Nicholas Louw (“Bush plans to create culture of ownership,” Oct. 21) believes that “the tendency for people to rely on others for their well-being is a source of self-destruction and that it perpetuates diminished opportunity as a consequence of apathy.” I completely agree, but with one exception ““ dependency is self-destructive only depending on whose hands you’re in. Read more...
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October 25, 9:00 pm
Restraints must be put on businesses
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October 24, 9:00 pm
Letters to the editor
Boycott efforts economically unsound I hope the students who prompted this whole witch hunt against Taco Bell are happy. They’ve successfully put all the students who worked at that Taco Bell out of a job and reduced the income of the farm workers they were (ignorantly) trying to help. Read more...
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October 24, 9:00 pm
Editorial cartoon
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October 24, 9:00 pm
Proposition 69: Privacy or safety?
Proposition 69, the DNA Fingerprint Initiative, would immediately require all convicted felons to provide a non-invasive DNA sample for inclusion in a statewide database. Beginning in 2009, individuals arrested for felonies ““ not misdemeanor crimes like shoplifting under $400 or traffic violations ““ would also have to provide a DNA sample, but could have their sample removed if they are not convicted. Read more...
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October 24, 9:00 pm
Proposition 69: Privacy or safety?
Imagine that the campus police mistakenly pick you up for shoplifting over $400 worth of BearWear at the campus store and you are later released without charges. Read more...
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October 21, 9:00 pm
Medical progress dependent on stem cell research
In order to clarify some issues that are often inadequately explained within the media and politics, I would like to discuss the issue of therapeutic cloning. Read more...