. My father is much older than I am, and while I expected a decline in his health brought on by his decades of smoking, I never expected to lose my mother at the age of 66. more >>>
Patriotism lies in the heart of the beholder. Over time, President Bush has proven that he is not for the American people as he acts and establishes policies that carry out only his self-serving interests. more >>>
Higher education purports to improve students' critical-thinking abilities. Sadly, higher education administrators seem to have a hard time employing such abilities when they try to solicit voters' support for a $4 billion tax increase this fall. more >>>
I'm sitting here getting ready to watch some college football. The weather outside may be warm and sunny, but the call of college football and the game on TV tells me fall is here with a vengeance. more >>>
JOHN KUEBLER jkuebler@mscd.edu
Fernando Meirelles' eagerly awaited second film, "The Constant Gardener" was released last week. I have not seen the film, so this is not a review. Rather, I would like to address one of the film's underlying bits of social commentary: the scourge of the world's giant pharmaceutical companies. more >>>
Dear readers, I have a favor to ask you. Take the catastrophe that you saw these last few weeks with Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. Never forget it. Let this tragedy be yet another spark of passion and an example of what can happen when we forget about governments and money and instead focus on each other.
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is how Kailonney James' friends would describer her. She is shy, but funny. Her friends seek honest advice from the criminal justice major. She said one of the best things she did while at Metro was failing and later succeeding in her classes. She learned discipline and maturity. more >>>
By Dennis Berguist
SGA works with administration to provide student voice
This year's Student Government Assembly (SGA) has already rolled up its collective sleeves, dug right in and gotten to work. more >>>
So there's all this crazy stuff you heard about last year's elections: Cloaks and daggers, poison lipstick and shit. And above all, those freaky radicals trying to thieve your apple pie, pretend Student Democracy.
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