Leading the way: Hatcher was important to the 'U''s development
Harlan Hatcher has the unique distinction of having occupied an office that only 11 other people have ever held. As University president, he held the opportunity to lead and shape the development of one of the largest universities in the country. As the president who brought the University through the tumultuous 1960s, he also weathered an era of student protest and opposition that has faced no other University president during his term.
Ballot blunder: Voters should support affirmative action
This November, Washington voters may get the chance to decide whether or not affirmative action will remain legal in their state. Washington state Rep. Scott Smith is working to place Initiative 200 - which will make affirmative action illegal if it is approved - on the election ballot. The initiative is similar to Califonia's Proposition 209, which the state's residents passed in 1996. The trend toward ending affirmative action also surfaced in Texas, where the case Hopwood v.
In celebration of the amateurs' last great victory
Unfortunately, most of us are too young to remember the so-called "Miracle on Ice" when the 1980 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team captured a gold medal and thus provided one of the Cold War's rare instances of American triumph and national unity. People don't talk much about the "Miracle on Ice" anymore; I had to read about it in a history book.
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