UA should Îdemilitarize' by eliminating ROTC program

Albert Einstein (who is generally considered to have been an intelligent man) said, "You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war." In other words, in order to achieve peace, we must boycott the business of war. The notion of seeking to create peace through preemptive force could only have been devised by a seriously shortsighted, mentally inadequate little man such as President Bush. His true legacy will be the blowback we're sure to suffer if he forges on with his immoral and hairbrained plan to attack Iraq. [Read article]

There are only two legitimate contenders in the race for student body president: J.P. Benedict and current Administrative Vice President Jered Mansell.

Benedict, a business administration and marketing senior, has never held an elected position in the Associated Students of the University of Arizona, but he's been actively involved in the Freshman Class Council, which he co-founded.

Benedict has a relaxed, confident personality that would represent the student body well. He also seems to be well educated on campus issues, and has a strong understanding of the student body president's role: to be an informed and in-tune advocate for students. [Read article]

In this age of hype and hyperbole, it's all too easy for powerful words to lose their meanings. And few words are misused more often than "hero," a once-noble word so diluted by misapplication ÷ by talk of sports heroes, say, or heroes of music or television ÷ that in many circumstances it now seems little more than a pleasant sound.

So when I say that Fred Rogers, the longtime children's television host who died last week at age 74, was one of my heroes, please don't be confused. I am not suggesting that Mr. Rogers possessed a courage or nobility that places him among the ranks of heroes like the firefighters of New York City. Mr. Rogers performed no feats of awesome bravery or swashbuckling derring-do. But in his own way, he set a powerful example for the world, an example that many of us would do well to take to heart. [Read article]