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January 30, 2004
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Fines
on frats need consistency
Empty
houses leave frats with empty pockets
Could
the double standard possibly be any worse?
While many fraternities in Worth Hills struggle to fill
their houses to capacity, main campus dorms, and fraternities
located within dorms, are overflowing with willing occupants.
TCU officials mandate that any fraternity unable to fill
the fraternity house must pay the university $2,120 for
every space not filled, and freshmen are no longer allowed
to live in fraternity houses. However, only the fraternities
located in Worth Hills are subject to this rule, resulting
in substantial fines and financial strain for many chapters. |
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The
Other View
CBS wrong to deny PETA ad
CBS,
like any organization that depends on profit to survive,
must look out for the bottom line. But when that line
involves outright censoring of an issue-based ad, free
speech problems can rear their ugly heads.
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U.S.
military should draft women, too
In
1981, the U.S. Supreme Court heard the case Rostker v.
Goldberg, in which several men sued over alleged gender
discrimination because of the male-only Selective Service
registration policy. In May 2003, a group of five students
(four male, one female), with the help of the ACLU, filed
a lawsuit in a U.S. District Court alleging discrimination
over the male-only registration policy of the Selective
Service. In both cases, the courts decided to uphold the
male-only registration Selective Service policy. Though
the old and new rulings from the U.S. courts oppose female
Selective Service registration, I personally would welcome
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Women
shouldn’t fight on front line with men
As
women want equality more and more with every emerging
generation, it’s no surprise that the question of
whether or not women should be drafted has come up.
Supporting equal rights is crucial. Everyone should have
the opportunity to prove that they are just as good as
the next person, regardless of race, creed or gender. |
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Muslims
impact politics
Tere
are 1.8 million registered Muslim voters in the United
States, but that number is predicted to increase with
a new generation of young Muslim Americans coming of voting
age, and politicians are slowly starting to take notice.
A Democratic forum in Michigan organized by the Arab American
Institute in October was attended by all of the Democratic
candidates, and Michigan will print its first Arabic language
ballots for the upcoming February primary. |
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