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Our Perspective...
Students: don't put checkbook away yet
The Board of Governors (BOG) meets tomorrow to decide one of three ways students may be paying more money for the same education they’ve received for years.
Tomorrow, the BOG votes on board-based tuition increases. UNC President Molly C. Broad is recommending the board not raise them at all.
There’s no reason to celebrate just yet. Even if the board goes along with Broad’s proposal, which she received from a committee that looked into the subject, students could still find themselves facing higher education costs.
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Billy Fowler | Editorial Cartoonist |
Invasion of the neuromarketing brain scan
In the next five to 10 years, technology will advance the consumer process by leaps and bounds. In fact, we’ll hardly need to make decisions about anything. Our choices will be pre-made thanks to sheer commodification.
No more spending hours in the supermarket. All food and drink items will look, smell and taste exactly the same. Why bother wasting your entire orning picking out the perfect car when the entire lot is filled with clones?
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The need to step outside comfort zones
The scent of chicken nuggets and waffle fries make my stomach growl as I stand in the cafeteria trying to find a place to sit down. The place is full and I don’t see any of my friends to eat with.
To my right is a table of black students who are all laughing and talking to each other. I think one of them is from my church.
In the middle of the cafeteria, an Asian girl is sitting alone, reading a book. I’m pretty sure I’ve met her at a meeting a couple of weeks ago.
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Letters to the Editor
Construction commentator self-absorbed
ASU undeserving of Division I-A
News is news, good or bad
Coverage of demonstrations lacking
Going I-A won't make ASU better
ASU needs Frisbee golf course
Protest coverage shows ignorance
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