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Battleground: World Wide Web

By Royal Purple Staff

Telecommunications companies build the infrastructure the internet operates on, and as such they want the right to control what goes across their property.

You're actually voting for that &$%@?!

By Joe LaBarbera

What happens when two relatively close neighbors differ when it comes to politics?

Pope's view on money hypocritical

By John Hauck

Despite his ripe old age of 81, Pope Benedict XVI demonstrated on Monday that he is still flexible enough to reach his foot all the way up to his mouth by saying that the world's financial systems are "built on sand."

Cubs write the book on blowing the postseason

By Amy Azzi

Don't say it. Don't tell me that the Cubs choked. Because quite frankly, you'd be giving them far too much credit. The Brewers choked. They let the pressure of the post season get to them, and they choked. That's it. But the Cubs … oh, they brought losing to an entirely new level.

People shouldn't be fooled by GOP terrorist accusations

By Evan Finch

Right now the McCain campaign is down in the polls, and with relatively little time remaining before the election, drastic measures are in order.

Letter: Envious democrats hurl empty insults, rhetoric at Palin

On behalf of the UWW College Republicans. Ryan Nachreiner and Brandon VerVelde contributed to this letter. In response to "Superficiality Dictates Republican VP Pick" by John Hauck. While John Hauck and the rest of the left are attempting to attack Sarah Palin on her experience, this isn't truly the source of their frustration.

Letter: Palin a credulous, dangerous VP candidate

When John McCain chose Sarah Palin, an attractive, gun-toting, evangelical woman from a resource-rich state, it seemed a match made in heaven. The Democrats cringed as their opponents jumped in the polls. Amid great fanfare, Palin wowed the crowds in Minnesota with her canned vows, and she and McCain were joined, for better or for worse, under the Republican ticket.

Letter: University back-tracks on goal of sustainability

A commitment to sustainability is a laudable undertaking for this university. Certainly the installation of LEDs, the replacement of a police cruiser with a mule and the recycling of 98 percent of the demolition waste from Baker, Sayles and Salisbury halls are meaningful steps.

Letter: Obama better for science, education than McCain

In their first presidential debate, John McCain confirmed his promised funding freeze, which includes funding for science and technology next year and perhaps beyond. Barack Obama argued strongly for increased support for science and education as critical for the future of the country.

Letter: Terrorist attack goes unnoticed on lack of reporting

Friday night, there was a terrorist attack in our country. Yet it did not make the news, it only appeared in the local paper (Dayton Daily News), and was eventually picked up by both DailyKos and The Huffington Post. A chemical irritant was sprayed into a mosque in Dayton, Ohio.

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