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Powerful words can ruin a Friday

Samiksha Tarun • November 9, 2007

Fridays are great, aren't they? Friday is the day I most look forward to during the week. On Fridays, I am done with classes at noon. I watch "Gilmore Girls," and then I go to Salsarita's. After dinner, I usually return to my dorm with The New York Times, USAToday, and The University News and read, read, read! I save The University News for last, since I always look forward to reading what my peers have written and to seeing my articles.

Smoke-free

Carly Caminiti • November 9, 2007

In June 2006, the Surgeon General of the United States published a landmark report that concluded that secondhand smoke causes death and disease in non-smoking children and adults and that there is no safe level of its exposure. Until this report was published, many people refused to believe that secondhand smoke was dangerous.

OneWorld thanks students

Amanda Ring-Rissler • November 9, 2007

I was overwhelmed and touched by student attendance and response to the Voices from Darfur event last Tuesday evening. The stories of Daoud Hari and Motasim Adam need to be heard by as many people as possible.?Only when the American electorate begins to understand the realities of the violence in Darfur, Sudan will our government find the will to actively work for peace.

Debating Christian radicalism

Tim Wright • November 9, 2007

This is in response to a colleague's letter, Nathan Howard, regarding radical Christianity and Islam. Respectfully, his response to Pete Barron's letter is irrational. There is a difference between the "reason" why something occurs and the "excuse" for which it is justified.

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.

Close ally found in Turkey … for now

George Caputa • November 9, 2007

As we enter the month of November and Turkey Day approaches, there is another turkey that you should be thinking about: Turkey, the country. Over the past couple of weeks, Turkey has been appearing in the headlines more and more. With all of this talk about Armenians and Kurds, Turkish troops, U.

Dumbledore debate

Andrew Amelung • November 2, 2007

The commentary on Albus Dumbledore (Oct. 26) is a highly offensive piece that absolutely smacks of discrimination and hate. By stating that announcing one's homosexuality is akin to traumatizing a child for the rest of their lives, one cannot ignore how ignorant and hurtful this piece is.

DPS, no joking matter

Stephen K. Barnes • November 2, 2007

Now first and foremost here I want to say that I don't mean that in a sexist way. I am not distinguishing between men and women, I am distinguishing between children and adults. It's about time Kevin quit being a child and started acting like a Man. He thinks that DPS is a joke; well I think he's the joke, and not a very funny one.

Radical Christianity

Nathan Howard • November 2, 2007

As Peter Barron pointed out [in his letter] ("Response to McShane," Oct. 26), there is a difference between radicalized Christianity and radicalized Islam. However, his belief that they are not equally as dangerous is foolhardy. Although correct in his assertion that we rarely see "Christian radicals . blow themselves up," all one has to do is pick up a history book to see the devastation that Christian radicals have caused.

Visual remembrance

Aaron Meyer • November 2, 2007

In response to Phil Hayes' letter, I would like to respectfully disagree with some of his points. While Hayes suggests we should be ashamed by the Iraq War display because it politicizes the deaths of American soldiers and Iraqi civilians, I think that this display conveys a message that is far more important than bipartisan distinctions.

Doing the ‘Crocodile’ walk of shame

John Nolan • November 2, 2007

One of the inconveniences of the infamous "walk of shame" is that it absolutely does not matter what you did the night before. Even if you were just chilling with your friends and then crashed at their place, if it looks suspicious, everyone assumes the worst.

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