TCU Daily Skiff

Wednesday, March 6, 2002

Success
Writing ability important for any career

Biology. Business. Engineering.
These majors are vastly different, but the current Undergraduate Core Requirement system sticks every student in the same freshman and sophomore composition classes.
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Opinions from around the country
This editorial comes from the Daily Texan at the University of Texas-Austin.

In yet another ugly demonstration of our biased justice system, a U.S. federal appeals court Thursday overturned the conviction of three New York police officers in the case of the violent assault and torture of Haitian native Abner Louima.
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Alcohol education should expand beyond extremes
By Jeff Dennis
Skiff Staff

We hear it all the time.
“Binge-drinking is up 13.73 percent in the first month of this fiscal quarter compared to the third week of the second quarter last year,” or, “One student was killed from alcohol poisoning related to binge-drinking in an initiation (hazing) ritual”
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Growing older doesn’t mean the end of fun
By Lauren Cates
Skiff Staff

Remember when birthdays used to be the highlight of the year?
My birthday is this weekend, the big 2-0 that precedes the even bigger 2-1. Somehow, no matter how many people I remind of/annoy about this wonderful event, or how many plans I make to have a blast, the joy that once filled me everyyear in early March seems to be running low.
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Gender biased language slows advancement of gender equality
By Tim Dragga
Skif fStaff

It was pointed out to me, and quite correctly so, that in the end of my last editorial I committed an obvious gender bias by referring to roles in our society with the male connotation and not in a non-gender specific form. I used the words “businessmen” and “congressman” as opposed to “congressperson.”
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