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Editorials

Ethics for Life

Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) stressed in his speech Monday in Gaston Hall that the war on terrorism “will not be over until Saddam Hussein is removed from power.”

Lieberman reminded audience members that Saddam already “has the means?chemical and biological weapons that he hasn’t hesitated to use .

By the January 17, 2002

Leisure

A twist of fate

When George Bush choked on a pretzel Sunday, media outlets across the world exploded in speculation. Was this a conspiracy? Is there a cover-up? Yet we at The Voice Leisure section choose to dig deeper?we mine the pits of sound bytes and news releases that have swallowed pundit and wonk alike.

By the January 17, 2002

News

Lieberman: Saddam needs to go

The United States should take immediate action to remove Iraqi president Saddam Hussein from power, said Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) on Monday. He described Hussein as a “sworn enemy of the United States” in a lecture delivered in Gaston Hall sponsored by the Lecture Fund.

By the January 17, 2002

Editorials

Plagiarism.com

The University announced last week that it will be introducing anti-plagiarism computer software from Turnitin.com. This new software is designed to aid professors in identifying student papers that have been copied or substantially paraphrased from online sources.

By the January 17, 2002

Photography

The Big Picture

The Big Picture

By the January 17, 2002

Sports

Saturday Special

I was sitting on my beer-drenched couch in the bowels of Henle last Saturday, watching the Hoyas dismantle Boston College, and then it hit me like a Brett Favre spiral across the middle: it’s great to be a college sophomore in America on a day like today. Sitting on the couch on a mild January weekend, with a cheesesteak on the way and 10 hours of uninterrupted sports coverage on tap is just an affirmation of everything right and true in the American spirit.

By the January 17, 2002

Voices

Idle days in Richmond

Austin Powers: “Two things scare me. One is nuclear war.”

Basil Exposition: “What’s the other?”

Austin Powers: “Excuse me?”

Basil Exposition: “What’s the other thing that scares you?”

Austin Powers: “Carnies. Circus folk. Nomads, you know. Smell like cabbage.

By the January 17, 2002

Leisure

Where the ladies are

In the past year, Ladyfest, a female-run music festival that originated in Olympia, Wash., has become kind of a hippie-mom version of the riot-grrrl aesthetic, fashioning that “you ain’t it, la la la” feeling into a self-reliant community, complete with radical-feminist workshops, spoken-word slams and good old-fashioned boy bashing.

By the January 17, 2002

News

Outrage

It is particularly cruel that we pass another celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and there are still 570,000 U.S. citizens right around the corner who cannot vote for a congressional representative. It’s almost mockery.

A few weeks before the Supreme Court ruled in favor of then-Governor George W.

By the January 17, 2002

Voices

A new message …

“Writing an article ? “

I just put that away message up.

“Writing an article ? “

That should get a huge response. I mean, the brilliance of it, the sheer splendor of the wit. It’s amazing. It really is. Writing an article ?

It’s got that simplistic beauty to it.

By the January 17, 2002