The Goodspeed Update

The word on the street: Prof. Matthew Lassiter was wearing a Howard Dean button in class today.

“… Let’s stop the hysteria and honestly ask ourselves what is sprawl? “Sprawl” is the unfortunate pejorative title government planners give to economic development that takes place in areas they can’t control. In reality, “sprawl” is new houses, new school buildings, new plants, and new office and retail facilities. “Sprawl” is […]

A Letter From the Editor
A few months ago, a friend of mine was telling me that although they liked my website, they rarely posted comments because of the “machismo.” I was troubled - they were an involved, political, well-informed person, and I certainly wanted them to feel they could participate. Part of my goal of […]

The Greeks Fight Back
Things are certainly heating up when it comes to the University’s administration’s dealings with undergraduates. The Greek community, upset by a plan concocted with little or no input from them which would institute a number of changes including delaying fall rush, making houses substance-free, and requiring live-in advisors, has organized a petition […]

Did somebody say, “Student Activism and Social Change”?
“As the sexual freedom of the 1960s and 1970s gave way to campuswide concern about women’s physical safety, sexual harassment and rape became major student issues. The old in loco parentis rules had become unenforceable, which provided both an opportunity for greater exploitation of women and genuine opportunity […]

He’s given no evidence that “it” ever existed …
“President” Bush’s 2003 State of the Union address. In addition to the notorious “Uranium from Africa line” (proven a lie) this segment in particular is rife with distortions and outright lies:
“… The United Nations concluded in 1999 that Saddam Hussein had biological weapons sufficient to produce […]

Something I thought I’d never see: some MSA executives showing a little spine and stirring things up a bit, here in an open letter to Mary Sue Coleman:
” … We know the current budget crisis affects the allocation of University resources and that you, President Coleman, are committed to ensuring University students the best education […]