Nov. 21, 2002 Online Since 1996 Vol 77 No. 23
Our Perspective . . . Victim safety not campus priority
   You are a freshman.
    A fellow student raped you in your first year of college.
    That student is convicted through Judicial Affairs and is suspended from the university for two semesters.
    Two years later, you are a junior.
    That same student who raped you two years ago is in your political science class.
    What do you do?
    Through the current policy in the Code of Student Conduct, the possibility of this situation occurring on campus is real. Too real.
    Legislation extending the sanction for sexual offense from two semesters to eight was passed in Faculty Senate Nov. 11 by a vote of 8-7, with seven abstaining.
Proposed athletic increase: Students ignored

COMMENTARY

David Forbes
SGA Beat
    The following is a quiz:
   In a time of state and national budget crisis with no immediate end in sight, when our university is forced to cut sections and classes, launch a hiring freeze and cut back funds to computer labs, the library and other facilities, how would you spend an annual tuition increase, and what for what would you raise private funds?
    Would you a) use the money to help fund areas ranging from the infirmary to computer labs to cultural affairs, things that benefit every student on campus, or b) heck with all that stuff, put it towards a sweeping renovation of varsity athletic facilities and the stadium, which will mainly benefit varsity athletes and alumni?
Genetic engineering issues affect everyone

COMMENTARY

Jana Nordstrand
Clubs / Organizations Beat
     I should not have put off taking biology until my junior year of college.
    As an English major I have convinced myself that I am not meant to study biology.
    I am that girl that sits in the front row hoping that all the research done saying that kids that sit in the front row make better grades is true. My permanent marker squeaks loudly as I make out flash cards in class in an attempt to look like I study the material.
    Even on Fridays, the professor will say, “Study this for just 20 minutes tonight and you will do better on the test.” Okay. That’s a novel concept, but … we all know the reality of it.
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