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Editorial/Opinion ArticlesChavez plays politics with oilPresident changed constitution, manipulates other nationsByIt was with no surprise that Hugo Chavez called President Bush "the devil" during his speech at the U.N. conference Sept. 20. Two weeks prior to this conference, the Venezuelan president told Bush that he would cut down oil supplies to the United States if it attacked Iran. Spectator editorial:A ban on the bandChancellor justified in punishing entire UW Marching BandByThe UW-Madison Marching Band has two traditions - a tradition of wild popularity with fans and, according to university administrators, a tradition of "crude and lewd" hazing-related behavior. After incidents on the band's bus on a return trip from Ann Arbor, Mich. Apathy plagues a materialistic worldReach out to those around you, follow current eventsByHow many of you out there consider yourselves good souls? How many of you, my readers, truly believe in your hearts the idea that when the time comes to do good deeds, you will, indeed, perform these good deeds? There's a quote by Martin Luther King, Jr. and it whistles to the tune of, "We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people. Booklet deemed ethicalEditors explain decision to publish controversial 'Stop the Madness' adByRecently, some groups and individuals on campus have expressed anger over the paid insert concerning abortion that ran in the Oct. 2 issue of The Spectator. As editors of the paper, we feel it is our duty to inform our readers about why we chose to run the advertisement, the process by which it was decided and hopefully "Stop the Madness," pun intended. Diplomacy by other meansNorth Korea uses nuclear weapons to force U.S. talksByIf the reports are to be believed, the detonation of North Korea's first operational atomic weapon heralds a new era of relations with the dictatorship. While the Bush administration continues to advocate its hard-line, no-negotiations stance toward the country, it has become painfully clear that North Korea has gained a decisive diplomatic advantage over the United States. |
