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IN OUR OPINION
Pharmacy school
neglected students
It’s unclear whether graduate assistants at the College
of Pharmacy are receiving a raw deal with their tuition
supplements. There has been no official word from the
College of Pharmacy, and the few students who will talk
about the issue don’t want to have their names printed.
What is certain is that graduate assistants were notified
through an e-mail about a week and a half before school
started that their tuition supplement had been reduced,
forcing some students to
The College of scramble to secure finances
Pharmacy should to pay for their tuition,
have told graduate We understand budget
assistants about cuts, and we understand that
tuition Supplement sometimes it is necessary to
CUtS earlier, recIUce student tuition sup
plements for graduate stu
dents. But we take issue with the manner and the timeli
ness of the notification.
The college should have done better.
Because students were notified so close to the start of
school, they were not able to apply for various financial aid
packages since the deadlines had already passed. Granted,
there is a possibility the College of Pharmacy didn’t find
out about the reduction until the last minute, but we find
this unlikely. The e-mail sent to faculty members at the col
lege from Dr. Joseph W. Kosh, director of graduate studies
for the college, said tuition supplements would be eliminat
ed by fall 2005. If this knowledge was available that far in
advance, the college should have had some warning about
the reductions for this year.
An e-mail was a cold and impersonal way to break the
news. The college could have held a meeting for graduate
assistants and told them in person, explaining in detail why
the cuts were being made and allowing students to ask ques
tions. We hope other colleges will be sensitive to students’
needs when dealing with tuition, something every student,
graduate or undergraduate, can lose sleen over.
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Bush has been consistently wrong
■ America should not
stay committed to a
policy that has failed
Last week’s Republican
Convention threw the spotlight on
New York City just short of the
third anniversary of the Sept. 11
terrorist attacks — a disaster
remembered vividly by Americans
and people all over the world that
remains deeply shocking.
To stage such a spectacle there
was distasteful, to say the least.
In any event, as George W. Bush
told NBC, the events of Sept. 11
have defined his presidency. But
they have done so for wrong
reasons.
“They will hear from us” was his
reaction to the tragedy, instead of
his considering why America
inspired so much hatred in the first
place. The World Trade Center, the
definitive symbol of America’s
political and economic dominance
over international trade, and the
Pentagon, which represents
America’s unrivalled military power,
were targeted for a reason.
It is not enough to know who the
“enemy” is, even though in this
generalized “war against terrorism”
we do not. More importantly, we
must know why they became our
enemy. An underlying reason is that
American cultural imperialism,
propagated through economic,
political and military might, is a
powerful force
for change that
is by no means
wanted in all
countries. It is
ignorant and
dangerously
arrogant to
-assume that
democracy is
DATDIPIf highest
political state
SECOND-YEAR of civilization
HISTORY iiist because it
EXCHANGE JUSt Decause 11
STUDENT is our own
political
system.
Democracy will flourish not when
forced but only when achieved
through national self-determination.
Until America’s leaders
understand that it is this forceful
approach and narrow-minded
attitude that engenders hatred and
until they alter the way they view
and act in the world, terrorism
cannot be effectively minimized.
The nature of terrorism itself
must be understood, top, before it is
judged. I do not intend to excuse
their actions, but it works both
ways. Those who join the U.S.
Army, for example, ultimately
pledge to cause damage, to kill or
even lay down their fives for their
country. Just because they fight in a
recognized institution, their actions
are widely seen as legitimate. If, for
example, you are a Palestinian
fighting against the military might of
Israel, how else are you to meet
overwhelming force? The
Palestinians cannot form an army of
comparable capacity, so they have to
use other means to fight for what
they believe in.
This conflict between Israel and
Palestine is the key to the tension in
the Middle East and to terrorism
worldwide. America is deeply
involved here and is potentially the
only country with the means to turn
the situation around, if its leaders
have the foresight to impartially
address the root causes and to strive
through multilateral diplomacy to.
find a solution.
Bush was indeed a strong leader
after Sept. 11. However, a wise
leader would not stick steadfastly to
a course of action once it had
proved to be the wrong one.
The ill-planned retaliatory assault
on Afghanistan has left the country
in ruin — highly dangerous, ridden
with warlords and with a regrouping
Taliban. It later provided an excuse
to settle old scores in Iraq, which is
currently a disaster of massive
proportions. Both of these
campaigns only perpetuate a
negative image of America. There is
no question that the world has been
made less safe by these actions.
Leadership must be held
accountable when they have
miscalculated. Otherwise it is Bush
who will continue to be a weapon of
mass destruction to a peaceful world
order.
IN YOUR OPINION
American presence
necessary in Iraq
This letter is in response to
Roger Keane’s letter (“Iraqi
citizens living in terror after
war,” Wednesday). Many of
these professional soldiers are
here in Iraq for their second tour
of duty in a hostile place that is
no doubt riddled with strife.
These young men are here to
protect the very rights that third
year music student Roger Keane
was exercising, such as his right to
have and voice 'different opinions
and choices. Hey, that’s fine. I will
only discuss the whole issue of an
American’s duty to support his or
her commander in chief, despite
any disagreement with facets of
his decision making: I disagreed
with President Clinton’s ethics,
but I served under him and
supported his decisions because I
felt it was my duty as an American
as well as a U.S. Marine.
I won’t go into the politics of
why we are here in Iraq because I
consider myself a redneck
lacking etiquette and unprepared
to speak eloquently on such
subjects, but I do know of about
3,000 individuals who died one
sunny day back in 20Q1 on our
home turf, which gives me plenty
of reasons to keep this fight here
on the turf of the enemy. If we
do not keep this fight in Iraq, it
will undoubtedly come back to
the United States. By resisting the
efforts of Uncle Sam to assist in
installing a sensible government,
the enemy is taking responsibility
for the deaths of innocent Iraqis.
Also, the war has not cost our
nation 1,002 American lives.
Those patriots saw it as their job,
their duty to give their lives.
They volunteered and gave their
lives freely.
Freedom has a flavor the
protected often never know.
Semper Fidelis.
1STLT. BRENT HAMPTON,
U.S. MARINE CORPS
On duty in Iraq
Wolfe should look
to facts, not vitriol
I want to respond to Wes
Wolfe’s column, (“Real GOP
wasn’t on the podium,” Friday).
Wolfe attempts to compare the
entire GOP to some local
southern legislator in this state
who happens to be Republican.
Very poor example. What one
politician does for his or her
constituency does not national
party politics make.
I don’t know of one Republican
who doesn’t want to teach his or
her kid about safe sex — about all
the alternatives. However, we all
know that there is no such thing as
totally safe sex. That is why some
politicians would like to stress
abstinence more. But to say that all
Republicans don’t like to teach about
STDs and condoms is ridiculous.
Last, but not least, is the topic of
women’s issues Wolfe addresses. On
equal pay he is absolutely wrong that
women earn less now than they did
before. A report issued on Jan. 30,
1999, stated that under Clinton,
women made 75 cents on every male
counterpart’s dollar. In an article on
the Democratic Party Web site, it
reads that women earn 77 cents on
every man’s dollar under Bush. So
what is the issue Jiere? To say that
the GOP is somehow trying to deny
women equal pay is irresponsible.
Also, who said that women can’t
have abortions? Not the GOP.
Most of them don’t like it, but even
the hard-liners, like Bush, have said
they will not make an amendment
repealing Roe v. Wade.
My suggestion to Wolfe is to be
a little less bitter and do a little
more homework.
DAVID HAMILTON
Graduate student in the Moore
School of Business
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Wont you
mind your
freaking
manners?
■ Saying hello and
being nice shouldn’t be
that difficult for people
Where’s courtesy these days?
Apparently, it’s gone down the
proverbial toilet.
Everywhere I look on campus, I see
a lack of
courtesy that
makes me cry
like a schoolgirl.
Professors cut
off pedestrians
in tricked-out
Cadillacs,
students make
drug deals
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VAN HAREN you» after each
THIRD-YEAR transaction and
ENGmlNG SqUirr£lS mdely
STUDENT clog sidewalks
with their
insolent pitter
patter and soulless eyes.
In high school, a melodramatist’s
wet dream, people got bent out of
shape when someone didn’t wave to
them in between classes. I always
laughed at this. Interpersonal
communication was for losers. At
least that’s what I told Gerald, my
sock puppet and life partner.
But when I got to USC, I realized
that courtesy sits somewhere behind a
football player’s GPA in terms of
importance.
College professors are either well
adjusted, quirky people or
discourteous, quirky people. I once had
a physics professor who, on the first day
of class, said, “Hi,” when he walked in
but for the rest of the semester never
made another attempt at a courteous
exchange. He came off like some poor
guy with a belittling, 300-pound wife
named Jackie with curlers in her hair
and a constant need to shout and sweat.
Students ain’t much better. I’m
talking about the whored-up
debutantes with names like Savannah
who slap their boyfriends when they
fail to wear enough collared shirts and
khaki shorts, the ones that don’t
acknowledge that a person is holding
a door open for them when said
person’s arms are loaded with books
and is in a hurry himself. I’ve seen
you, Savannah — you aren’t just some
Hollywood stereotype: You do exist.
run me designer wig rrom your eyes.
OK, all you cynics, right now
you’re probably thinking, “Egad,
man, you’re too damn sensitive!
People (and squirrels) don’t have to be
nice to you or to anyone else! Being
obnoxious is my right as an American
citizen! I can’t stop yelling!”
To that 1 say, in a British accent,
“Please bend over thusly, hands
placed firmly on your ankles like so,
and have sexual intercourse with
yourself in a degrading fashion. Yes,
that’s it, you’re doing a bang-up job —
no pun intended, ol’ boy! Splendid.”
No, people don’t have to be nice to
each other, but that’s what human
beings have the ability to do. Courtesy
separates us from the animal kingdom.
If you never bother to be courteous, I
promise you’ll end up alone with only
that stupid chip on your shoulder to
keep you company. We’re all taught to
say “please” and “thank you” for a
reason — no one likes a person with a
fundamental lack of decency.
1 could be a righteous bastard, too.
1 could slam doors in peoples’ faces,
cover every Columbia crosswalk with
my car, never say “please,” never say
“thank you,” and treat the 200 people
with whom I interact every day like
dirt. Yes, 1 could be Roseanne.
But I think I’ll save my rudeness for
people who deserve it. People don’t
like discourteous people, but they do
have a soft spot in their hearts for nice
people who can morph into
discourteous people to rag on the real
discourteous people and help pull
courtesy out of the proverbial toilet.
Thanks for your time.