Perspectives

James RiswickAssistant A&E Editor It’s not easy to feel sorry for celebrities. How can we sympathize with someone like Lindsey Lohan who’s become famous, loaded (in more ways than one) and has been given a lucrative recording contract simply by appearing in two or three Disney movies? I don’t care if she’s sick of rumors starting and just wants people to let her live — … [Read more...] about Voyeuristic Intentions: For paparazzi, making money outweights respect for celebrities.

Joann GroffEditor in Chief Don’t eat chickens, don’t skin rabbits and retire the 80s leather bomber jacket for good. We’ve all heard everyone from Greenpeace to PETA telling us what we are killing, harming or polluting by what we are wearing, burning or spraying in our hair. So how do we decide what’s important? One cannot possibly adhere to every environmental standard that … [Read more...] about Stop Canada’s seal clubbing practices

If one were to tune into FM 101.5 KWVS sometime before December, they most likely would have been greeted with an endless loop of computer-controlled Christian music that could most easily be described as not very good. Sure, there was the occasional student- or professor-run show, but even then, all disc jockeys were saddled with a rule dictating that Christian music and only … [Read more...] about Staff Editorial: Tune in: KWVS has changed

Scott WithycombeAssistant Perspectives Editor At press time, pouting Senate Democrats are still holding up the confirmation of Condoleezza Rice. Rice is certainly qualified for the job and will undoubtedly be confirmed and serve the country honorably and effectively. While we wait on the confirmation of the future secretary of state, it seems only appropriate that possible … [Read more...] about Bush needs Bill in Washington

Melissa OverbeckPerspectives Editor The day Mahmoud Abbas won the Palestinian presidential election, he received congratulatory phone calls from both Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and President Bush. Both leaders separately invited him to meet with them.Abbas won the election to replace the late Yasser Arafat with 62 percent of the vote — a significant margin over his … [Read more...] about Sharon cuts off contact with Abbas prematurely