Narrow options: Living-learning programs need improvement
As graduation approaches, many University students will remember their first-year experience as one of change and exploration. Living with a vast array of students provided an experience unlike any other. But the University's residence halls could soon become home to a number of new living-learning programs that cluster students according to academic interest. The proposal would nearly double the number of living-learning communities, and expand the programs to the majority of the University's traditional residence halls.
Patience: Organ donations should be distributed nationally
For patients facing the painful wait for organ transplants, a recent decision by U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala may offer new hope. Last Thursday, the Clinton administration ordered the private network that distributes organs nationwide to be revamped. The move's intent is to prevent distribution problems that crop up due to the demand and supply of different organs in various regions. While the new system would likely benefit thousands of patients across the country, the administration should let the medical community guide the new distribution mechanism's development.
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right
I had not been a columnist for more than two weeks when I received this letter, about which column I can't even remember: "James, after reading a couple of your columns, allow me make a suggestion: stay in academia. Your opinions are the worse type of socialist tripe, palatable only to lowest common denominator (which, unfortunately, is typically found at universities.) Gotta go. God bless and all that."
04-01-98
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