Opinion

Opinion

Decision-making process at AU unfair

By Evan Wagner | March 17

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.

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Opinion

Letters to the Editor

March 17

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.

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Opinion

Staff Editorial: Lights out in the air

March 17

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.

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Opinion

Darfur inaction unacceptable

By Paul Perry | March 17

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.

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Opinion

Integrity policy easy to cheat on

By Stephanie Furman | March 17

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.

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Opinion

Staff Editorial: Another AU decision sans student opinion

March 3

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.

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Opinion

Letters to the Editor

March 3

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.

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Opinion

Opinion: Column unfair to liberal profs

By Peter Muller | March 3

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.

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Opinion

Opinion: Former opponents endorse Taylor

By James Gardner and Nick Johnson | March 3

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.

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Opinion

Staff Editorial: Vote Taylor in SG presidential run-off

March 3

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.

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Opinion

Opinion: Before cutting teams, AU should have asked students

By Ashanti Nicole Smith | March 3

As you may have heard, American University's Athletics Department announced that Men's and Women's Tennis and Men's Golf will be disbanded at the end of the year. There was no prior warning of this decision, and the players seemingly have no recourse. The University should not have the ultimate authority to disband student athletics without some form of student review.

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Editorial Cartoon: Tennis, golf snatched away

By John Anderson | March 3

Editorial Cartoon by John Anderson.

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Opinion

Libs, take back the term!

By Paul Perry | March 3

A friend of mine, who calls himself a moderate Democrat, commented to me the other day that he finds amusement in the fact that liberals often style themselves as "progressives" and that, in his assessment, they are doing so because "it sounds better." This friend has a point in that politics is often a matter of definition and perspective.

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Opinion

All Thumbs

March 3

Thumbs Up Student Advocacy Pamphlet ... This week, SAC released a pamphlet titled "Before you do something Stupid Read this Guide" that explains what rights students and campus residents have. This is a great and useful idea by the Student Advocacy Center.

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Opinion

Opinion: Administration shows no respect for students with decision, timing

By Rachel Centariczky | February 28

American University has drawn the last straw. It shows no respect whatsoever for athletics and the hard work our student-athletes put in. And cutting the Men's and Women's Tennis programs, along with the golf program, is the final straw. It is ridiculous for AU to be considered a credible school in the academic and athletic world when it pulls stunts like this.

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Opinion

Editorial Cartoon: Uggs

February 28

Editorial cartoon by John Anderson.

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Opinion

Staff editorial: AU makes unkind cut

February 28

The AU Athletics Department announced Thursday that it will discontinue the Men's Golf and Men's and Women's Tennis programs after this season ends. Though the decision was deliberated for more than a year, the Athletics Department never made the AU community aware until after the decision was made.

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