CMU's culture of competitive complaining belittles us all
I’m told it happens at every top-tier school; my friend at Harvard calls it “the suffering game.” I call it I-got-less-sleep-than-you-did. It’s a conversation...
Say What? Unilateralism is unfair
An issue that arises at most private institutions, not excluding this campus, is the lack of student involvement in decision-making processes. If we are...
Bush deserves credit for our strong economy
The current media cycle, with its unrelenting ?Hate Bush? agenda, has blatantly ignored the substantial economic growth of the past few years. When Bush...
Race not ready to be non-issue
For many Americans, the French seem inexplicably different, embodying everything that is ?European.? Recently, however, more astute citizens have seen...
Local young women refuse to be objectified
?Who needs brains when you have these?? That?s the slogan on one of two T-shirts Abercrombie & Fitch will no longer sell after the retailer conceded...
Letter to the Editor
Over the last few weeks, I have read two articles, both appearing in The Tartan?s Forum section, about the Arab-Israeli conflict. Both articles had valid...
Presidential Perspectives
The Joint Funding Committee (JFC) season is coming up very quickly and there are many important and positive changes this year that I am excited to tell...