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	Thursday, November 15, 2001 Editorial
	Help Wanted More faculty needed for students sake One of the first lessons they teach in Elementary Statistics is that numbers can lie. TCU’s printed student-faculty ratio has been misleading the public for years. The 15-1 ratio looks good on paper, but it represents an average of the university as a whole instead of reflecting true numbers campuswide. full story	Don’t race to blame administration Stephanie Batten is a columnist for the Cavalier Daily at the University of Virginia. Looking at the pictures, I literally became sick to my stomach. I know racism and discrimination are alive and well in this country, but it is often easier to focus on the many positive aspects of race relations and glaze over the negatives. One quick glance at some photographs from Oct. 25 and 27 Halloween fraternity parties at Auburn University depicting white students in blackface and at least one dressed as a member of the Ku Klux Klan is enough to prove racism is not a myth. full story
	Holiday traditions are worth keeping By John-Mark Day Skiff Staff There’s not a lot of tradition around these parts. Sure, we Riff-Ram occasionally, we rub the frog’s nose for luck before a test, we light a tree and the front of Sadler Hall at Christmas so bright it can be seen at the North Pole. Hold on, nope. We don’t do that anymore. full story	House gave in, handed victory to bio-terrorists By Tim Dragga Skiff Staff Today, and today only I’m offering a two for one: two issues in one editorial. (This means that you, the reader come out the winner ... or something). Who would have ever thought the U.S. House of Representatives was such a bunch of “wimps?” Well the Washington Post sure seemed to think so the day House Majority Leader Trent Lott and company closed the House for the first time in history on Oct. 18. I’ll take a knee jerk reaction for 800, Alex. Way to stand tall and not let terrorism disrupt the government, guys. full story
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