TCU Daily Skiff

Friday, March 22, 2002

Choice
Tenure demands take faculty’s time

Tenure. A word that brings blank stares to students faces.
Although tenure may seem to only affect professors, it relates to students in the quality of their overall education.
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Opinions from around the country
This editorial comes from The Collegiate Times at Virginia Tech.

Depending on a Supreme Court ruling, students who engage in after-school extracurricular activities may be required to give more than just their time and effort to be included in clubs and sports teams.
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Bush’s failures make his authority questionable
By Chris Dobson
Skiff Staff

“We’re going to smoke him out and hunt him down,” were the words of President George W. Bush six months ago. The new refrain sounds like, “I don’t know where he is and frankly I don’t care. He hasn’t done much lately.”
Half a year ago the most important thing we could do was remove the government of Afghanistan to catch this Osama guy. Now, he’s not worth our time.
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Students should be conscious of hate speech
Emily Ward
Skiff Staff

Hate.
It’s a simple word that transcends barriers and turns emotion into action. It’s a state of mind that consumes lives and throws out all logic and reason. It’s sometimes even the murder weapon aimed at the hearts of the innocent and vulnerable.
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Death penalty moratorium
necessary to ensure justice for all
oanna Cattanach is a columnist The Lariat at Baylor University.

As a Texan who understands this state’s “hang ’em high and fry ’em deep” mentality when it comes to executions, I appreciate the reasoning behind the execution of criminals. Our society is based on rules of civil conduct, and actions that are unlawful should be met with swift and adequate punishment. As the adage goes if you do the crime you do the time.
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