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Sex proves very complex

[email protected] • October 14, 2003

Why is it that we are baby-talking and coddling grown men with a message, which implies that women will fall for men's selfish desires if men only "ask?" What is the message "Asking for consent is sexy" is supposed to tell a man? Does a man have to feel...

China’s flight launches debate on space agency

Bob Mate • October 14, 2003

However, Columbia has provided a chance to alter America's focus in space by showing the need for new launch vehicles. NASA spokesman Michael Braukus said that NASA's Orbital Space Plane program is developing a vehicle to carry astronauts back from the...

Advocate of flag’s removal strikes back

Jason Keener • October 14, 2003

Aristotle formulated a useful truth. It is called the "principle of non-contradiction." This principle holds that a statement cannot simultaneously be both true and false. For example, nothing can at once both have an attribute like redness and, at the...

BBQ stokes fires

Megan Bartelt • October 9, 2003

To those others of you who consider yourselves Republicans, I will strive to keep in mind that those responsible for this event do not necessarily represent your party nor even your campus organization as a whole. An admonition from you would have much...

Sex on campus shows need for VOX group

[email protected] • October 9, 2003

In view of the liberal arts tradition of this university, it is important to keep in mind that values and beliefs are personal choices and that the pursuit of knowledge requires an open mind and as much accurate information as possible. The focus of a...

Athlete wishes he were theater major

[email protected] • October 9, 2003

Something I feel Gosz might be overlooking in all of this is that she participates in her extra-curricular activities for her own self-interest: to diversify your resume or to help you out on an application for graduate school, I'm not sure. Something I...

MU students must build awareness of mental health issues

[email protected] • October 9, 2003

Chances are you know these people. They are your best friends, your roommates or you. One in five people during their lifetime will suffer from mental illness. Suicide is the third leading cause of death for people ages 15-24. Twenty percent of college...

Boston knocks socks off

Keith Ferguson • October 9, 2003

The fans, perhaps the main ingredient in making Boston the greatest baseball city, need no explanation. Simply enough, they have more of one thing then any other fans in baseball: hope. The Red Sox have not won a World Series since 1918. World War I was...

Cafeteria can’t replace Church

[email protected] • October 9, 2003

Both of these were big issues, but the biggest issue I had with the article was the idea of "cafeteria Catholicism," which is not Catholicism at all. If people pick and choose what they wish to believe and puts that into the mouth of God, then they are...

Language needs liberation from helotry of like

Marianne Gosz • October 9, 2003

The word "like," in its slang form, became a Beatnik buzzword in the 1950s and first caught the attention of linguists in the 1980s after it was popularized by "Valley Girls." For example, it is not uncommon to hear, from females especially, "Like, oh my...

Critics miss point

Brian Collar • September 23, 2003

Mate makes some sweeping generalizations and accusations regarding the ongoing conflict in Iraq. First, I'll admit that I'm a bit puzzled on the question of weapons of mass destruction. It seems to me that the president and our allies might like to offer...

Fair, balanced in the midst of all this criticism

[email protected] • September 23, 2003

Although some might want me to censor one side, I refuse to do that. Speaking for my writings, I write it as I see it. Others, liberals and conservatives, should do the same. I'm a liberal in this column, but I check that at the door on production night....

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