Opinion
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Our View: Debates mark best reality show ever
By Cyrus Moussavi 2005 This first major presidential debate will take place this Thursday in the state formerly known as Florida, and it promises to...
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Something wicked this way comes
By Cyrus Moussavi 2005 Another sign of the Apocalypse: creepy shots of mustachioed Bob Dylan are intercut with a frolicking underwear model in the latest...
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False assumptions put blame on Bush
By Galen Crippen 2005 “Bush is a Nazi.” “Bush only cares about oil.” “Bush is power hungry.” Sound familiar? Believe it or not, this is...
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Students should take preventive caution during vaccine shortage for flu season
By Courtney Carlo 2005 Last year’s flu season demanded 87 million doses of vaccines. The United States Department of Health and Human Services planned on...
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Overblown media coverage may be D.C. sniper’s biggest accomplice
By Courtney Carlo 2005 While watching the news, an update about the recent attacks is featured. Someone doesn’t feel the expected fear or sadness. Instead...
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Stay out of Skidtown: Try on the ITEDs
By Courtney Carlo and Cyrus Moussavi 2005 Children, it’s an ugly time for our school. Some gnarly beast has been brought to our doors, and...
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Convenience versus Safety: Drug abuse demands stricter laws
By Courtney Carlo 2005 In the land of drive-through windows and one-hour photo, inconvenience is avoided at all cost. When an inconvenience does come along,...
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Is Ronald McDonald to blame for fat America?
By Courtney Carlo 2005 Ronald McDonald and Colonel Sanders are plotting against you. Yes, that’s right. You. They are part of the restaurants’ conspiracy to...
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‘And then my heart with pleasure fills And dances with the daffodils …’
By Courtney Carlo and Cyrus Moussavi 2005 When walking into Cedar Falls High School, one of the first things one notices (besides the prison fence)...
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Commercialized cloning disappointing, wasteful
By Courtney Carlo 2005 After the death of Nicky the First, his heartbroken owner decided to have him cloned. Hence, Little Nicky was created. Last...
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Phone ban or same old rule? How does Iowa’s new law look inside Cedar Falls classrooms
If you step into a classroom at Cedar Falls High School these days—or really, any classroom in Iowa—you might think you accidentally walked into a library… or a witness...
