Archive for ‘October, 2008’

LETTER: Wiesel lecture only last for the year

Your fine article on Elie Wiesel’s speech (‘Wiesel week, p. 1′) in the Tuesday, Oct. 28 issue of The Daily Free Press was excellent.’ But there is one glaring mistake.

SONI: Cry, the beloved continent

Rotten democracy is a common theme in Africa. One can see it in places like Zimbabwe, where corrupt and power-hungry politicians like Robert Mugabe are willfully letting their beloved lands go to waste so the reigns of power will not be handed to those who truly deserve them.

STAFF EDIT: Tuition pain

It’s the most pressing issue for college students and their families today: affordability. The entire nation is affected by the current financial failures of its economic pillars, and the ever-rising costs of a college education have only added to families’ inability to make ends meet. With the crunch pressuring Americans at both ends, more needs to be done to ease what has become the tremendous burden of college education.

Wiccans find recognition, freedom at BU

In the dark basement of Marsh Chapel, 15 students stood in a circle Wednesday night with burning candles and incense, waiting to begin the ritual.

Poor students pay extra under law

Two congressional provisions aimed at easing the loan burdens of low-income college graduates are meeting resistance from some advocacy groups that claim the wording of the provisions makes students pay too much.