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Feature: The Incredible Origin Of The Bush Administration By Matt Biedermann A little over a month ago, I was flipping channels and saw Condoleeza Rice delivering a speech on CNN. Since I always like to keep myself informed about the current stance of the Bush Administration, I decided to listen in. Frankly, I was quite confused by what I heard. Dr. Rice said that the Kay Report offered "hard evidence of facts that no one should ever have doubted" on the existence of weapons of mass destruction. The reason this was confusing to me was that the Kay Report says there is no hard evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Robotic Rats By David Recine Television shows such as "Lexx," "Farscape," and "Babylon 5" have all presented the viewer with a relatively new concept in mainstream science fiction—machines that are biologically alive, combining robotic technology with genetics. These shows tend to be built much more on speculation and conjecture than on actual science. Nonetheless, actual science has recently provided us with a real life bio-mechanical device.  Book Banning vs. The First Amendment By Shannon O'Leary In a 1953 edition of the Nieman Report, Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas stated, "Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us." I wonder what Justice Douglas would say about today's society if he found out that some of America's greatest pieces of literature, such as Harper Lee's To Kill a Mocking Bird, J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, and Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, are banned from schools across the nation because of their controversial content. The Affects Of The Glass Ceiling By Adrianne Klingsporn The glass ceiling effect occurs when a person, generally a woman, is unable to advance in their profession due to invisible barriers. The problem is not so much in obtaining employment, but rather in obtaining promotions after landing the job. Oftentimes this discrimination is not obvious, thus, the 'invisible' factors that prevent advancement. Women find themselves advancing at a much slower rate than male peers with equal qualifications. The glass ceiling, in effect, holds them down. What Strong Dollar Policy? By Brandon Buchanan The idea of a "Strong Dollar Policy" was a benchmark of the Clinton Administration's economic growth in the 90's and is something the Bush Administration claims to support. The Agence France Presse on 10-14-03 quotes Bush as saying: "I'm for a strong dollar policy. We've had a strong dollar policy in this administration." While Bush is very fond of talking about a "Strong Dollar Policy," the facts say Bush is doing all he can to promote a weak dollar. I'm Finally Accepting Of All The World's People By Joe Alane I decided I would hit up the International Folk Fair as, according to certain individuals, I needed to get more "cultured." They felt that I am not culturally accepting enough because I make hideous broad racial and geopolitical comments almost constantly. For instance, just today I mentioned that the Germans eat Christian babies in a misguided protest against stem cell research. This is, of course, untrue, as Germans wouldn't care about stem cell research because they are bad people. Sociology Fading By Minda Story Here at Eau Claire we have a wide selection of majors to choose from. I unfortunately found one department that seems to be fading away, so let me tell you all a little story. I was a Sociology major here for two years. Unable to get into any classes I wanted except for the 101 class, I pulled some strings and got into one more by going to the department and demanding to be overflowed into as many as I could. Activist Peter Welch Speaks On U.S. Global Dominance By Jeremy Gragert A Canadian citizen living in the U.S. under a NAFTA work permit, social activist Peter Welch recently spoke at UW-Eau Claire about U.S. global power of the present, and the resistance to its future. He spoke most notably about how the United States, and specifically the Bush Administration, seeks to control the entire world economy through any means necessary. The Progressive Student Association (PSA) hosted the event on Thursday, November 13, and for those of you not able to make it I offer a summary of Mr. Welch's main points. Belief In A World Of Doubt: Why This Progressive Believes In God By Matthew White After over a year of activism and involvement, I've discovered that the progressive movement is largely atheistic. To most of you this is no great shock, but it made me stop and think. Not about faith, but about faith in context. I am a Christian. One of the only Christians I know of in the progressive movement. And one of the few highly progressive Christians I'm aware of. Debunking The Atheist Test By Wendy Lyman As I was shuffling through a stack of papers yesterday, I stumbled upon a little blue booklet given to me earlier this semester from Truth Matters, a new Christian organization on campus. Entitled The Atheist Test. Reading this 8-page booklet to find out if I'm really an atheist or not, I couldn't help but notice its own lack of scientific reasoning, blatant misuse of statistics, and ignorance of evolutionary theory. Who George Reykdal Is By Brian Vander Kamp George Reykdal can be seen somewhere in the Davies Center most weeknights, carrying out his duties as a rotational custodian. He is a veteran of the Vietnam War, and sports a mustache and crew cut. George is an LTE, a Limited Term Employee, and will work here as long as the University can use him. He receives no health insurance from his job, though he emphasized he is grateful for simply having work. Poetry: Ode on a Greasy Urinal By George Reykdal Who are these coming to what sacrifice? To what porcelain altar, orange stained By clockwork rivulets, the silt on ice Of a million Lethes A million brains drained? Letter to the Editor: We Know We Are Not Safe By Matthew Konradt Written in response to the article "You're Not Safe, Get Over it" by Trae Dorn, which appeared in The Flip Side Volume 1, Issue 2 (November 12th - 25th, 2003) Update: You Go, You Anti-Gay Legislators By Flip Side Staff An update to the article by Brian Vander Kamp, originally published in The Flip Side Volume 1, Issue 1. |
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