Long considered an inveterate racist and sexist by a whole gaggle of cultural critics, Don Imus' remark took an undeserved potshot at some pretty admirable women.
The St. Olaf natural lands are a hot topic. Rumors have run rampant, with some suggesting that President David R. Anderson 74 plans to sell the natural lands for development. But what's the real story?
As the outgoing Executive Editors of the Manitou Messenger, this is the last editorial of our collegiate careers; alas, we must pass the torch onto the next generation of aspiring journalists.
Kurt Vonnegut, oft proclaimed a humanist, presumably didnt believe in heaven. At least not the kind of heaven where hed find himself sipping strong drinks with Tennessee Williams, swapping sarcasm with fellow cynic Mark Twain or bemoaning Earths petroleum depletion while watching airplanes fly past his perch on the pearly gates.
In criminal trials the U.S. legal system requires the prosecution to prove a defendants guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. These days, doubt seems to be the only notion defining the prosecutions handling of the notorious Duke lacrosse scandal.