Weck's World Happy Valentine's Day! Well, for some, anyway. A lot of guys around campus seem to think this day encompasses the very downfall of society. And with good reason, I suppose. Guys think about girls enough as it is, and most of them don't need a special day reserved for the frustrations of trying to figure out the female gender. The ... [Read More…]
Letter from the Editor: United Nations shoots self in foot
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…]
Al Qaeda, not Iraq, greatest U.S. threat
By Steve Holt, Opinion Editor On Tuesday, CIA Director George Tenet told a Senate panel that reports of planned al Qaeda attacks which led to a heightened U.S. security alert are "the most specific we have seen." But with the shadow of a war with Iraq slowly creeping across the horizon, most Americans dismissed or underestimated the increased ... [Read More…]
Impatience: the American way
By Kyle Peveto, Arts Editor Column Schmolumn I drive a Ford Explorer. My 11-year-old car is good for two things: wasting enough fuel for three vehicles and stalling out at stop lights. Friday I stalled for a second while my car missed, but it got up and went pretty quickly. In the second or two it took for me to get going, someone honked at me. ... [Read More…]
Letter from the Editor: “Under God” not protected under Constitution
By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief At some point this year, the country is going to get all fired up about the Pledge of Allegiance... again. Last summer, of course, a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals judge in California wrote the majority opinion in a 2-1 vote that declared one phrase-"one nation under God"-in the Pledge unconstitutional. The case ... [Read More…]
Column Like I See ‘Em: FedEx delivers most creative commercial
By Steve Holt, Opinion Editor When I wasn't laughing at Rich Gannon and the Raiders on Sunday, I was laughing at the commercials. Super Bowl XXXVII contained a plethora of laugh-out-loud moments while the play clock was running, but advertisers again coughed up a pretty penny to make viewers giggle and gasp even more during commercial ... [Read More…]
When “dumb” meets “dumber”-true stories
Weck's World Many stupid people exist in this world. This isn't a new revelation, of course, but sometimes it takes a few real-life newspaper articles to bring that idea home. Take, for example, an article found in the Dec. 10, 2002 copy of the Merced (Calif.) Sun-Star, which reported that an unarmed man was taken to a hospital in Modesto, ... [Read More…]
Letter from the Editor: Rights groups, not GOP, divide races
By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief America's civil rights groups have branded the Republican Party, and more specifically its conservative wing, as racist. They'll never come out and say as much; the middle-class moderates would crucify the liberal Democrats who kowtow to these groups. But now that President Bush has renominated the rejected ... [Read More…]
Column Like I See ‘Em: Jesus Christ was the liberal of his day
By Steve Holt, Opinion Editor Liberal. Get the heebie-jeebies just now when you read that? Sometimes I think mentioning of the word is punishable by death in Texas. That was a joke, of course. But the sad question that often follows someone revealing that they lean left politically is this: "And you're a Christian?" Have you ever considered ... [Read More…]
Intramural Six-on-Six Tackle Football (Pro) Adding sport would raise attendance, involvement
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Weck's World You're on, Danny. Just let me grab Terrell Owens' Sharpie and give you my signature of approval on this one- six-on-six intramural tackle football is sure to be a big smash. The possible addition of this fast-paced sport commonly found in smaller Texas high schools has been creating quite a buzz ... [Read More…]