Opinion

Sergeant Matthis Chiroux, a 24-year-old army veteran who has served in Afghanistan, Japan, Germany and the Philippines, recently refused to be deployed to Iraq, citing his belief that the conflict is an "illegal war."

"Repent or pay the price in Hell!" Sound familiar? If you have walked along Ring Mall around the Administration Building this past week, it should.

June 7 is the 43rd anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court case of Griswold vs. Connecticut, which granted women the right to privacy in all sexual matters.

The Supreme Court upheld Kentucky's right to use lethal injection for capital punishment this past month, despite the fact that most of the Western world abandoned capital punishment long ago. This ruling shows that in at least one respect, America is failing to cross the threshold into becoming a sensible society.

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Does presidential candidate John McCain have more years of experience, or just fewer years until he becomes senile?

After 60 years, I would venture that the situation in Israel and the Middle East is nigh insoluble. As our own campus microcosm suggests, this issue is a tinderbox, to put it lightly. The stalemate is enervating and the tension is palpable.

Why are we surprised when we hear about school shootings, domestic abuse and rape? Jackson Katz, an anti-sexist male speaker, writer and film producer, says that considering how we socialize people according to gender, we should expect these problems.

Over the past two weeks, we have seen both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Let's clear up one misconception right now: Whatever the Muslim Student Union wanted to call last week's event, it was not "Palestine Awareness Week."

As if our troops' invasion of Iraq wasn't enough, the Iraqis will soon witness the arrival of the American amusement park. Llewellyn Werner, chairman of C3 in Los Angeles – the same company that developed our renowned neighbor, Disneyland – plans to build the Baghdad Zoo and Entertainment Experience.

The vibrancy that makes iFest commendable also makes the event deafeningly silent on certain issues.