While the UA still allows them, a consortium of 26 law schools has been denying military recruiters access to campus as a response to the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy toward gays. Should schools be allowed to keep recruiters off campus?

Law schools have right to oppose a government policy without losing funding

Law schools around the country determine who is allowed to recruit on their campuses based on strict anti-discrimination policy under the guidelines of the American Association of Law Schools. These guidelines and bylaws state that professional recruiters at law schools may not engage in hiring discrimination on the basis of race, gender, religion or sexual orientation. Law schools deny access to any employer that would violate this edict. [Read article]

Student response should be to ignore, debate, not yell

Evangelical preacher Jed Smock was back at the UA yesterday, spewing his outdated views on multiculturalism and gender inequality from his now-customary spot: a mini-folding chair in the middle of Alumni Plaza.

"Brother Jed" has spent more than a week garnering scowls from passers-by, earning heated reaction from those that find the time to stay and listen, and drawing a chuckle or two from the few who wander outside to watch his show each afternoon. [Read article]

Thompson a literary giant

Hunter S. Thompson, literary maverick and popular gonzo journalist, took his own life on Sunday. His death represents the rolling back of a progressive era and the failure of its flag bearers to storm Capitol Hill and dig in. There are no more excuses now.

Many feel as if we have been on a steady march to The End since the election of Reagan, and now that the truths Thompson helped to coax out of the cave have gone back into hibernation, the feeling of a world closing down pervades. Just 30 years after Nixon was chased from office, a worthy successor has turned this country into a monolith of everything he stood for. [Read article]