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	Wednesday, November 21, 2001 Editorial
	No Thanks Students also deserve more time Thanksgiving break is traditionally marked by a mass exodus of faculty, students and staff from campus. The countdown begins on Monday, when the hours until Wednesday afternoon creep by at a snail’s pace. This year, faculty and staff will find that wait shorter than students with Wednesday afternoon and evening classes. full story	Lesser of two evils still a tort American government bought solutions from the lowest bidder Johanna Hanink is a columnist for the Michigan Daily at the University of Michigan. The first thing on every Afghani man’s mind since “The Liberation of Kabul” (as the networks have so named it) is his newly shaven face. full story
	Leave racism off the pulpit Generalizations could lead Christians to blame a religion By James Zwilling Skiff Staff One of America’s leading Christian evangelists, the Rev. Franklin Graham, eldest son of spiritual leader the Rev. Billy Graham, defended remarks he made during an interview last month calling the entire Islamic religion, “wicked, violent and not of the same god,” Friday by saying, “It wasn’t the Methodists flying into those buildings, and it wasn’t Lutherans. It was an attack on this country by people of the Islamic faith.” full story	Froggie-Five-O not so safe By Bethany McCormack Skiff Staff It’s dark and most of the campus is asleep. You are alone in the middle of the freshman parking lot. You hear a sound and jump. ‘What was that?’ you think. You hear it again and begin to panic. Suddenly, out of the darkness approaches your savior. A vehicle screeches to a halt at your feet and a voice asks, “Need a lift?” You’re safe — for now, as you step into the golf-cart and smile gratefully at the student behind the wheel. Thanks Froggie-Five-0. full story
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