Students need greater voice in choice of speaker
This column represents the views of the Old Gold and Black Editorial
The university recently announced the selection of Michael Bloomberg, the 108th mayor of New York City, to deliver the commencement address May 19. As Rudolph Giuliani's successor, Bloomberg was handed the tremendous job of taking over the rebuilding New York City in the aftermath of Sept. 11.

WAKE Radio deserving of additional support
This column represents the views of the Old Gold and Black Editorial Board.
Although often mistakenly confused with 88.5 FM WFDD, WAKE Radio is the entirely student-run Internet radio station on campus. WAKE Radio is registered with the College Music Journal, which provides the bulk of the music albums the station uses to broadcast live radio shows over the Internet.

Valentine's Day is for the birds
By Krys Mroczkowski
Let me tell you what I like about Valentine's Day ... not a whole hell of a lot. This inane "holiday" ranks right up there with National Sniff Paint Day and Learn About Feces Day. The only difference is that Hallmark has supported Valentine's Day and neglected the other two, for reasons unknown (I could think of some awesome cards for Learn About Feces Day).

Rape policy does not lend itself to simple resolution
By Ken Zick
The recent article ("Rape: Do policies protect all", Feb. 6) and associated editorial ("University should review rape policy", Feb. 6) on university sexual assault policies requires a response. The University has a comprehensive policy that combines prevention programs, victim support services, a commitment to prompt and vigilant investigations, and judicial processes that address such matters with careful inquiry.

Tax cuts cause injury elsewhere
By Jamie Kidd
Philosophical morality generally only mucks up the positive sciences of economics and politics. Though abstract moral arguments about the common good are sometimes unavoidable, our capitalist democracy is designed to align self-interest, the common good and empirical realities as painlessly as possible.

Diversity a very complex issue
By Doug Hutton
I would like to use a quote by Marcus Ingram contained in Alex Reyes's article ("Diversity: No simple solution," Feb.6) as a point of departure for this column. In its simplicity, it points out precisely the complex problem both Wake Forest and this nation have with diversity.

Fuzzy math shifts the focus of European power to east
By Erik Jacobson
I have written this article for all those armchair pundits who may have missed Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's latest lesson in contemporary geography. In a press brief a week or so ago, the always salty Rumsfeld was responding to France and Germany's very public stance against a U.S. led war in Iraq.

Valentine's is a test for the guys
By Jenny Billings
I almost feel bad for the men this time of the year. This is the time when we girls turn into either the sweetest things you have ever met, or the nastiest. We can be both at the same time, or we can alternate from one to the other. This is part of the plan. You see, we started dropping hints about what we want, when we want to get it and how we want to get it, months ago.

Many steps made, many to go
By Sabrina Lemieux
Recently the Old Gold and Black has printed columns that I feel negatively portray issues concerning African Americans, as well as other minorities. Fritz Vaughn's piece ("Affirmative action not the solution to discrimination woes," Jan. 23) is idealistic. While I understand Vaughn's point about equality for all, I think that he is extremely naïve and optimistic.

Amendment should be repealed
By Jacob Lyles
The 16th Amendment should be repealed. America was founded as a republic of liberty. No one could exploit the government's power to control the lives of their fellow man, because the government had very little power to exploit. Government power was checked by a constitution.

Are you deep or drowning?
By Sarah Ware
Have you ever wondered after that silent, disinterested guy in your English class who you see walking the grounds of campus with a thoughtful, far away look about him? He talks about authors he's read by their last names, as if intimate friends, and sulks around, sullen, willing everyone he passes to take note of his seemingly insightful thinking.

In the hustle and bustle of the day, it is important to be still
By Chris Plumbee
What does it mean to be a college student? What does this strange life we all lead, of going to class instead of working, of depending on a faceless company to provide us with all the food that we eat and basing our satisfaction and self-esteem on a system of five letters that we are assigned as part of some inscrutable system administered by those mysterious animals we call professors mean in the larger scheme of life?

Recent article on rape damages accused, real victims
By Heather Schmidt
As someone deeply involved in the occurrences from the night of Nov. 13, 2000 which Ms. Hoppenjans researched (Rape: Do policies protect all?” Feb. 6), I feel that I can shed some much-needed light on the situation. As such, I feel I can offer a more informed perspective than an outside party who only read the medical files and assumed to hold a full grasp of an extremely complicated situation.

Hidden links are forbidden treats
By Gerry Smith
To those students whose golf swings look more like they are chopping wood and less like that of Wake Forest All-American Bill Haas, having the opportunity to spend a day on the links can get to be very expensive. Golf has always been a rich man's sport, but while Duke and Chapel Hill grant daily access to their campus golf courses for as little as , Wake Forest won't even let the students practice on the driving range.

Experience makes writing better
By Joel Cohen
Another Thursday night in the life of a frat guy...what to do tonight? Alas, but I cannot come up with any imaginative new ways to compromise my morals and shock the peerless women journalists of the Old Gold and Black. Perhaps it is the numbing hedonism of the Greek lifestyle that has dulled my inspiration, my creativity in corruption.