Editorials

Internet fairness

EDITORIAL BOARD | 07/01/2009 |

A new act will rightfully force ISPs to justify restrictive bandwidth based pricing schemes.

Power to the payers

EDITORIAL BOARD | 07/01/2009 |

Though student leaders promise to solve tuition problems, they remain squelched from the budget process.

Federally-funded vacations

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EDITORIAL BOARD | 06/23/2009 |

New legislation would allocate federal support for inefficient study abroad programs.

Questions for our budgeteers

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EDITORIAL BOARD | 06/23/2009 |

Is the well-off leadership at the University not thinking hard enough about alternative cost cutting or are they just not listening?

Unfit for Print

Stay away from that devil's water
06-27-2009

What's distressing about President Bruininks' proposal to ban alcohol sales at TCF Bank Stadium, which the Board of Regents backed last week, is that it only confirms an American cultural perceptio

There's a reason why Big Tobacco helped write this legislation
06-27-2009

The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, which President Obama recently signed into law, is the death knell for candy-flavored cigarettes and cigars.

A tough shot to swallow
06-26-2009

The Minneapolis City Council may soon have on its agenda a proposal to hold bars responsible for what patrons do off-premises.

Troubled times make for good drama
04-13-2009

There are times when the drama of current news stories aligns in such a way that no fictional adaptation could possibly hope to make it more interesting, or a greater spectacle.  Case in point

Campaign 2008 "where are they now?" Part II: the young lovers
03-12-2009

For those who have not yet heard the news, Levi Johnston and Bristol Palin have called off their engagement, confirming once and for all that maybe marrying the girl you met and dated in high schoo

Advice for the GOP: don't mess with Rush
03-03-2009

Let the word go forth from this time and place to Republicans everywhere: Rush Limbaugh, the ideological Mother Superior of contemporary conservatism, is not to be crossed.  First, he earned t

Columns

For Millennials, Michael Jackson just a freak

BY Katherine Miller | 07/01/2009 |

Yet even during his plummet, The King of Pop never lost his crown.

Ray Bradbury’s Internet

BY Thomas Q. Johnson | 07/01/2009 |

The problem is that the Internet too often becomes both the toy and the true life.

Illegal file-sharing at universities inevitable

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BY The Oracle | 06/23/2009 |

Media companies must learn to accept digital theft.

Instantly Rejoiceful Voters

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BY Thomas Q. Johnson | 06/23/2009 |

It’s time for people to overcome their skittishness toward IRV and accept its benefits for providing more fair elections.

A kinky conference

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BY Thomas Q. Johnson | 06/16/2009 |

At a sexuality conference I learned healthy sex may just be deviant sex.

Common sense regulation on tobacco

BY the Indiana Daily Student | 06/16/2009 |

The Tobacco control act is nothing less than common sense regulation.

Credit Card Act treats adults as children

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BY the Michigan Daily | 06/09/2009 |

Despite its good qualities, the restrictions laid out seem like a lot of work to obtain a card that makes a financially stable future possible.

Europe set to meet Kyoto Protocol

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BY Ashley Dresser | 06/09/2009 |

The grass is greener on the other side, at least in terms of carbon emissions.

Clarity critical in budget coverage

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BY Robert H. Bruininks | 06/02/2009 |

The University will not propose double-digit undergrad tuition increases in either of the next two years.

Pursuing a degree, with a family

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BY Thomas Q. Johnson | 06/02/2009 |

Family housing at the University offers a rich experience.

States should take in GITMO prisoners

BY The Oracle | 05/26/2009 |

The prisoners pose no real security risks in secure prisons.

Your cell phone is a weapon

BY Ashley Dresser | 05/26/2009 |

Increased (cell) awareness is needed to end the bloody conflict in Congo.

Graduating in a recession

BY St. James’ Street | 05/06/2009 |

Post-graduate life may be uncertain, but a job entails more than work.

Foreign countries should not buy Lebanese elections

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BY the Harvard Crimson | 05/06/2009 |

Democracy there is frail, and corrupted elections could put Lebanon on the brink of civil war.

Rand’s Atlas: a myth for America

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BY Christopher Benson | 05/05/2009 |

Many are returning to Ayn Rand’s seminal fiction novel amid recession. But they should not forget the lessons reality teaches.