2008 Woodie Awards
Voices Articles
The dinosaur was never funny
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We've never seen a newspaper edition of the TV program "Intervention," but we're certain this is how it would go. This letter comes to you from three comic actors and writers. For those familiar with us, we do not profess to be experts of comedy or hysterical people; rather, we are three competent beings with astute senses of humor.
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[our readers' voice]
Rates should be state's problem
In the April 2 editorial entitled "Graduation rates," a statement was made that, "These sorts of discrepancies exemplify the need for a federally enforced formula, one that would be both accurate and nationwide." Bzzzt, wrong. The problem I have with that statement really doesn't have anything to do with the formula or how it's calculated.
[our readers' voice]
Story not worthy of coverage
My problem with Wednesday's (March 26) article about Susan Colvin's contributions to the sex toy market had nothing to do with the images covering the inside pages. Pictures of things more polluting can be accessed at the click of a mouse, people don't even have to walk to go get a paper.
CM YOU
What improvements would you like to see done with Mission Street?
Enforce the rules
It's 25 feet. That's just a few more paces away from entrances. Walking through smoke is not the worst thing in the world, but it's rude (and scientifically dangerous) to smoke in front of entrances to academic buildings. Smokers can back up a few feet; non-smokers can't get farther away from the smokers who light up too close.
NASA's Future
The following editorial appeared in the St, Louis Post-Dispatch on Monday, March 31: Fifty years ago last October, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, the first man-made satellite to orbit the earth. As a direct result, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration was created a year later.
