Opinion

The environment-conscious carnivore?

And doesn't it seem shameful to you to need medical help," says Socrates to Glaucon in the third book of the Politeia, "not for wounds or because of some seasonal illness, but because, through idleness and the lifestyle we've described, one is full of gas and phlegm like a stagnant swamp, so that sophisticated Asclepiad doctors are forced to come up with names like 'flatulence' and 'catarrh' to describe one's diseases?" This, roughly, is the reaction prompted by Kathryn Andersen '08's sermon on the consumption of grass fed cow corpse. Andersen appeals to two values ? sustainability and health.

Letters to the Editor

Black students are from different groupsRegarding 'Study: Universities prefer foreign black students'(Wednesday, March 7, 2007):What I find most surprising about this study is not the higher number of African students on Ivy League campuses relative to African-American students, but rather the ease with which these two groups are equated into "black students." If the aim of this study was to highlight the obstacles regarding adequate representation of black American students on campus, I'm not really sure why black African students on campus were used as scapegoats.

DRM: Delusional Restrictions Management

I tried Ruckus a couple of weeks ago. It's actually a pretty cool service. They have a fairly wide catalog that contains enough ? though definitely not all ? of the music I like.

Lost and found

I found a cell phone on the Street at the beginning of spring break. A night of exposure to the bitter cold had not dimmed its brave little backlight, and there was no car traffic, so it hadn't been crushed either.

An enterprising move

The Center for Innovation in Engineering Education (CIEE) recently announced the appointment of Greg Olson, co-founder of Sensors Unlimited and a successful businessman with close ties to the University, as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS). This action is a step forward in CIEE's efforts to provide a context for engineering coursework and show its applications to the real world.We see CIEE's mission as contributing positively to the University community.

Grade inflation, the other way

The University's decision to lower grades has sparked unusually sharp debate. I'm honestly not sure what I think.

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'Seriously?'

It is my sincere belief that there is a time in every person's life when his or her philosophy and outlook on life faces a serious challenge.

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Major choices

Nearly two-and-a-half years ago, the administration released a guide, entitled "Major Choices," designed to introduce students and their parents to the University's smaller departments ? in other words, all those except economics, English, history, politics and the Wilson School.

The moral importance of abortion rights

Of the hotly contested political battles of our time, none is fraught with more accusations of moral turpitude and self-imagined righteousness than that over abortion ? over the question of a woman's right to regulate her own reproductive self.In the United States, it's unusually Judeo-Christianly inspired and frequently evangelical or fundamentalist believers who lead the charge to protect the vanguard of human life, to explain the sacredness that defines a woman's womb.I am deeply appreciative and respectful of the many learned and wise teachings that underlie these religious traditions.

Letters to the Editor

Headline too extremeRegarding 'Senator Hart attacks evangelical Christians' (Wednesday, March 7, 2007):When I read the title, I was surprised ? I thought the title was needlessly provocative and could unnecessarily polarize evangelical Christians on campus ? because Sen.

The simple life

Sometimes I surf various movie websites, looking at the critical and popular opinions of films that I enjoy.

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Reflections on the Iraq war

Not long after Sept. 11, 2001, a patriotic young man, whom I am proud to call my cousin, enlisted in the Marine Corps.

Fredrich and Michel's high school reunion

It was the summer of '07 when their spirits returned to the world. Time had passed, and the world had changed so much as to become completely unrecognizable.

Easing the thesis process

As juniors prepare drafts of their independent work, summer thesis funding deadlines and the sight of seniors toiling away at their carrels are reminders that the junior paper is only the prelude to the real thing ? the senior thesis.

Chabad rabbi deserves chaplaincy

Last month, President Tilghman announced that the University would not grant Rabbi Eitan Webb recognition as a University Chaplain.

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A few comments on Ann Coulter

"I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate, John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word 'faggot,' so I ... can't really talk about Edwards." ? Ann Coulter, March 2, 2007I was going to have a few comments on political commentator Ann Coulter.