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...drop their sponsorship of the tournament. As a result, Augusta sought to inure itself from external pressure by abandoning the sponsors. While it cheers us to know that the Masters will be televised sans commercials, Augusta National’s attempt to insulate itself must not be allowed to succeed...
...Aundrea Johnson, the speaker of the Black Student Union, “the Daily needs to recognize that without students of color supporting their paper, the paper becomes a worse paper than the way it is now.” And there is no doubt the protesters will succeed in that respect—by refusing to comment for articles and by not submitting viewpoints or letters to the editor, the Daily will be hampered in its coverage of all events, but especially minority ones. Jon Schwartz, the Daily’s editor-in-chief, admits as much...
Both sides will get together on Friday to attempt to resolve the situation, and hopefully they will succeed in ending the standoff. I should note, for full disclosure’s sake, that the Daily’s editorial page editor is a good friend of mine—but more relevant, I’m a college journalist myself. Over the last three years, I’ve seen firsthand the damage that the absence of diverse viewpoints can have on journalism. In order to help fix the deficiencies they have identified in the Daily, students of color...
...free Iraq in a prosperous Arab world is in everyone's interest, and unseating Saddam would be a good start down that road. It's what follows that's tricky. The lesson of history is that reforms succeed best if they well up from within a nation, not when they are thrust upon it from outside. If the Administration seriously thinks otherwise, it would be nice to know what lessons it has learned from the failed imperialism of the past. And not just about the finer points of pigsticking...
...cleanliness. Forget filtering plants and city ordinances, he says; it's all about working for a common cause. "During the World Cup we all came together. That is how Koreans are strong. We must teach children to treat the environment with respect. In Korea we can do that and succeed." Pulling a cigarette butt from his pocket, he explains, "Even my cigarettes, I collect them and take them away with me." At least he has something to carry home because, today, the fish aren't biting...