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There is a sad truth that exists beyond the cozy confines of Harvard's ivy-covered walls and teeny rooms. Actually, that's unfair to the rest of Cambridge - it should come as no surprise that this city, dominated by Harvard in a Stalin-like fashion, is just as sheltered as the university itself.
By Doug Mulliken in Forum

2. Biased Broadcasting Company
Published Thursday, October 23, 2003

When an American thinks of statesponsored television, he probably envisions the Iraqi information minister breathlessly insisting there are not and never were Americans in Iraq, or alternatively that they're all dead. But government-supported news does exist in the free world, and usually it reports on more contentious issues than Big Bird's letter of the day on PBS's Sesame Street.
By Christopher Re in Forum

3. The Lying Game
Published Thursday, October 23, 2003

In the world of media, lie as often as youcan get away with it. If you get caught in a lie, the first thing to do is to call the other side blatant liars. The second thing is to promptly declare victory and leave the room. And if a bomb should explode while you're earnestly telling reporters that there are "No Americans in Baghdad," the true man of media would, while calmly taking a sip from your teacup? You should declare that the Great and Invincible Saddam Hussein is mercifully dropping them on his own city to scare off the non-existent American forces that will anyways be soon crushed under the heels of the peace loving Iraqi army.
By Chang Liu in Forum

4. Open Widener
Published Thursday, October 23, 2003

As I sit in my house library late Saturday night listening to the drunken revelry outside, I am faced with two very frightening dilemmas. One, I am about to be kicked out of the library in less than an hour and I am nowhere close to finishing my problem sets or with cramming for midterms.
By Kelly Shue in Forum

5. The poisoned airwaves
Published Thursday, October 23, 2003

"You wanted war but it's not done. / You bombed us first and thought you won. / Now the rest of you can wait. / We still recall who bombed Kuwait. / Yakety yak (Bomb Iraq).""You wanted war but it's not done. / You bombed us first and thought you won. / Now the rest of you can wait.
By Toby Romano in Forum