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Opinion

The Daily Princetonian

Applied humor and the college search

The early decision applications are in. Last year, the class of 2007 flooded West College with 2,350 applications for early admission, 591 of which were accepted.This week, somewhere around 2,300 high school seniors recline in their standard sized wooden desks, having temporarily secured a life without deadlines, left with nothing to do until Dec.

OPINION | 11/04/2003

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Moderate Muslims and the voices of anti-semitism

Our local National Public Radio station recently replaced in the early Sunday morning hour its really good religious program ("Sound and Spirit") with a moderately good religious program ("Speaking of Faith"). Among the first segments broadcast was one featuring an extensive interview with an American Muslim apologist, Omid Safi, a professor at Colgate and the editor of a collection of essays entitled "Progressive Muslims." Professor Safi sounds like a most interesting and attractive fellow, spiritually imaginative and intellectually lithe, warm, humanistic.

OPINION | 10/22/2003

The Daily Princetonian

Catholic AIDS strategy clear

It always amuses me that someone can trace every evil of society to the Catholic Church. Joseph Barillari's editorial titled "Condoms and the Church: A Well-intentioned But Deadly Myth" should substitute the phrase "Safe Sex: A Well-intentioned But Deadly Myth."It is ridiculous to blame the Catholic Church's stance on birth control for today's HIV epidemic.

OPINION | 10/21/2003