TCU Daily Skiff

Wednesday, March 20, 2002

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Sept. 11 was a day of great tragedy and mourning. But were people just sitting around, staring at Tom Brokaw and wrestling with intermingling feelings of sadness and anger?
No, people were out making a difference.
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Opinions from around the country

Student media is an integral part of the higher educational setting. Middle Tennessee State University boasts a student newspaper, a student radio and a student TV station and more, but one of those media programs recently was yanked from the public eye to fix “technical glitches” and policy misunderstandings.
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Character today is shaped by regrets of yesterday
By Tim Dragga
Skiff Staff

This article will be moving dangerously close to the maudlin sentimentality and unapologetically unaware triteness that has up until now been exclusively columnist Chelsea Hudson’s fare.
But in her and now my defense, just because something has become a cliché doesn’t mean that it shouldn’t bear repeating every once in awhile. The best sentiments, after all, are usually universal emotions uniquely expressed.
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Mural depicting KKK should not be removed; encourages diversity
Ben Piper is a columnist for the Indiana Daily Student at Indiana University.

Members of Indiana University’s Black Student Union are offended. A mural, which now hangs in a classroom is to blame. Created in 1933, its depiction of what was then contemporary Indiana life, complete with Ku Klux Klan members gathered around a burning cross, is apparently unacceptable. Under the familiar guise of diversity, the BSU and its members have requested the IU Administration cover or remove the offending display.
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Interview skills key to accessing job market
By Jeff Dennis
Skiff Staff

Job interviews.
Oh, those scary, scary words. We try to ignore them until the last possible minute, until we realize the only way we are going to get the high-paying corporate job we all desire is to go through a few interviews.
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