Opinion

Opinion

Staff editorial: In e-mail vs. office hours debate, convenience rules

January 22

A recent survey by The Minnesota Daily found that three out of four students prefer to e-mail professors rather than attend office hours. On top of classes, many AU students have additional time commitments with internships, part-time jobs and extracurricular activities.

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Progressive Point

By Jacob Shelly | January 22

As we all returned to D.C. to start the new semester, we were greeted by President Bush's call for an escalation of the war in Iraq. Jay Leno, of all people, had the most succinct summarization of that plan: "The good news is last night President Bush finally admitted he's made mistakes in Iraq.

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Staff editorial: Bush's new plan for

January 18

On Jan. 10, President Bush unveiled a new plan for the war in Iraq, in which an additional 21,000 troops will be sent to the war-torn nation. The plan also calls for another $10 billion for reconstruction projects. In all, the plan raises several important questions.

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... More Testing, Please

By Jacob Shelly | January 18

Broach the subject of testing and almost immediately there's the complaint that our children are already over-tested, that our system seems to prioritize testing over learning. But this misses the point. In grade school, we had a spelling test every week, and I was quizzed on my timetables at least as often.

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The Dream, If We Can Keep It

By Paul Perry | January 18

I had the privilege this past summer of taking a trip out to the Left Coast. My journey to Vancouver put me back in touch with a Canadian friend who studies political theory at the University of Victoria. She's on track to become a world-renowned professor and theorist, so I take her opinion with much more than a grain of salt.

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Staff editorial: Contract reinforces high textbook prices

January 18

As the new semester begins, many AU students are out of the bookstore to purchase their textbooks from online vendors. These other resources, including Half.com, Amazon.com and IBeatMyBookstore.com offer textbooks for significantly less than the prices offered by the campus store, which is run by Efollett.

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Staff editorial: Dear faculty: Students' time is money, too

December 7

Though AU has a specific policy regarding professor attendance (including notification of department heads and finding substitutes or assigning make-up work), it is not well-publicized and a small amount of professors seem to be taking advantage of this. Undoubtedly, most professor absences are caused by unforseen circumstances like illness or family crises.

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Op-Ed

By Katy Johnson | December 7

After living in a refugee camp in Kenya for nine years, Abraham Ayor was one of 3,800 Sudanese refugees accepted to live in the United States. The group, which became known as "the Lost Boys" from Sudan, received plenty of attention when they first began arriving in the United States February of 2001.

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Dissecting Anti-Semitism, Now and Through History

By Matt Rozsa | December 7

As those who know me will readily confirm, I tend to be quite outspoken on political subjects; what's more, I hope most of them would concede (although I may be wrong here) that I am generally accepting of dissenting views, no matter how passionately I may disagree with them.

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Corrections

December 7

In a Nov. 2 article titled "WAMU coverage sparks debate," it was incorrectly stated that the next WAMU Community Council meeting was Dec. 4. The meeting is actually today, Dec. 7, at 7 p.m. The Eagle apologizes for this error. In recent Eagle coverage of a speech by Gillian Sorensen (Nov.

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Letter to the editor

December 7

Dear Eagle Editorial Staff: I would like to respond to a recent article regarding AU's Mentorship Program. Interim Provost Ivy Broder has already set the record straight by indicating that she was misquoted in her remarks about the program. Beyond this, I wish to emphasize that the fortunate cohort of American University's first year students enrolled in the Mentorship Program are very fine students with average SAT scores of beyond 1200.

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Staff editorial: New shuttle program:

December 7

In an effort to improve shuttle efficiency, transportation services began a continuous shuttle loop just before Thanksgiving. The program is technically scheduled to run through Dec. 18; those involved in the program say that the continuous loop program has largely been abandoned at this point.

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Case for a Strongly Moderate Democrat

By Jong Eun Lee | December 4

Every political party has its loyal base. As generally the most active and generous party supporters, the base expects much from the party leadership. Often, however, the party finds itself in a strategic dilemma when the will of its base seems to contradict the will of the majority of non-base voters.

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Free to Travel (Unless the Government Disapproves)

By Erin Wildermuth | December 4

Cuba and the United States are not the closest of allies. There was that whole Cuban Missile Crisis thing during the Cold War. More recently, in 1996, the Cuban military felt it necessary to shoot down two of our planes. The U.S. developed five different plans for assassination of Fidel Castro between 1961 and 1963 and has been trying to bring down Cuba's communist government ever since.

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Going Cross Country for Bipartisan Support

By Jacob Shelly | December 4

Today's headlines offer no shortage of worthy political debate. A raging war, early presidential positioning and the emerging details of the approaching Democratic congressional agenda are hard material for a political columnist to shy from. But for my final polemic of the semester, I'm interested in setting aside predictable partisanship.

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Staff editorial: Anthropologists' resolution reflects disapproval of war

December 4

AU graduate student Kanhong Lin co-authored a resolution passed by the American Anthropological Association that condemns the use of anthropological research in torture and calls for the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. The Nov. 18 meeting at which the resolution passed was the first AAA meeting in 30 years in which enough members attended to achieve a quorum and pass the resolution.

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Staff editorial: New cameras good, but don't let your guard down

November 30

Public Safety is replacing and upgrading several of the security cameras in the Nebraska Avenue parking lot. The cameras ran on an older technology and often malfunctioned. The cameras are not always monitored but are set to record all the time. Although most students feel safe on and around AU's campus, robberies in the area are unfortunately nothing new.

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