NewsfeedThe Bush Administration is again under fire after Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, testified that President Bush authorized the leak of classified information to refute criticism over the 2003 invasion of Iraq. »
Illegal immigration has become a huge problem for the United States. The Senate is currently trying to make illegally entering the country a felony, in hopes of controlling the occurrence. This may help a bit, but only under some circumstances. Sure, it will punish those with expired visas, or illegal papers, but it won't prevent people from continuing to sneak across the border. If the Senate passes a proposal this month, there very well may be a wall separating the United States from Mexico ... literally. In December, it passed through the House and now is up to the 100 senators to decide. It is planned that this wall will help to control illegal immigration into the United States. »
Major League Baseball had its opening day last Sunday. I know, lately it has been very easy to get lost in Barry Bonds' steroid-induced homerun rampage, but many people seem to forget about the plethora of positive stories around the league, some of them coming from our very own beloved Detroit Tigers. »
I'm not sure if anyone noticed, but last week Mr. Randal Painter wrote a commentary about the string of unopposed Student Association presidential elections - a commentary that not only features faulty logic but also factually incorrect claims. Painter writes that SA elections were delayed because too few candidates originally ran. He is wrong. Elections were delayed because the election commission was unable to circulate the application for Program Board president before the original deadline to apply. Since SA and PB President elections coincide, the commission decided to postpone all elections. »
I am writing in response to the March 27 commentary regarding American involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The article cited American policy of providing monetary assistance to both sides as "rather ambivalent." This assertion of American neutrality, while appealing to our sense of fairness, is grossly misrepresented by the media in general and by this commentary in particular. »
This is in response to the letter in the April 3 issue, "Honor code not needed," by Nickalus Phillips. Having an honor code is merely setting an implied standard of conduct, which is especially important to address with new students. The student honor code will be used to influence students' attitudes toward academic integrity, peer to peer, so that cheating is not the perceived cultural norm on campus. The author says he "would rather have students in school learning just a little and cheating than people out in the streets with no chance at an education." Condoning or accepting any type of dishonesty will never encourage people to embrace integrity. Research shows that academic integrity will not improve without much focus and effort being made, starting with an honor code. »