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Marquette Wire

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FRANSEN: In Uganda, U.S. should put human rights first

FRANSEN: In Uganda, U.S. should put human rights first

Elena Fransen February 27, 2014
The withdrawal of funds from Uganda is a necessary threat for the U.S. to make, though it would do little to protect human rights in Uganda and nations around the world.

ROTC affirms Catholic values

[email protected] January 13, 2004
Specifically, I would like to refute St. Arnold's point that the military and ROTC conflict with Catholic values, doctrine and scripture. Secondly, I would like to address Mr. St. Arnold's argument regarding the U.S. military's use of "violence as a means...

Insincerity of Vox opponents exposed

Tony Varga December 2, 2003
Recently on campus, there has been considerable controversy over the attempt of Planned Parenthood student organization Vox to receive official recognition from the university. While people on both sides of the argument have voiced their opinions, the...

Flawed evidence casts down case of opposition

[email protected] December 2, 2003
Third, the authors cite a book by Dr. Chris Kahlenborn that claims that abortion and use of the birth control pill use increase the risk of breast cancer. This is not a scientific fact. A June 27, 2003, article in the New England Journal of Medicine...

Materialism debauches holidays

[email protected] December 2, 2003

Hruby is a freshman

Great debates revisited in fall retrospective

Bob Mate December 2, 2003
The first big debate was over the gay pride flag in the AMU. That was good times. I don't think I've ever seen so many people quote the Catechism. I've never read the Catechism, but it must have been the fall's best-selling, non-stop thrill ride drama. I...

Vox voices veritable positions

[email protected] November 13, 2003
Furthermore, over 95 percent of Planned Parenthood services are non-abortion related and serve to foster health and education. Of the 31 Planned Parenthood clinics in Wisconsin, 29 do not perform abortions and instead provide annual exams which include...

MU mourns TVR

[email protected] November 13, 2003

Rothenbach is a freshman civil engineering major.

Confusion cleared up by conservative

Mike Uhrich November 6, 2003
Therefore, to remove a feeding tube or to abort an infant is a crime. Certainly, though I am conservative, I can conceive situations in which these options might seem best, but to allow them is hypocrisy. Indeed, Mate, what you call a flaw in our logic is...

Philosophy contemplates itself

[email protected] November 6, 2003
Let us now abolish interrogatories for their intrinsic fault. Everything shall be stated positively in the form of a hypothesis. Clearly, the work of a good statistician can now suit us better than any philosopher. There being at least two or more...

Campus benefits from complaints

[email protected] November 6, 2003
Teske politely asks the Marquette community to stop complaining about life at Marquette. He calls for us to ignore things we would like to change and make better. A university is intended as a place to freely exchange ideas. In Teske's utopia, this free...
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