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	Thursday, October 25, 2001 Editorial
	Loud & Clear Candidates need to focus on issues Thanksgiving break is around the corner, and soon after that there will be finals and Winter break. But before we can look forward to the welcomed respite from classes, students need to focus on electing Student Government Association officers for the new year. full story	Policies drove attacks, U.S. needs to learn David M. DeBartolo is a columnist for the Harvard Crimson at Harvard University. Over the past weeks, Americans have almost unanimously approved of President George W. Bush’s bombing of Afghanistan. This strong reaction to the terror of Sept. 11 is both natural and justified. But there has been a disturbing tendency in the past several weeks to avoid any discussion of the direction of America’s foreign policy before this generation lost its innocence. full story
	TCU agencies bail out students By Jaime Walker Skiff Staff It’s Friday night at TCU. Every residence hall is bursting at the seams with students ready to take on the town, or just kick back and drink a little. Every student is searching for ways to blur out the week. No parents. No limits. No rules (or at least none we care to follow) and no classes in the morning. The college experience is about pushing the envelope, testing ourselves and living on the edge. full story	TCU should not coddle students By Jonathan Sampson Skiff Staff It’s not negotiable — if you’re under 21 and caught with alcohol, you’re in trouble. But TCU officials want to bend the rules. They soften punishment if students are caught on campus, and in the end that only teach students to avoid responsibility. full story
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