Thanks for the April Fools Wildcat edition

Excellent April Fool's edition! It's definitely the funniest one that I can remember. I've come to expect the annual shenanigans in the comics, but the mock articles in the Go Wild section were even funnier than what you find in The Onion. Too bad the day only comes once a year.

Justin Cranmer
UA alumnus

Requiring more courses won't help students [Read article]

After viewing the recent student performance of Shakespeare's "Hamlet," I got to thinking about some of the tragedies we face closer to campus. There's a lot of opportunity for heroic downfall around here, especially near construction sites. Just as in the Elizabethan era, we've got a lot of players around here (of sorts), and Shakespeare class is nothing short of a waking nightmare.

But if there's one place on this campus fraught with tragedy, it's the Integrated Learning Center. Now there is an ill-fated country if ever I saw one. Not to compare myself to Willie S., but I think the circumstances are worth writing about. [Read article]

While researching a paper about the relationship of scientific research and industry last weekend, I came across a quote that keeps echoing in my head: "The search for truth also implies a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be true."

Condoleezza Rice initially spoke to the Sept. 11 commission behind closed doors, refusing to testify under oath. Yet she had no problem disseminating her views to a cornucopia of media sources. She said Sunday, "There is an important principle involved here: It is a long-standing principle that sitting national security advisers do not testify before the Congress." [Read article]

Less than a month after the student government tried to act like an actual legislative body by passing a resolution condemning violence in the Middle East, it has turned around and pulled a move that would have any constituency up in arms - calling for an election on less than a week's notice.

The senate voted Wednesday night to send a $30 student activity fee to a special student election beginning Monday. The fee would generate between $1.2 million and $1.4 million for concerts and other entertainment events on campus. [Read article]