Stories from the September 23, 2002, Print Edition
The Marvin Center Governing Board's plan to replace the ground floor Marvin Center post office with a more useful service is appropriate, considering officials call it "drastically underused," with students renting only 18 of 497 mailboxes this year. What should replace the post office, however, should be a decision involving many students, not just the few students of the MCGB.
Thousands of demonstrators are expected to swamp the International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings this week to protest a variety of causes unified against the negative effects of globalization.
Every time I attend anti-corporate globalization protests, like the upcoming events this weekend at the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund meetings, I meet people who tell me to stop wasting my time. Cynics ask what all the screaming, yelling, blockading and puppet-making actually accomplishes, especially considering the dwindling turnout at rallies.
Two letters to the editor asked why parents are not solely responsible when their children become obese and suffer diseases like diabetes from eating out frequently at McDonald's. The simple answer is that, under the doctrine of family immunity, children usually cannot sue their parents.
"Professor sues McDonald's" (Sept. 16, p. 11) is off the mark in the way it charges McDonald's with responsibility for overweight children. It ignores the reality of lazy, modern mobility. Kids no longer walk or hike - why should they? Their families own three automobiles and sidewalks and crossings have been made hazardous by increased road "improvements."
Even when they pretend not to, GW and every other institution that ranks below 3 continues to kowtow to U.S. News and World Report's annual college rankings.
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