Opinion Archive, May 2007
Keeping and eye on tolerance
The beginning of a semester often calls for considerable tolerance, such as tolerance between new roommates, or perhaps tolerance for instructors’ teaching methods or requirements.
- Jennifer Bailey / Copy Editor
- Posted Tue, 01 May
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The Blacksburg I know
The streets and sidewalks of the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg are quiet and bare, not filled with the familiar voices and laughter I know so well. People are in pain, hurting, trying to heal and build new lives.
- Mindy Schlosser / A Proud Virginian
- Posted Tue, 01 May
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Show some sympathy for the panty thief
Mr. Panty Snatcher, I feel for you. For those who haven’t heard, a 40-year-old man from Rigby was arrested at 3:30 a.m. on Tuesday for unlawful entry and petty theft. He didn’t steal CD players or XBox controllers—no pearl earrings or diamond tiaras.
- Anthony Sheehan / the sympathetic one
- Posted Tue, 01 May
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Letters to the Editor
Insurance in Zion: As newly married BYU-Idaho students a year ago, my wife and I spent considerable time evaluating our insurance options. Like most…
- Updated Tue, 01 May
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Cultural assimilation in California?
Beverly Hills — the rich, famous and Iranian. Iranian?
That may not be entirely correct; it could be Iranian,
Iranian-American
or American.
But why bother with the exact classification? Most recently, it is because an Iranian-American was in the running — sometimes the lead — for mayor of Beverly Hills.
- Ben Spaulding / Internet Editor
- Posted Tue, 01 May
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