Opinion

Staff Editorial: Victory for gay marriage rights

Gay and civil-rights activists are celebrating this week, as a superior court judge in California's San Francisco County ruled that the State Supreme Court cannot ban the issuing of marriage licenses to same-sex couples, based on a clause in the California constitution that protects all the state's residents from discrimination.

News teaches morals

Recent courtroom activities and congressional hearings have captured America's attention on a level the likes of which have not been seen since the O.J. Simpson trial a decade ago. Once again the best place to find your favorite celebrity is on reality court TV.

Letter from the Old and New Editors

Dear readers, For seniors, spring semester means purgatory; I'm just a member of the Class of 2005 in limbo. I schedule job interviews between classes. Phone calls from parents, which had come less frequently since high school, are picking up again as Mom and Dad anxiously inquire after summer plans.

Staff Editorial: CUA cuts not in spirit of academics

The Catholic University of America announced last month that it would cut scholarships for the campus newspaper, campus yearbook and student government. The announcement came just a few months after CUA administration cut ties with the newspaper, The Tower, due to unhappiness with The Tower's reporting on campus issues.

All Thumbs

Thumbs Up: St. Patrick's Day ... Because God knows college students need another reason to drink copious amounts of alcohol. SOC alumnus donates items ... Director and AU alumnus Adam Friedman generously donated money and video equipment to the SOC. It's wonderful to see successful alumni contributing in ways truly beneficial to the programs they graduated from.

Comics

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Editorial Cartoon

Decision-making process at AU unfair

In The Eagle's staff editorial last week, it was argued that AU's move to implement software that can block file sharing was the latest in a long string of decisions made by the University without student input. It's not a new complaint. It was the same one I heard from seniors at Ultimate Frisbee practice during my first week as a freshman almost five years ago.

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor: Twenty-nine Rogoffs are listed on a piece of paper with notes about the day they were killed by the Nazis. This looks all too similar to a list made by Darfurian refugees documenting their families' murders. In 50 years their grandchildren will visit a memorial to their family killed in Darfur, just as I did for my family that perished in the Holocaust.

Staff Editorial: Lights out in the air

The Transportation Security Administration will institute a ban on cigarette lighters on April 14. The TSA decided to prohibit passengers from carrying any lighter on their persons or in carry-on luggage in secure areas of airports or on planes. Passengers carrying lighters from now until April 14 will receive warnings about the up-coming ban.

Darfur inaction unacceptable

I knew I was in for the long haul when she wiped her snot on my hand. "Kleenex! Kleenex!" I told her. None were readily available, so she grabbed the closest thing within sight. My hand. Her nose began to run again. At one point there was a direct route of snot from her nose to her upper lip and then into her mouth.

Integrity policy easy to cheat on

Integrity is a moral code that demands the highest ethical behavior of a person. Today's society has increased pressures for university students to take the easy route in life. Theoretically, members of our own university who choose to disregard a rule or uphold standards of psychopathic plagiarizers will suffer in the long run.

Staff Editorial: Another AU decision sans student opinion

AU announced Tuesday that it has acquired a trial subscription to Audible Magic, a program that will disable the illegal downloading of copyrighted materials on campus. The trial will run from next week through April, when AU will decide whether or not to permanently purchase the program.

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor: If we were able to go back a few years and stop President Bush from repealing the estate tax and enacting his tax cuts (that are skewed to the rich), not only would we NOT have such a large budget deficit, but we would actualy have a $20 billion budget SURPLUS! The math goes as such: The federal budget for 2005 is projected to be $2.

Opinion: Column unfair to liberal profs

Eric Fantegrossi's Feb. 14 article, "Academic Freedom Essential," was misleading to the point of being offensive, and the writer should issue an apology at once. Fantegrossi's column argues that "liberal" professors ought to "teach rather than propagandize" and that academic freedom is essential to the creation of an informed populous.

Opinion: Former opponents endorse Taylor

Today is the run-off election for Student Confederation president. The choice before you is between Kyle Taylor and Joe Gallina, and we hope you all vote, especially since the margin of victory could be as small as the four votes that separated Taylor and Gallina in the general election.

Staff Editorial: Vote Taylor in SG presidential run-off

In last week's Student Government presidential election, Joe Gallina and Kyle Taylor both won about 30 percent of the vote, necessitating a run-off election between the two for Thursday. Though our endorsed candidate, James Gardner, did not earn enough votes to be part of the run-off, we will follow Gardner's lead and pass on our endorsement to Taylor in the run-off.