A possible compromise for Google Print

By Joshua Steinman / November 10, 2005

Sergey Brin and Larry Page are learning a hard lesson right now: It is hard to be good. So far, their company—Google, whose corporate motto is “Don’t be evil”—has done it quite well. They simplified the web, e-mail, maps, and a host of other key internet services. However, their latest initiative, “Google Print,” has run...

I need a job and a retirement plan

By Lorraine Bailey / November 10, 2005

I recently discovered that you can’t actually spend your entire life discussing Bourdieu and drinking $1 milkshakes. It turns out that when you’re a fourth-year, you’re supposed to find a “job.” A “job” is whatever you do after you graduate, and it’s a lot like college, only you aren’t allowed to take naps in the...

Eating organic is not good enough. Eat local.

By Esther Bowen / November 10, 2005

I was at a grocery store last weekend examining some organic cookies when I started to feel vaguely uneasy. Organic products are starting to look suspiciously like some of their non-organic competitors in terms of packaging and ingredients, albeit with the assurances of “Healthier! Safer! Better for the Environment!” in bright letters and with naturalistic...

Tuesday’s forum was a necessary first step

By Adam Kissel / November 10, 2005

Tuesday’s Campus Climate Forum was a wonderful renewal of attention to serious issues that confront the University, mainly involving race. As many speakers suggested, anyone who thinks the issues are not worth serious attention are people who just don’t get it. But as administrators start to evolve a repressive speech code, they are threatening to...

We must prevent, not treat, racial debacles

By Kei Hotoda / November 10, 2005

The rioting in Paris began nearly two weeks ago with the accidental deaths of two French teenagers of Arab and African descent who thought they were being chased by the police. But clearly, as time has shown, the riots have less to do with these deaths than it does with France’s general problem of integrating...

In Defense of Palestine Awareness Week

By Nabeel Ebeid / November 10, 2005

Whereas it is uncommon on this campus for an RSO to be called to justify or defend a week dedicated to bringing cultural awareness, necessity unfortunately compels me. First, SGFC had nothing to do with either the poster or the International Solidarity Movement’s presentation. They co-sponsored a dance performance given by twenty Palestinian Refugees (between...

The dangerous doctrine of Democrats

By Eric Blaschke / November 10, 2005

The recent nomination of arch conservative judge ‘Scalito’ to the Supreme Court coupled with Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald’s failure to indict Rove, Cheney, Bush and the entire Republican Party for the war in Iraq has pushed liberals beyond the limits of even their usual psychosis. Having never actually recovered from their post election catatonia, Democrats...

Course cooperation

By Maroon Editorial Staff / November 8, 2005

Our administration often tells prospective and current students alike that the College benefits from the reputation and resources of the graduate programs at the University. However, the benefit of taking graduate courses varies widely among the different programs. Some programs are very open to undergraduate participation. Others are not. The Maroon applauds the GSB for...

Why aren’t we teaching about Africa

By Joe Katz / November 7, 2005

Looking through the history department’s course offerings the other day, my heart skipped a beat. There it was, innocuously slipped in between “Medieval Women’s Religious Writing” and “Who Were the Greeks,” HIST 20200: modern Africa. My excitement was quickly dampened when I read the description. It was the same course that had been offered in...

The Left’s legal sleight of hand: Will it work?

By Laura Hamilton / November 7, 2005

Liberals have completed their politicization of the Supreme Court. A Supreme Court justice, once a relatively obscure legal scholar whose job it was to determine whether a law was forbidden by the Constitution, has been elevated to the status of Emperor King and granted the power to draft and veto legislation according to whim. It’s...

Weissman’s accusations about Palestine are unfounded

By Yazen Joudeh / November 7, 2005

As usual, when organizations try to promote awareness of Palestinian issues, someone claims that those who support Palestinians are neglecting the rights of others. In Mr. Weissman’s article, he does precisely this, making numerous accusations that are unfounded, and they must be addressed. He first starts by insinuating that all the sponsors of Palestine Awareness...

The Ghetto party is simply an insensitive act of the few

By Alec Brandon / November 7, 2005

By now, everyone has heard about the now-infamous “Ghetto” party. Of course there have been dozens of editorials written on the event, but I think all of them have missed the real crux of this issue. All seem to focus on matters of race. But the larger issue at play has nothing to do with...