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Around here BGSU is known as the STD capital...

Probably the safest and easiest place to get some is where everyone else is paranoid over the rumors. Just remember to wear a raincoat.

Like the fact that he's pro-life. Or the fact that he wants to withdraw from the UN and reinstate a foreign policy that borders on isolationism. Or his 19th Century economic policies.

Well there you go.

"Borders on isolationism" is nearly a direct quote from the media, and false. Going after the terrorists directly (via Marque and Reprisal) while persuing diplomacy with foreign countries and encouraging fair trade and travel does not equal isolationism or even borderline isolationism. Ron's policy is one of non-interventionism, which is dramatically different. Here are a few examples that explain the difference. You claim people know Ron's message. In my experience, this is one of the most repeated falsehoods I hear.

And for crying out loud, you dislike the war in Iraq yet want to stay in the U.N.?! The U.N. is largely responsible for our involvement in Iraq! (see Resolution 1441) How can you condemn pulling out when they are an abomination that does nothing but threaten our sovereignty for the so-called benefit of the world ... and at our expense and reputation?


And what about Ron's economic policies are 19th century? Are you saying that Steve Forbes, who has praised Ron's economic ideas, also has the same 19th century mentality?

• Stopping the declining value of the dollar by printing more money?
• Less spending by the federal government?
• Ending over-regulation?
• Stop the wasted attempts to pay of debt and its interest with more debt?
• Providing tax credits to increase competition and new ideas rather than "writing checks" to the companies with the best lobbyists?
• Getting rid of the organization largely responsible for our economic woes - the Federal Reserve?

Oh wait, I bet you're referring to the "gold standard" myth. Though it hasn't stopped the media from twisting his words, Ron has stated more than once that he's not necessarily for a gold standard. What he does want, is to restore the value of the dollar and has suggested competing currencies (he even just made a speech in congress about this in the last few weeks) as one way to achieve that.

Ron's economic plan (if you bothered reading it), is clearly far from being 19th century.

Please tell me I'm wrong and you have a solid example of what you mean.

In any case, it is NOT the president's job to manage the economy! Nor should it be. He or she should uphold the constitution and let the market take care of itself (where possible of course, there are exceptions thanks to years of government involvement).


Pro-life is his personal view, not his federal policy. His position is to get the federal government out of moral issues such as this one. While I don't agree with his personal view necessarily, moving the issue to local government (where people have more of a say) is a fair and constitutional compromise.

Regardless, the issue of abortion is nothing more than a diversion from the real problems we face. It's a talking point to make people feel good about themselves. Choosing a president based on this issue, when the federal government has no constitutional abilit

Oreos? We all know Cookie Monster prefers chocolate chips!

Anyway, it's all a moot point now that cookies are a sometimes food.

ahh this is the problem.

Here at BGSU they don't want to teach that. They want to teach you how THEY want you to think.

The president (Sidney Ribeu) has recently instated his "Core Values" program.

* respect for one another
* cooperation
* intellectual and spiritual growth
* creative imaginings
* pride in a job well done

Now, what I am really annoyed w/is his "minority initative" trying to recruit more minorities to the University and promote "diversity". Doing this is not such a problem but the campus itself is primarily caucasion. He is trying to show that we are not this way by making sure that all University ads, etc are showing minority students as the majority. Basically lying to the public about the massive exclusion of non-white students.

All teachers at the University seem to teach certain topics and want nothing else. It has been said in the Opinion columns of the University paper (The BGNews that everyone knows that if you want a good grade on a paper just write about the political agenda that the teacher openly discusses (differs per prof) and you are set. Go against that and you will Fail. Now, myself I haven't seen too much of that (as far as paper writing goes) but I definitly disagree w/the profs openly expressing their political/social views to the class. No one cares if you are Republican/Democrat and if you hate Gore/Bush (for example purposes only).

In college you are supposed to learn to learn. Not learn how the prof/president feels how you should act outside the University.

Stop worrying about core fucking values (Kindergarten is for that) and start worrying about teaching us what we should learn.

That is just my worthless .02

recently there have been many articles in our campus newspaper about the speed of the network being slowed by MP3 transfers (not really, but they have to make an excuse for the poor technology). They are apparently blocking all access to Napster servers (or ports I really don't know). I recieve a "no route to host" error when I try to connect now.

I really think that in order for Napster to live on they are going to have either allow for random ports or a lot of people are going to have to start setting up servers :)