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...essence, this is the argument against political correctness. Groups who seek to censor perceived obscenities on the grounds that they are not politically correct are actually hurting their cause by depriving society of the ability to better understand the truth. This pitfall loomed large on Tuesday, when the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA) and other student groups took action to stop the sale of the “Yale Sucks, Jeter Swallows” T-shirt sold by Satire...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: A Plaguing Political Correctness | 10/22/2004 | See Source »

...seem to be even more offensive. Yet there has been no outrage over Harvard-Yale T-shirts until now. Why? Perhaps because in the past students recognized that these shirts are made without malicious intent (the shirt in question was sold by a humor magazine). Or perhaps because political correctness continues to shift from being a tool to correct egregious obscenity into an end in itself...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: A Plaguing Political Correctness | 10/22/2004 | See Source »

...Democrats say that election rules should encourage as many people to vote as possible. While that?s true, it ignores the fact that many voter rolls are not the streamlined, correct lists they should be. They have proved ripe for abuse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's 2000 All Over Again | 10/21/2004 | See Source »

...Election Day, HAVA requires states to offer provisional ballots. The ballots will be counted if officials confirm the person is a registered voter afterward. But Republican election officials in several states are mandating that provisional ballots can only be counted if they are cast in the voter?s correct precinct. Democrats are suing, claiming that discriminates against the poor and minority voters, who tend to change addresses more often. A judge in Ohio ruled in favor of the Democrats; one in Florida ruled for the Republicans. It?s likely that this issue or one of the many other disputes could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's 2000 All Over Again | 10/21/2004 | See Source »

...great minds who teach us sometimes gets rushed to print without proper proofreading. Some graduate students who work for professors are forced to drop everything and spend the three days prior to a printers’ deadline reading a professors’ text through; undergraduate faculty aides sometimes correct mistake-addled bibliographies only hours before a conference paper must be given. Something must be seriously amiss for these authors and their editors to rush the process of production so much that their product is flawed...

Author: By Alexander Bevilacqua, | Title: The Culture of Quantity | 10/18/2004 | See Source »

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