After a year of searching, we now have a Provost. We were beginning to think that Interim Provost Ali Houshmand would be in office until his natural death, but the search has given us Stephen Director. The Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan is the product of a search that had two different groups of candidates, one of which included Houshmand.
There was a time, not too long ago, on a college campus not too far away, when the factual accuracy of an editorial submission to the Triangle was verified before print. If the piece was found to be in error, or if even a source was questionable, the author was notified and the piece was suspended until facts were presented to clear any misunderstandings.
The Rectangle is a special issue. The Ed-Op section of the newspaper is one of the highlights of the satirical paper. In the past, it has included commentaries on outrageous topics such as the advocation of driving under the influence of alcohol, a commentary from the Gerber baby, Bostonians being confused by Philadelphia accents and the like.
"Lay down! You know what that means!"
Not agreeing with a politician is one thing, but to exercise a blind, groupthink hatred towards an elected leader by twisting words around and refusing to understand the context is something else. Take Joby Martin's hatchet-job on Senator Rick Santorum in the Jan.
I honestly can't think of one ordinary citizen who captured the nation's attention so quickly as Terri Schiavo. Barnum and Bailey's would be jealous at the three-ring circus her story created down south. Parents vs. Husband. Religion vs. Family. Values vs.
I am not afraid to admit that there are certain flaws within The Triangle, the organization for which I have written for the past two-plus years. When we as an organization failed to distribute our papers on two occasions, I was embarrassed, especially when I had to explain it to people who asked me about it.
Ibelieve Sumeet Patel's ("Students' apartments condemned," The Triangle p.1, Jan. 28, 2005) did a great job reporting on behalf of student interests by describing the substandard living conditions found at 3400 Lancaster Avenue which caused these buildings to receive "Cease Operation" orders and tenants to be temporarily evicted.
Stuff from little green footballs and nice dogs.
The world learned of the death of Pope John Paul II on Saturday, April 2. Born Karol Józef Wojtyla in Poland in 1920, John Paul II became the first non-Italian Pope in 455 years. Ascending to the position as Bishop of Rome in 1978, he was the most traveled Pope ever, visiting 129 countries during his 26 year reign.
