The University News

Clinton wears the pants to win

Brett Kostrzewski • November 30, 2007

In the first serious bid by a female for the presidency, Hillary Rodham Clinton is making great progress toward becoming the next leader of the United States. Her victory is being trumpeted as inevitable; even conservative radio commentator Rush Limbaugh claims that there is an 80 percent chance she will be the next president.

Posing questions

Editorial Board • November 16, 2007

Muriel Gallo-Chasanoff, a student at Grinnell College in Iowa, was, on Nov. 6, told to ask Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton a scripted question at a live debate. Sadly, but not without remorse, the student did indeed ask the pre-formed question.

STDs in STL

Editorial Board • November 16, 2007

Certainly the phrase "sex sells" has been around for many years, but in light of St. Louis recently being named the No. 1 city in the country for sexually transmitted disease rates, perhaps sex is being sold a bit too much. The recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed that three STDs (gonorrhea, Chlamydia and syphilis) had increased in the number of reported cases for the second consecutive year.

Controversy, hope surrounds ordination

John Nolan • November 16, 2007

The women's ordination movement in the Roman Catholic Church is very controversial. The movement began in the 1960s in concurrence with the general women's rights movement. My father attended a Jesuit seminary during that period. His theology professor taught him that there is no theological basis for excluding women from the priesthood.

Making a difference and actually caring

Samiksha Tarun • November 16, 2007

I was recently walking around St. Louis. While waiting for a walk signal, I noticed two homeless men on the curb, standing just three feet away from me. They carried signs and walked through traffic in hopes of getting money, food or anything that was offered.

Pop culture says that people are just people

George Caputa • November 16, 2007

I think that it is safe to say that my favorite TV show is "Law & Order," especially its SVU spin-off. I was watching it a couple nights ago and as the opening scenario unfolded, I realized that I had never seen this episode before. I was in heaven. Saving all the messy details about the episode, in the end a doctor was arrested for criminal neglect homicide.

Heated response to ‘Warming warning’

Lewis Griffith • November 16, 2007

This is a rebuttal to the "Warming warning overrated" article published in the Nov. 9 issue of The University News. If one wishes to play the political card of Repub-licans vs. Democrats on this issue, feel free, but to misstate facts does a disservice to the global warming and pollution issue.

Musharraf now shows his true colors

Patrick McShane • November 16, 2007

Every politician wants to be universally beloved. They want to walk down the streets and be greeted with cheering crowds who would never think to vote against them. When this reality fails to materialize, brute force tends to prevent people from voting against you.

Ordination of women

Erica Irwin • November 16, 2007

On Sunday, Nov. 11, two Roman Catholic women were ordained as women priests. What a sad day indeed for the Catholic Church. I just hate it when faith-filled, modern-day Catholic saints choose to courageously follow God's call in spite of archaic church teaching.

Global warming response

Brian Laczko • November 16, 2007

After reading a commentary last week, "Warming warning overrated," I was hit by this uncanny wave of déj? vu. I knew that somewhere I had heard such a claim that global warming was not a catastrophe, but instead a boon to both the economy and the lifestyle of less fortunate and elderly people worldwide.

Senseless civility code

Editorial Board • November 9, 2007

The diversity among professorial personalities dictates that both students and teachers will not always get along. However, creating a university-wide "civility code" is over-reaching and rather insulting-to everyone. Students are aware, or should be if they have made it to the collegiate level in their educational careers, of the basic manners and behaviors that are expected of them in a classroom.

Writers’ compensation

Editorial Board • November 9, 2007

The Writers' Guild of America is on strike. Rather than scream at TV screens in unabashed outrage, we fully support the scriptwriters in their quest for just monetary recognition for their work that they are not currently receiving. This is not to say that the Hollywood writers are near starvation, but rather that if a writer creates a genuine piece of individual and unique work, that writer should be recognized-in full-for that work.