Poverty Paté, a modest proposal
Several New York City public elementary schools are trying to have peanuts and all peanut products either banned from their premises or monitored as closely as a black teenager in Macy's. Several other suburban school districts have already succeeded in this to varying degrees. Some just have it in separate parts of the cafeteria, while others go so far as to ban M&Ms because the plain ones are made in the same vats as the ones with the offensive legumes.
Letters to the Editor
The scarlet plate
Enacting stricter laws against drunk driving would appear to be a foolproof move for Gov. John Engler as election day draws closer. Last year, 544 people were killed in Michigan because of drunk driving accidents. Fighting this problem is a cause nearly everyone can support. It is an issue that should not divide Republicans and Democrats nor should it create controversy among voters or lawmakers. And yet last week, after the State Legislature approved a bill-package to reform current drunk driving laws, certain proposals remained suspect at best.
Gendered education
The University prides itself on teaching subjects from a broad variety of perspectives. Be it in the humanities, social or hard sciences, the administration has held that the material presented should not be one-sided, nor male-dominated.
Viewpoint: Berkeley wants student to get out of town
On May 25, 1997, according to The Los Angeles Times, David Cash peered into a stall in a Nevada casino restroom and saw his best friend muffle the screams of a 7-year-old girl with his left hand and fondle her with his right. Cash was in the restroom for two minutes. He did not assist his friend, nor did he hinder him. Cash did not call for help; he just left as his friend shouted at the girl. When Cash and friend Jeremy Strohmeyer reunited minutes later, Sherrice Iverson was dead in the restroom.
09-30-98
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