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Vol XXXV No. 130

Tuesday, April 23, 2002

  Commentaries

20th hijacker should not be executed
Charles Rice
Right or Wrong?

The Justice Department has charged Zacarias Moussaoui, the so-called 20th hijacker, in federal court with six counts of conspiracy to commit murder and other crimes. Allegedly, he took flying lessons to participate in the Sept. 11 attacks. On that day, he ... [more]
Quote of the Day
Hubert Horatio Humphrey
former U.S. vice president

"Compassion is not weakness." Hubert Horatio Humphrey former U.S. vice president ... [more]
Sense of family provides stability abroad
Maite Uranga
Life in Africa

I just got back from my first vacation since I have been in Mauritania. I knew it was going to be great the minute I walked onto the Air France flight. It looked so clean and organized. The seats felt like ... [more]
Don't let objectivity overshadow sympathy
Babu Kaza
Law student

I might ask why Todd Mobley felt the need to submit his April 19 letter ("View rape discussion fairly") considering his point was already adequately stated by Memo Tijerna: that people should be "innocent until proven guilty." A valid point, although ... [more]
TAs prove point
Brandon Fogel
Graduate student

Sigh. Graduate students have been defamed again. Our characters have been maligned, our capacities questioned, our motivations doubted. But it was not Katie Hughes's clever April 17 Inside column that proffered these slanders most effectively; it was the lifeless responses ... [more]


Inside Column
Eulogy for a fallen comrade
by JUSTIN KRIVICKAS
News Copy Editor

Although I only got to know you in one night, in that time period, we shared each others deepest secrets and hidden aspirations. Both of us grew in the wisdom we had to offer each other and I knew we would ... [more]


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