Laura Keslar

Keslar is a pre-pharmacy junior and a returning columnist from the desert wasteland otherwise known as Yuma. She fears chickens, ducks and other assorted fowl, and would rather see them on the dinner plate than walking anywhere near her. While she still maintains her massive collection of Donald Rumsfeld pictures, she has plans of spending less time drooling and more time emulating that handsome old man. Other old, possibly dead, men she loves and tries to emulate include Barry Goldwater and F.A. Hayek. She has become addicted to not only the time-old stimlant coffee, but she has also joined the masses in their addiction to blogging, LiveJournal and Thefacebook. Her column will appear Mondays. [Read article]

Another semester of learning, another semester of reading the Arizona Daily Wildcat.

The fold you're eyes are glued to right now - not to mention each of the other 31 pages in your hand - is for readers just like you.

And whether you turned here by choice, stopped for a peek en route to the Police Beat (page 11 today) or the crossword (page 29) or are one of those "back-row" scholars intent on reading the Wildcat in class despite your professors' vehement requests - OK, demands - not to, I speak these words directly to you as well. [Read article]

Article on women's plaza displayed sexist bias

How ironic. The Wildcat shows its sexism in a story about honoring women in the Alumni Plaza. How is it that someone who is supposed to be a reporter got away with writing "the first woman to serve as an Arizona Supreme Court Justice, the first congresswoman from Arizona and the wife of UA President Peter Likins." Apparently these women aren't important enough to include their names in the article, just the fact that they are women. Whoever the editor is should get plenty of chastising for this as well. It is their responsibility to make sure the news is reported - not some vague reference to a position. It's also sad that Likins' wife is there, as if to imply, "Don't worry. Even if you don't do anything important, you can always marry someone who is." [Read article]