TCU Daily Skiff

Friday, January 25, 2002

Respect
University staff deserve higher pay

“At TCU, it’s about you”
“Learning to change the world”
“It’s your choice”
TCU has always marketed itself as a student-friendly institution by using phrases like those above in recruiting publications. And for the most part, it’s true.
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Opinions from around the country
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In 1798, the Federalist Party of a young United States issued the Alien and Sedition acts, an article of legislation aimed partly at eliminating the threat of subversive written material. The conservative Federalists viewed the rise of French-born liberalism as a poison that could taint the sanctity of American democracy.
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Lewinsky should move past infamy
By Jenny Specht
Skiff Staff

Monica Lewinsky is doing her best to remain unforgettable.
America’s most famous former White House intern could give an easy course on “Celebrity for the Young Adult:”
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U.S. should change tactics in war on drugs
Chris Dobson
Skiff Staff

Drugs are, as my sixth grade D.A.R.E. recollection serves, anything consumed besides food that affects your body. This includes items as various as marijuana, Prozac, penicillin and nicotine. Most drugs are available to the average college student for some amount of money and phone calls.
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Walker charge needs explanation
Morgan Felchner is a columnist for the Badger Herald at the Universityof Wisconsin.

Aside from being a Taliban fighter and al Qaeda member, John Walker Lindh appears to have been a pretty typical 20-year-old.
The difference between Walker and the average 20-year-old is he believed so strongly in his cause that he turned against the United States and may have even fired upon American soldiers.
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