Weird News
Celibate monk’s charges dropped
A celibate Buddhist monk named Hoa Trung Nguyen from Sydney, Australia, was convicted last year of soliciting a prostitute. A policewoman posing as a prostitute claimed the man was trying to pick her up after he asked her how much she charged for her services.
Salon offers new hope to cancer patients
A colorful assortment of stylish straw and Sunday hats hang from the pale pink walls of the beauty salon. On the floor, wooden baskets holding scarves, crochet and fleece hats and baseball caps clutter the small room. Ceiling-high shelves on one wall display wigs of nearly every color and style.
Fire alarm leaves students in the dark
“It all started with me going to bed around (midnight). Then, I was abruptly (awakened) by my roommate flailing her arms yelling, ‘Chelsee! Fire!’ ” said Chelsee Meyers, a freshman business major living in Gladding Residence Center III, the dormitory that houses honors students.
Your Turn: Letters to the Editor
Longer library hours
Fellow students:
Since I have been involved in the Student Government, the students have repeatedly cried out for longer hours at the James Branch Cabell Library. This year, the library hours were extended from 12:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.
Opinion in Brief
The university administration should act quickly to put into effect before next semester a recent resolution passed by the Monroe Park Campus Student Government Association to extend the add-drop period at the beginning of the semester from one week to two.
National Focus: O Captain, My Captain?
How much is too much? Three ethics violations? Four? Five?
Normally ethics violations would be decided by the House Ethics Committee, but it has been frozen in inaction for months now. Why? Republicans have changed the committee’s rules not to investigate ethics violations when one party raises an objection.
Taxes for the wealthy (or not)
Throughout America this week, citizens rich and poor will prepare to send in their federal income tax returns. While taxes are a vital part of our country as we know it, as they pay for everything, taxation remains a burden whose bearer is still up for debate.
‘Make-a-Wrist’ Foundation: Rubber bracelets, reduced to a fashion symbol, cheapen the spirit of giving
Who would’ve thought that a cancer-surviving bicycle superhero would start a preppy fad that would take over college campuses and the world in general? Not me. No offense to the great man who beats the crap out of those Europeans at their own game, but Lance Armstrong’s idea to raise money for cancer research was a bit under-thought.
Grammar problems
The article about the sexiest vegetarian has many misuses of “their” in cases when “there” should be used or “they’re” etc. I’d hope that you will do better in editing.
Peter Jennings diagnosed with lung cancer
NEW YORK (AP) – Some regular ABC viewers suspected something was amiss when Peter Jennings didn’t report to work over the weekend when the pope died, just the kind of important international story he loves to cover.
Now they’ve learned the sad reason why: Jennings has lung cancer.