Where are the student protests?
October 7, 2002
Dear Cynic,Where are the protests and outrage among students these days? Have you noticed that we are about to go to war? Have you realized that if we indeed do declare war on Iraq, who the soldiers will be?This march towards war is madness and there can be no more important task that to let our leade...
Is hate a UVM value?
October 3, 2002
To the Editor: I am truly saddened, and even somewhat afraid of Russell Henderson's recent 'attacks' on the GLBTQA community. As a member of said community, I feel it is my duty to respond. What starts out as words on paper or a feeling of resentment towards particular people because of the wa...
Stop Bush’s War on the World!
September 27, 2002
The White House has recently released a document entitled "The National Security Strategy of the United States." It makes plain what has been de facto policy for American capitalism since the end of World War II,that the United States government relies on the armed forces to defend America's interests...
Middle East Tension
April 11, 2002
Opinions Editor,Recently I've noticed a growing interest in the conflict boiling in the Middle East. Some of our more "progressive" students have laid the blame at Israel's feet, however they must realize that the Palestinian's campaign of suicide bombings might one day engulf American life. I spent ...
An open letter to President Colodny
March 27, 2002
March 26, 2002 Dear President Colodny, I must say that the appearance of your e-mail in my inbox yesterday was something that I met with mixed feelings. While I applaud your efforts to show an interest in the athletic community here at UVM, as an athlete I felt very saddened and disappointed to re...
Capital Gaines
March 11, 2002
At six feet, seven inches, 215 pounds, Men's Basketball Center Trevor Gaines is an intimidating person on the court: Grabbing rebounds out of the air, swatting away sure lay-ups at the last second. That is where the intimidation ends. Off the court he is a quiet, soft-spoken CDAE major with a love fo...
Conference Corruption
March 11, 2002
"So you're saying there's a chance?" Not only is this a classic quote from Dumb and Dumber, but also the NCAA's favorite saying come March. By the time you read this, Selection Sunday will have come and gone and for many teams, their chances went from being one-in-a- million, to zero. You know every year ...
