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Volume CXXXII, Number 1
September 13, 2002
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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]

Orient Staff Fall 2002

Editor in Chief
Daniel Jefferson Miller '03

Senior Editor
Caitlin Y. Fowkes '03

Operations Manager
Adam Baber '05

Business Manager
Joanie Taylor '03

Managing Editor
Kyle D. Staller '04

News Editor
Kitty Sullivan '04

Opinion Editor
Greg T. Spielberg '03

Features Editor
John W. Claghorn IV '04

A&E Editor
Maia Lee '03

Sports Editor
J.P. Box '03

Back Page Editor
Kristin M. Pollock '04

Editors at Large
Alison L. McConnell '04
Lindsay Joy Mullen '04

Copy Editors
Brian M. Dunn '05
Monica Guzman '05
Ted Reinert '05

Senior Photo Editor
Karsten Moran '05

Web Editor
Vic Kotecha '05

 

 

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]