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Letter from the Editor: Protests futile, war will come

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By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief Millions of people worldwide united last weekend to voice their objection to war with Iraq and showed the world once and for all that they were absolutely wrong. It's possible that never before in the history of civilization has such a large protest been planned. Hundreds of thousands of people each jammed the ... [Read More…]

Forget your troubles for a while: Sing Song 2003 brings joy to a stressful world

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By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief For two and a half hours, Sing Song 2003 will offer audiences the opportunity to taste joy in a world of terrorism, chemical warfare and weapons of mass destruction. With such an idea in mind, clubs and classes chose carefree themes for their acts. Hosts and hostesses practiced songs of love and grace and ... [Read More…]

Policies target foreign students: New data-gathering regulations involve national database

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By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief The race for a more secure nation will have further effects on international students as the university begins complying with new federal regulations on tracking students who aren't American citizens. The new regulations do not require the school to gather any new information on its international students, said ... [Read More…]

Students protest lack of involvement in Chapel: About 65 attend; effects of alternate program uncertain

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By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief A small group of students sat on the university mall Tuesday morning and conducted a chapel in protest of what they said is a lack of student involvement in recent Chapel decisions. "Worship on the Mall" attracted about 65 students, and its organizers said they were happy with the turnout. "I was pleased," ... [Read More…]

Chapel officials speak before SA: Carter, Barnard explain setup, plan, committees

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By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief In a standing-room-only auditorium, the formulators of day-to-day Chapel policy met with more than 100 students to explain various Chapel decisions made since August. Brad Carter, director of Chapel programming, and Wayne Barnard, dean of Campus Life, presented facts, figures and data to the Students' ... [Read More…]

Bills on Chapel, info are taken up

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By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief Congress kicked into high gear Wednesday night with a new system for passing bills into law, a highly publicized Chapel presentation, a freedom of information act and an impeachment. After hearing from Chapel administrators, the Students' Association got down to business with president Jeremy Smith announcing ... [Read More…]

Letter from the Editor: United Nations shoots self in foot

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By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief The United Nations has a problem-it has a loaded gun aimed at Iraq, but somehow all the organization can do is shoot itself in the foot. Consider for example last month's selection of Libya to chair the U.N.'s committee on human rights. Each region of the world gets a turn to nominate a country, and this year ... [Read More…]

Chapel leaders to go before SA: Carter, Barnard will present 5-year plan, answer questions

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By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief The two men most directly responsible for changing day-to-day Chapel policy will appear before the Students' Association at its meeting Wednesday night to answer student questions. The meeting, which is open to all undergraduate students, will feature Brad Carter, director of Chapel programming, and Wayne ... [Read More…]

Chapel credit not tied to GPA: Grade scale the ‘front-runner’ among attendance options

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By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief The term "academic credit" was clarified this week by those in charge of deciding future Chapel policies as the committee in charge of changing long-term policy began to discuss possible changes. Although found in the Campus Life office's five-year plan for Chapel, the term "academic credit" does not ... [Read More…]

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