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Housing selection causes undue anxiety
This column represents the views of the Old Gold and Black Editorial Board
Once again the sweat-cursed, tear-plagued season of housing selection has rolled around. The months of planning, searching for roommates and praying for a good housing number are reduced to a few hours of selection and hostile glances shot at those in line who have higher numbers.

Security Policy reform a big step forward
This column represents the views of the Old Gold and Black Editorial Board
We would like to commend the university's procedures committee and Ken Zick, the vice president of Student Life and Instructional Resources, for their recent amendments to the Off-Campus Security Policy and congratulate the students who saw a problem, took the initiative to get it fixed and followed through until action was taken.


Searching for sports greatness

By Elwood Hamilton
A discussion arose recently between my fiancée and me concerning the manliest of manly endeavors: sports.

Kozol fosters change through challenging thought
By Noelle Shanahan
Doug Hutton's column ("Presentation leaves unanswered questions," March 28), a response to Jonathan Kozol's March 19 address in Wait Chapel, completely missed the mark.

Mideast peace depends on international mediation

By Doug Hutton
The front page of every national newspaper has carried words of death and destruction each morning over the past week.

We need to stay informed
By Elizabeth Turnbull
We live in a world of instability and constant change. Surprise.

Ranchers threaten wilderness
By Kat Spangler
President George W. Bush's sanctuary has always been his ranch in Crawford, Texas; in my eyes, he always seemed more comfortable decked out in a denim shirt and cowboy boots talking John Deere than in a suit and tie talking John Ashcroft.

NCAA finals a time for sporty cultural change
By Jay Cridlin

Those of you who are kicking yourself for missing this past weekend's NCAA Final Four in Atlanta may now breathe a sigh of relief.


 


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