Friday, March 8, 2002


FYI

Reminders even your mother would love

Spring Break at last. A time much needed by all of us. A time to relax. A time to catch up on sleep. A time to have fun.
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Opinions from around the country

One of the results of last week’s Board of Trustees meeting (at Wesleyan University) is an increase in next year’s tuition. Tuition will increase by 5.5 percent which will make tuition $35,930. Tuition increases are normally met with disdain by the student body, but we forget that the increase in tuition comes partially because of two factors, relating to altruism.

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Show respect by practicing classroom etiquette
Commentary by Emily Ward

It was the typical Wednesday night routine with class starting at 7 p.m., a 10-minute break at 8 p.m. and an early release at about 9:20 p.m. My law and ethics professor started a few minutes after the chimes, and the class seemed alert, responsive and ready to learn. One short hour later, it was time for a gift from the professor: Our 10-minute break.
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Letters to the Editor

Hypersensitive fret over gender biased language
This is in regard to Tim Dragga’s “Gender Biased Language” column Wednesday.

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‘N Sync breaking into other entertainment forms
Commentary by Kristin Delorantis

The last time someone checked, ‘N Sync was a boy band. And how uncool were you if you liked their music? Very.
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  Teacher’s pets beg for favoritism; damage grades of classmates
Commentary by Shawn Barnes

In high school, teacher’s pets ran amuck. It was important to suck up to the teacher back then because high school teachers would let their favorite students into class even if they were a little late. A teacher’s pet would always be the student chosen to run that all-important errand that involved missing 20 minutes of boring civics class.
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