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There is a lesser-known fallout from the escalating credit crisis faced in the United States. Unlike the record foreclosure rates and the massive debt write downs occurring nationwide, this crisis effects college students and high school seniors everywhere and hasn't made a splash on cable news. (0) comments
Marijuana has medicinal uses. Despite numerous scientific studies and the development of synthetic medicines derived from cannabis, the United States government appears to disagree with this statement. Marijuana remains a Schedule I drug according to the DEA, which only benefits the pharmaceutical companies who now have a monopoly on the therapeutic effects of a plant that can be grown with little effort. (5) comments
It is always refreshing to see ideas for environmental conservation crop up. It contains the spirit of preventing destruction rather than curing past mistakes. On Friday, conservation activists appeared on campus to rally against plastic bags at the Co-op. (0) comments
Disapointed At Dismissal of Dr. Wilbur I am a graduate of the University of Connecticut and discovered today that the university fired Dr. Janice Wilbur ("UConn Fires HEART Leader," Feb. 29). I cannot even begin to describe how extremely disappointed I am with the university's decision. (0) comments
Hebrew never struck me as a particularly hilarous language. You know you had a bad day when you find out that your girlfriend's new roomate is a past one night stand of yours. Instead of those kids outside the Co-op protesting the use of plastic bags, they should find all of my professors and protest the requirement of printing an average of 80 pages of lecture notes per night. (0) comments