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Tragedy demands personal reflection
GENEVIEVE CREEDON, STAFF WRITER
I think maybe September 11 is all about reality, about different
realities and changing our conceptions and perceptions of what is
real, because for so many of us, that day still feels unreal, and
maybe it is in all ways but one-the way we allow ourselves to think
about it. [read the article]
Playing the blame game
ALEX DUNCAN, CONTRIBUTOR
An overdone blame game. It seems to me that in many ways that's
what politics has deteriorated to, or maybe always has been. [read
the article]
One year after September 11
TODD BUELL, STAFF WRITER
I worry today that our spirit is waning. We have become too complacent-too
willing to step back into our comfortable, hermetically sealed,
climate-controlled "September 10" world. Our determination
to do everything possible to protect ourselves has diminished. [read
the article]
Do we still value politics?
MELISSA HUDSON, CONTRIBUTOR
Young people today do care, but they don't see the connection between
what they see happening in their communities and what they see happening
in our capital. [read the
article]
Baghdad Must Die
PATRICK ROCKEFELLER, STAFF WRITER
America must act now-must act preemptively in order to eliminate
this threat before he has developed nuclear capabilities. [read
the article]

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Editor in Chief
Daniel Jefferson Miller '03
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Joanie Taylor '03
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Smokers take a hit
The majority of smokers
will not be affected by the school's new policy.
Depending on housing and roommate situations, many will puff away
without bothering others. [read
the editorial]


Defending the social sciences
By insinuating that social and behavioral scientists
do not adhere to the model of building theoretical hypotheses and
generating strong tests of their predictions, Professor Msall indicated
a lack of understanding of our fields. [read
the letter]
Social and behavioral scientists use the same intellectual
tools any scientist uses: logic, open procedure, observation and
measurement, controlled experimentation, specialized language, and
mathematics. [read the
letter]
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