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Volume CXXXIII, Number 15
February 8, 2002
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The Super Bowl and terrorism
CRAIG GIAMMONA
I was confronted with the confessions of young boys who admitted to helping terrorists get fake passports, and also confessed to "helping murder families in Colombia." [read the article]

Protestors do more harm than good
PATRICK ROCKEFELLER
Whether it was the recent tragedy that quelled enthusiasm for breaking Starbucks windows, or the strong but respectful police presence, or just bad weather, a protest was not what New York needed last weekend. [read the article]

Enron and politics: A response
HUGH HILL
Enron. The first serious scandal of the Bush Jr. administration (other than the fact that his opponent actually won the election). I'll remember this one with relish. [read the article]

Stop the Killer CAFÉ
TODD BUELL
We are left with a regulation making tenuous environmental claims and with widely recorded consequences in auto safety. [read the article]

The marriage myth
KARA OPPENHEIM
The number of people who believe that when in choosing a college, one may also be choosing where he or she will find a husband or wife is surprising. [read the article]

Recommendation letters reveal a lot
GENEVIVE CREEDON
My roommate is applying to be on the Residential Life staff next year, and the longstanding complaint is that reducing one's life to a few sentences or bolts on a white page is not only discouraging, it's unfair. [read the article]

 

Profiling we like
Whatever happened to the senior profiles?
[read the editorial]

What's next? The wet T-shirt contest?
Thumbs down to AT&T for even conceiving of such a foolish and degrading advertising campaign. [read the editorial]

Comments on grade inflation
The engineering schools as a group apparently have done a better job keeping grade inflation at bay. [read the letter]

Academics: our first priority
It is, essentially, our job to excel academically, or at least to do the best we can. [read the letter]