First came the finger-flicking sensation of pogs, second came the life-sustaining AOL Instant Messenger Service, then the dramatic Livejournal blog arrived, which allowed for washed-up high school cheerleaders to whine about how they don't have the latest ponchos from Abercrombie & Fitch. Time has moved on and now college students are presented with the ever-useless and evil Thefacebook.com.

Thefacebook is a Web site that hosts categories of different universities across the United States and allows for students at each school to set up a personal profile. Once a student signs up and sets up his profile, he can browse through the profiles of other students and make the life-or-death decision of adding them as a "friend." [Read article]

Is teaching science in a science class wrong? Apparently, it is, according to some UA students. Case in point: On Nov. 9, anthropology professor J. Jefferson Reid used parts of a New York Times article that mentioned the theory of evolution in his Anthropology 205: "Clovis to Coronado" gen ed class.

Despite the fact that Reid did not actively back evolution, just using the article to show examples of how differing theories are argued was enough to cause a stir in his classroom. The casual mention of evolution was so controversial, in fact, that two of his students complained to their parents who, in turn contacted, John Olsen, head of the anthropology department. [Read article]

Frat supporters should give support, not attacks

After reading the opinions section of the Daily Wildcat I have noticed a few things. Max Kellogg said, "The Daily Wildcat is not supposed to publish anything that is considered a personal attack." In my honest opinion, some of these letters in response to Mr. Deininger are guilty of being "personal attacks." Mr. Deininger did not say that his source stated anything about homosexual transmission of the diseases. He is also stated that he is not a homophobe, which everyone has claimed him to be. [Read article]