Perspectives

CHRIS SEGAL News Editor The power of prayer proved not to be helpful to heart patients recovering from cardiac bypass surgery. The largest scientific study to date, lead by the Harvard Medical School, on the effectiveness of intercessory prayer, shows that prayer had no benefit on healing. This study doesn’t mean that prayer is neither helpful nor unproductive. Prayer serves an … [Read more...] about Prayer offers no medical cures, but still worthwhile 

GLLORIA SHELLER Perspectives Assistant It has been nice walking around and seeing all the spirit for SGA these past weeks. While, the sidewalk chalk washed away in the rain and the rowdy crowds in Convocation are sure to be seen less and less since the SGA elections are over, I hope such excitement for student government doesn’t completely cease. No one likes a politician who … [Read more...] about SGA  should keep campaign faces on even after elections

CLIFFORD SMITH Staff Writer Richard Nixon said in his 1973 book, “In the Arena,” that in retrospect, he was glad he lost the 1962 governor’s race in California, his second loss in a row after the agonizingly close 1960 campaign for President against John Kennedy. Had he not lost that race, he certainly would have been pushed to run for president again in 1964. Running again in … [Read more...] about McCain: A promising candidate

BRIAN CHATWIN Staff Writer One immigration law theory would have a worker entering the country illegally but never becoming a ward of the state. That worker should not be allowed the same quality of health care that legal citizens are offered, and his children shall not be educated. Their rights shall not be respected. It is a matter of survival and those who happen to survive … [Read more...] about L.A. protests likely rigged

JIM COHEN Staff Writer Last week marked another chapter of the trials and tribulations of the World Trade Center rebuilding effort that has failed produce one post of a new building four-and-a half years after the terrorist attacks of Sep. 11, 2001. As clean-up crews inspect buildings of the surrounding area, human remains continue to be found in and around the former Duetsche … [Read more...] about Front-line reporters need better training