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Opinion Archive, January 2007

Letters to the Editor

Dedication noticed with new schedule: With regards to the new academic schedule, I quite agree that there has been an added intensity to classroom material as well as syllabus schedules.I’ll admit, the new schedule has not made life easy. If I had any free time before…

Scroll should never condone breaking laws: In Matthew 22, Christ is being asked if it is lawful to pay tribute to Caesar. His answer is found in verse 21 that you give to Caesar what is his and you give to God what is His. Basically not only are you to live the gospel and the principles found in it, but you are to also live the laws of the land…

Shakespeare isn’t the only one with a good question: To kiss or not to kiss

When it comes to kissing, I’m a purist. As a somewhat traditional dater, I believe that kissing is just not something you do on the first date. It’s always disconcerting to play the game of Have You Ever? in FHE and find out someone has kissed more than 30 people.

  • Amy Barrus / dating purist
  • Brandon Barrus / kiss, monkey, kiss
  • Posted Tue, 30 Jan
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Buy and Sell

Buying the good stories and selling the awful ones. Who could ask for anything more?

Mitt Romney for president?

And the next president of the United States is… a Mormon?

Mitt Romney, former governor of Massachusetts and a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is poised to begin a run at the Republican nomination for the 2008 presidential election.

Dependence on tools

Anyone who has seen the video on YouTube that shows two people stuck on an escalator knows that it’s quite the unbelievable scene. Anyone who hasn’t can keep reading to find out.

It starts out with a man and a woman on an escalator that’s taking them to the second floor. All of a sudden, it stops.

Alternative mission advice

This is for anyone who will be serving a mission in the near future. If you are an RM or married or otherwise not planning on putting on the black name tag anytime during the next 40 years, feel free to skip this and read Lekrib’s comics on the other side of this page.

Domo arigato, Mr. President

Smell that? Its BYU-Idaho, and it’s the smell of innovation.

Now, in the year 2007, we’re just eight years away from hover boards and flying cars made popular in the Back to the Future movies.

January Issues

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