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Vol XXXIII No. 34

Monday, October 11, 1999

  Commentaries

The Educational Rewards of Cable
By KATE ROWLAND

Shortly after I moved away to college, my family made several concessions to life in the modern world. They put screens in the windows. They got rid of the washboard and bought a washing machine. They got cable. That's right. I ... [more]
On the other end of the eating disorder scale
By MIKE MARCHAND

I've seen the letters to the editor over the last couple of weeks asking for help from eating disorders, and I was happy to hear that those people are not alone and that there are places on campus to get the ... [more]
Observer supports Cárdenas
EDITORIAL

The contents of America's melting pot are changing. Today, one in 10 Americans is foreign-born, and those who immigrate to the U.S. are more likely to arrive from Latin America than from anywhere else in the world. America's 10.7 million Hispanics ... [more]
Dangers of overpopulation must be heeded for survival
LETTER TO THE EDITOR

This is in response to Gabriel Martinez's column, "Don't be afraid to let our children grow" (10/7/99). Contrary to what Martinez believes, expressing concern and fear about the effects that human overpopulation has on the world does not make a one ... [more]


Inside Column
A 'friend'ly reminder
By CHRISTINE KRALY
Associate News Editor

Friends are complicated things to have. They make you laugh, they make you cry, they make you crazy. And when they really do their job well, they make you think. It is one of life's amazing miracles to sit down with ... [more]


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