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NEWSDr. William Struthers, professor of psychology at Wheaton College, recently spoke in a Suter Science Center lecture on addiction to pornography, comparing it to reliance on drugs. He is researching a neural passageway connected to the phenomenon, specifically in men. Read more...
OPINIONOpinions: we all have them, and most of us love to share them, but they can be a source of much grief. Our opinion writers, Dan and myself included, often go through quite a few hoops in our quest to find a topic for the week. Read more...
BURG"Bush Is Not The Answer." "Pro-Love." "War Is Dead Wrong." "Impeach Bush For War Crimes." "Support Our Troops--Bring Them Home." These are just a few signs that I saw this past Saturday, when several of us from the WCSC house went to the anti-Iraq war march on the mall. Read more...
SPORTSFor the second straight year Erik Kratz ,'02 EMU alum, will be reporting to the Toronto Blue Jays major league training camp in Dunedin, Florida. Read more...
STYLEIt's not every day that we get to celebrate the birthday of an inanimate object. But this is exactly what communications professor Jerry Holsopple is giving us the chance to do. Read more...
OPINIONAmerica has become the new Baath party in Iraq. Besides our direct involvement with the shamefully complicit acts at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay, the governments we have sponsored in that unstable country have themselves been found to authorize torture and illegal executions. Read more...
