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Another tuition hike difficult for families
This column represents the views of the Old Gold and Black Editorial Board
The board of trustees has again voted to raise tuition, pushing the price for the next academic year up over ,600 with the 7 percent hike. As many families are undoubtedly left scrounging for the extra cash, we wonder just how necessary such a substantial increase actually is.

Support in N.C. swells for Dole
By Albert Rattacasa
It is now just a few days before the midterm elections take place on Nov. 5, and tension is high across the state of North Carolina and the entire country. With places such as Missouri and New Jersey being highlighted as crucial states for Republicans, many are looking to see where the youth support is. Which candidates are high school and college students promoting?

Lack of diversity and options are issues facing feminists
By Kari Erickson
Since the Women's Initiative for Support Empowerment's seminar, "What is Feminism?" several guest columnists have responded to the question one professor posed at this event: can a sorority member be a "real" feminist? These columnists have responded with a resounding "yes," and I agree with them wholeheartedly -- individual sorority members can be and are feminists.

Muscle cars drive girls mad
By Miranda Mills
Girls come up with theories about guys all the time. We like to have explanations for why guys act the way they do. If a girl can organize, classify and group guys based on her theories, then she feels knowledgeable of the ever-confusing male species.

Unhealthy habits are the norm
By Jenny Billings
Alcohol and drugs exist on most, if not all college campuses. Not to insult your intelligence, but it's true. Other things that exist on campuses are people who decide only to partake in one (or two) of these activities, people who choose not to participate in any at all and those that do whatever, whenever.

Lack of interaction leads to race misconceptions
By Angel Hsu
"Boy, I gotta tell you. 'Dem Orientals sure can use them chopsticks." I didn't know whether to laugh or to cry when I witnessed a college student make this remark to me and a few of my friends in an upscale Japanese restaurant. I don't know what Ice Age this guy was coming from, but since when did I, an Asian-American female, become a piece of furniture or a rug?

Bush is pushing for a single party system
By Jamie Kidd
In an election year where every race has the potential to change the balance of power in Congress, President Bush has been fighting hard to buck the conventional wisdom that the President's party loses seats in midterms. Around the nation, Bush has been screaming that the Democrats are obstructionists whose sole purpose in life is to block Bush's nominees and policies.

Practice of 'justpeace' needs to spread
By Ryan Whitley
A few weeks ago I used a word in my column that not many people are familiar with, which is understandable as it is a relatively new term. The term was "justpeace." It recognizes that there can be no true peace without justice, and that pursuing justice without peace leads to more injustice.

Liberal arts majors worthless
By Krys Mroczkowski
Only a quarter of my fourth and final year at Wake Forest has passed, and already I am beginning to feel the pressures of my imminent, post-commencement transition into the "real" world. It is beginning to seem less and less likely that I will win a Source Award this year and reap the profits from that fame.

Start acting locally before we start thinking globally
By Doug Hutton
There is a constant struggle for the Wake Forest student to find a level of perception that neither neglects the events of the world in general nor traps the mind within the confines of this campus. A perpetual contradiction exists between the gated campus on which we live and the "real world" of the post-graduate job market.

Holiday shoppng can become nightmare without a guide
By Matt Wilson
Well, Halloween is upon us, and you know what that means: there are less than two months left to shop for the holidays! That's almost no time at all!

 



 


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