Coverage of activity fee by Daily Wildcat not biased

This is in response to Scott Cooper's letter, "Fee would be good for student body." Clearly all that Scott read were the headlines he claims were "blatantly against the activity fee." The Wildcat coverage, unlike the coverage on the fliers "informing" students about the fee, listed the pros and cons of such a proposal. And the articles on the opinions page were in the opinions section of the paper - the one place where "bias" is OK. There is no rule that half of the staff had to be for the fee, and half against. Instead, true to the spirit of an opinions section, the staff offered its concerns with the fee. And I do think the fact that so many intelligent columnists, whose job it is to keep up on current events and their possible repercussions on the student body, should have some sort of credibility when it comes to persuading their audience. [Read article]

I came across an interesting piece while browsing the news the other day. Apparently the next G8 Summit is going to be in Sea Island, Ga., a coastal community about 80 miles south of Savannah. As you probably know, the G8 Summit usually draws huge crowds of protesters. Sometimes these people are responsible adults who go about their business in a respectful manner. But more often than not, these crowds turn into huge mobs of childish rioters. [Read article]

The evening news overwhelms the senses with flashing numbers, statistics and pictures of gore and brutal violence. Last week, the nation was subdued by the images of four contractors' mutilated bodies dragged through the streets of Iraq.

Though it may feel surreal to watch the disgusting truth of war so far away, these images spawn from a distant reality. When friends and family cross the line from an American commercial lifestyle and dive into the fray of a seemingly foreign war, those images come a little closer to home. [Read article]

Question: Do you feel that the Recording Industry Association of America subpoenaing students here at the UA is right?

"Well I feel the RIAA is making people afraid to use the Internet. But at the same time, people should have some responsibility for what they do. I think it's right and wrong."

"I think it's unnecessary. I think there are better ways to go after people who violate copyright laws than to go after the lowest guy on the totem poll." [Read article]