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Our Perspective...
Final grades due for SGA
It becomes prudent at this time each year to take a look back at the year that was 2004-05 at Appalachian. Final grades are also being handed out, and The Appalachian sees no reason not to hand out final grades to the Student Government Association (SGA).
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| Melissa Markowitz | Editorial Cartoonist |
Doctorate not needed for Phil's type of advice
I declare war against the autonomous nation-state known as “Dr. Phil.” This insidious, cultural entity has grown too large for its borders. I think it’s trying to take over this country and it is only by sheer miracle that it hasn’t done so already.
Please realize that Dr. Phil McGraw and “Dr. Phil” and are two separate things. One is ostensibly a kind, charming, amusing family man who likes to golf, scuba dive and play tennis. The other is a machine, or has become one, manufactured for the processing of the American people into emotional vegetables.
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Smokers: quitting now could add years to life
What if 400,000 Americans died this year due to something that is easily preventable?
What if one of them was your roommate, your dad, your next-door neighbor, your best friend, your girlfriend, your grandpa or your little brother? Would you want to help them?
What if you knew that in 15 years there would be 10 million deaths per year worldwide due to this exact same plague (www.cureresearch.com), would you want to help then?
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Letters to the Editor
Editorial puts newspaper's foot in mouth
SGA criticism is trite
Column pleases NRA member
Make excuses, but keep God out of it
Board members belittle 'candidates'
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