TCU Daily Skiff

Wednesday, February 27, 2002

Purpose
Work-study jobs should not reward for service

President Bush’s proposed change of the work-study program would require students to complete 50 percent of work done in the program through community service jobs. The current requirement forces students to work a minimum of 7 percent of work-study in community service with the rest of the time spent working on-campus.
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Opinions from around the country

As surprising as it may seem to anyone reading this, not everyone in the state of Iowa can speak and understand English. Many immigrants to the state arrive knowing little or no English at all. They come here looking for a new life in a new land, and they hope to pick up the language after they move.
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Campaign finance reform doesn’t hurt free speech
Commentary by Tim Dragga

Last Thursday an editorial appeared in this paper charging that the Congress had just violated the U.S. Constitution and “launched an assault that is far more damaging to our great republic than the terrorist attack on Sept. 11.” Well, needlessly inflammatory rhetoric and poor taste aside (personally I don’t think a bill that limits soft money and “attack/issues ads” is comparable to an event that cost several thousand people their lives) and despite his obvious bias, I thought Mr. Tom Daniels made a few assertions worth refuting.
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Empty complaints don’t help
Commentary by Kristina Iodice

People love to complain about anything. College students are anything but an exception to the rule, and the main complaint heard around campus hasn’t changed much for several decades. Not only that, but it seems to be the same at every college and university campus across the country.
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United States should not be under United Nations’ control
Commentary by James Watkins

At the surface, the United Nations can appear to be a benevolent entity. Representatives of nations should come together and discuss international issues in order to work toward solving the many problems of this world, so having an organization such as the United Nations can seem like a good idea.
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