Volume CXXXIII, Number 17 February 22, 2002 f

Monopolizing the Olympics
KERRY PANNELL, FACULTY CONTRIBUTOR
At the very beginning of Olympic competition on Saturday, February 9, NBC decided to broadcast NASCAR's "Bud Shootout." Not the actual race, mind you, just the practice rounds. [read the article]

Panel addresses globalization
SAMUEL C. DOWNING, STAFF WRITER
The world may not have convened on the Kresge Auditorium for the faculty discussion on globalization last Monday, but the students and community members who dropped by enjoyed a lively debate on the good and bad of the expanding world economy. [read the article]

Beyond the Pines: All the very lonely people
LUDWIG RANG, COLUMNIST
I happened to see a hippie-type dressed in white, loose-fitting garments, flowers in his hair, emerging from the entrance of a derelict brownstone. It was Ronald. [read the article]

Fessenden and Hyde: Hyde at Gettysburg & Franklin Pierce resurfaces
KID WONGSRICHANALAI, COLUMNIST
The Sixth Corps was not heavily engaged at Gettysburg. It missed the first day's fighting entirely and was in reserve capacity for most of the remaining battle. [read the article]

Been wearing your flip-flops?
JEFF BENSON, M.D.
Innumerable "alternative" remedies for warts have been tried over the ages, with varying degrees of success. [read the article]