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LETTER TO THE EDITORS
Dear Editors, The world is governed by the aggressive use of force. Obviously, Dan Hanson’s editorial about deifying soliders shows that he has been terribly impacted by the 9/11 attack on America. To say that Americans have had problems with the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq is to ignore the events on 9/11, which Hanson…
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A Robotic Future?
Last week on Jeopardy, Watson, the modern-day Deep Blue IBM computer designed to answer Alex Trebek’s questions, dominated his human contestants Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. At the end of the three-day run, Jennings said that he “welcomes our new computer overlords.”† While he was mostly kidding, is he really all that wrong?
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Letter to the Editors
Dear Editors, In response to Ryan Neff’s assessment of President Obama’s State of the Union message, I can only shake my head. Obama loves to talk and make many promises. He promised C-SPAN would cover the Health Care reform debate, which it did not. Every American will be impacted dramatically by Obamacare.
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Meal Plan should extend off-campus
I don’t know how many times I’ve looked up the menu at Lowry with high hopes for a delicious dinner. However, is it not unusual† for my optimism to come crashing down around me with yet another day of Gorky chicken, krabby patties and fried chicken chunks.† (Seriously ó fried chicken chunks are an actual…
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Reevaluate Israel: Imperial Zionism
In recent years, as well as throughout its history, the state of Israel has committed atrocities against the Palestinian people that vastly transcend the acceptable bounds of legitimate national defense. The continuing war against the people of Gaza in the name of fighting Hamas, marked by crimes such as the use of white phosphorus on…
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Senior Dilemma: I.S. versus Job Hunt
The first time a prospective student sets foot on The College of Wooster’s campus, he or she are told about the Independent Study program, walked through Gault library to look at the carrels and explained the importance of the Tootsie Roll to seniors. Even if someone has never visited campus, anyone who has seen the…
