TCU Daily Skiff

Tuesday, February 26, 2002

ON TARGET
TCU Police actions well received

Last week there were seven break-ins in the Ranch Management parking lot.
Seven.
A common trend among them all: Broken windows and damaged or removed compact disc players resulting in a plague of uncertainty across campus about weather it is really safe to park a car on campus.
Monday brought an ounce of reassurance.
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Opinions from around the country

“Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press....” — Amendment I, The Constitution of the United States of America.
Newspapers are a vital source for disseminating information in this country. Since the dawn of the printing press newspapers have been respected bearers of news, and their protection under the Bill of Rights was thought to be of the utmost priority for the Constitution to be ratified by the states. This was in December of 1791.
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Society lacks manners and common sense
By Sandy Stafford
Skiff Staff

According to his grandson, novelist Gore Vidal, former Sen. Thomas Gore of Oklahoma once said, “If there were any race other than the human race, I’d go join it.”
While Sen. Gore held this sentiment in the 1930s, it is in many ways still timely. Society today is plagued by a disregard for manners and a lack of common sense.
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Diversity, learning about
others reveals true character
By Chelsea Hudson
Skiff Staff

Diversity is a direction towards understanding.
Where is the final destination? In the words of the great thinker Socrates, “Know thyself.”
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Change needed after reporter’s death
By Jaime Walker
Skiff Staff

The barbaric murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl sent shockwaves across America, casting a dark cloud of sadness over newsrooms everywhere, but hopefully his death will force the CIA to establish a permanent policy that no government agent will pose as a journalist — ever.
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