Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present
The Grizzly, the student newspaper of Ursinus College, was originally published as The Ursinus Weekly from 1902 until the Spring of 1978 when the name of the publication was changed. It is published weekly by students during the academic year.
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The Grizzly, September 8, 2005
Ali Wagner, Bart Brooks, Elsa Budzowski, Brandon Brown, Ashley Higgins, Tim Smith, Megan Helzner, Christina Fulcher, Sonia N. Gonzalez, Matthew Pastor, Danielle Langdon, Dave Marcheskie, Kerri Landis, and Salia Zouande
Hurricane Katrina Devastates Louisiana • Constitution Stirs up Debate in Iraq • Music and Comedy Greet Class of 2009 • Acting Out Project • An Ursinus Freshman Excels at an Unlikely Sport • What's New at the Berman? Preview of Ursinus' Museum of Art • Stopping the Stork • Food Pyramid Overview • Opinions: Holloway Case Should Raise Awareness; Positives and Negatives of Freshman Orientation; My House Party Dreams; Changes Around Campus • Second Half Comeback Propels Crusaders Past Bears • Field Hockey Drops Season Opener
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The Grizzly, September 1, 2005
Ali Wagner, Bart Brooks, Jonathan Gagas, Kerri Landis, Heather Turnbach, Cecily Macconchie, David Chamberlain, Matt Flyntz, Matthew Pastor, and Dave Marcheskie
Class of 2009 Arrives on Campus • Residence Life Office Hires Three New RDs • Construction Projects Underway • CIE Continues to Attract Attention • Kaleidoscope: Perfect Combination of Style and Function • Left Side of the Hallway, Slow Down • For Sexual Health, Ursinus Students Need Not Look Far • If We Knew Then, What We Know Now: Tips for Freshmen from Experienced Classmates • Opinions: A Day at Citizen's Bank Park; Three Decent Reasons for Approving John Roberts (A Democrat's Opinion); Marching with the Penguins; How to Build a Stronger Facebook Profile • Bears Look to Bounce Back in 2005 • Field Hockey Looks to Defend Title on New Field
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The Grizzly, April 28, 2005
Lauren A. Perotti, Lindsey Fund, Defne Sarsilmaz, Megan Helzner, Kristin Gorman, Christine Vanselous, Cecily Macconchie, Heather M. Trefsger, Kristin Carter, Darron Harley, Jenn McCann, Rachel Daniel, Matthew Jost, Dave Marcheskie, and Matthew Pastor
Commencement 2005 • Students Protest Laptop Buyback • Got Talent? • Kaleidoscope Opens • Diversity Week a Success • Ursinus Dancers Preview Work in the Scope • Students Prove Educational Value in Buffy • How to Have a Great Summer • "Let the Art Speak for Itself": Preview of the Annual Art Exhibition • Opinions: Most Controversial; Thoughts of a Rising Senior; Turn from Intolerance • Road to the Playoffs in Sight • Lacrosse Team Denied First Conference Win • Intramural Sports Becoming a Popular Alternative
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The Grizzly, April 21, 2005
Lauren A. Perotti, Lindsey Fund, Kristin Gorman, Cecily Macconchie, Defne Sarsilmaz, Kristin Carter, Tia Larese, Jaclyn Partyka '06, Shannon Berndtson, Christine Vanselous, Jenn McCann, Bart Brooks, Tracey Ferdinand, Dave Marcheskie, Michael Graham, and Kevin Murphy
A Taste of Asia • Students Raise Over $3,000 for Multiple Sclerosis • U.S.-Israeli Relations: On Cold Terms? • Why Kaleidoscope? • Class Elections: Who Will Get Your Vote? • Talent Show this Friday • Ursinus Students Take a Vow of Silence • New Mugs in Zack's Promote Environmental Awareness • Our Town Makes its Mark as Ritter's Last Play • Spread Your Legs and "Turn Your Head and Cough" • Opinions: Academic Honor Code: Is it Really Necessary?; Scope the "Opening"; Questions that Need to be Considered by the Ursinus Campus • Men's Baseball: Trying to Make a Push for the Playoffs • Conference Woes Continue for Men's Lacrosse • A Struggling Season Shows Some Signs of Improvement for Tennis Teams
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The Grizzly, April 14, 2005
Lauren A. Perotti, Lindsey Fund, Megan Helzner, Kristin Carter, Defne Sarsilmaz, Christine Vanselous, Jenn McCann, Jaclyn Partyka '06, Darron Harley, Michael Graham, Derek Talley, Dave Marcheskie, and Hunter Berry
Iraqi Visit for Model UN • Airband Raises Over $12k for Charity • Spring Fling is in the Air • Death of the Pope • UC's Five Year Plan • Collective Soul Concert a Success • Ritter's Last Play Debuts • Business Students go "All-in" for ALS • Art of Emotional Foreplay • Who's in the Accepted Class of 2009? • Opinions: Lesson in Filibustering: Why You Need to Know; It's my Party, I Invite Who I Want to; It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year; People Don't Cause Traffic Problems, SUVs Do • Long Week for Women's Softball • Women's Lacrosse Team Continues Winning Streak
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The Grizzly, April 7, 2005
Lauren A. Perotti, Lindsey Fund, Megan Helzner, Kristin Carter, Jenn McCann, Rachel Daniel, Jonathan Gagas, Jaclyn Partyka '06, Matt Flyntz, Ashley Higgins, Darron Harley, Matthew Pastor, Hunter Berry, Karl Michener, Kevin Murphy, and Derek Talley
The Kaleidoscope to open 4/21 • Academic Awards Ceremony • Edible Book Festival a Delicious Success • Class Trip to Mississippi Revisits the Civil Rights Movement and Transforms Students • The Week that Almost Wasn't Greek • Professors Yearn for Childcare • Major Highlight: Politics Department • New Diner Will Get Old Fast • Pleasure in Honesty • Opinions: Fighting Inner City Violence: Where is the Love?; Importance of a Living Will; Beer or Wine: What is Your Choice?; Wismer Woes • Evans Breaks 100m Record at Quaker Invitational • Men's Lacrosse Team Plays Tough in Losing Cause • Slow Start for the Men's Baseball Team
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The Grizzly, March 31, 2005
Lauren A. Perotti, Lindsey Fund, Hilary McNamara, Lauren Carrescia, Megan Helzner, Matthew Pastor, Toyna Towles, Jaclyn Partyka '06, Kristin Carter, Bart Brooks, Hunter Berry, Ashley Higgins, Derek Talley, Cecily Macconchie, and Kevin Murphy
Poem-palooza Tonight • Senior Speaks About Giving Back • Get Amped for Airband! • No Boredom Allowed • Students Petition for Comcast Cable • SERV Members Attend National Conference • Help Hobson Help Others • Ursinus Students Build House During Spring Break • Study Abroad Cancellations • Erectile Dysfunction in Young Men • Experiencing the London Perspective • A New Drink: Water from the Body • Conversation with Mike Ditty • Fitzgerald Returns to Coach Women's Lacrosse • Chemistry is the Ingredient for Success • Men's Lacrosse Team Loses in a Nail-biter to F&M
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The Grizzly, March 3, 2005
Lauren A. Perotti, Lindsey Fund, Megan Helzner, Jaclyn Partyka '06, Toyna Towles, Defne Sarsilmaz, Katy Diana, Jonathan Gagas, Dave Marcheskie, Matthew Pastor, Joseph Davido, and Kevin Murphy
Students Connect at the Job and Internship Fair • Who's Teaching Your Class Today? • Jet Heiko of Turn Your Back on Bush Visits UC • Davis Lecturer Stresses Oral Tradition • "The Stories of Our Lives": Presentation by Reverend Doctor Claudia Highbaugh • Finding the Goddess Within: Exploration of the G-Spot • Straight from the Detention Center: Review of The Face in the Mirror • Opinions: Borgata Bans Belly Bulge; Laundry Isn't That Hard!; Selfish Fun or Selfless Act? What to do on Spring Break • Bears Down F&M for a 72-70 Centennial Conference Victory • Men's Lacrosse 2005 Preview
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The Grizzly, February 24, 2005
Lauren A. Perotti, Lindsey Fund, Megan Helzner, Jenn McCann, Kristin Carter, Matthew Pastor, Christine Vanselous, Toyna Towles, Michael Graham, Matt Krolikowski, Matthew Jost, and Dave Marcheskie
Spring Break Closing Information • Board of Trustees Meet to Discuss Issues on Campus • Fundraising Facts: Numbers Increase for Airband and Tsunami Relief Effort • Negro Spirituals Celebrate Black History Month • The Face in the Mirror: A Groundbreaking New Play for Ursinus • Competing Condoms: Consumer Reports Rates the Efficacy of Various Brands • Opinions: On the Look-out for a Boat Anchor?; Does UC Give Enough Charitable Support? • Wrestlers Grapple Conferences and Nationals • Bears Clinch Playoff Berth
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The Grizzly, February 17, 2005
Lauren A. Perotti, Lindsey Fund, Heather M. Trefsger, Lynn Jusinski, Karl Michener, Jenn McCann, Matthew Jost, Heather Turnbach, Megan Helzner, Darron Harley, Rachel Daniel, Hunter Berry, Maria Deoliveira, Dave Marcheskie, and Kevin Murphy
UC Students Tour Washington D.C. to Prepare for Model UN • Wismer Music Makes a Comeback • Problems with New Member Education • Ursinus Students Sprint into SPINT Housing • Leaders Wanted: Do You Have What it Takes? • Sexual Physical Fitness • Dramaturgy: New Course for Theater • Philadelphia Gets Closer for Ursinus Students • Opinions: Speak Up, It's Your Right; God in the Government: Can we Escape Him?; What Rules the Media, Entertainment or Information? • Track and Field Team Headed in Right Direction • Lady Bears Dominate Bryn Mawr • Murray Helps Wrestling Team Remain Undefeated
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The Grizzly, February 10, 2005
Lauren A. Perotti, Lindsey Fund, Jenn McCann, Megan Helzner, Katy Diana, Hilary McNamara, Cecily Macconchie, Esther Kim, Bart Brooks, Defne Sarsilmaz, Kevin Murphy, Matthew Pastor, and Dave Marcheskie
Project Pericles: Ursinus Students Serving the Community • Break Out Your Microphone and Your Best Spandex: Here Comes Airband • USGA Updates • Burning Question: How to Prevent a Urinary Tract Infection • Literary Side of Music • Red-and-Golds at Ursinus • New Member Education: Three Weeks of Boredom for Non-Greeks? • Opinions: TheFacebook.com, I Hate You: A Victim's Story; How Great is the Nuclear Terror Threat?; Iraqi Election: Why I Really Hate Bush • Wrestling Team Continues Annihilating its Opponents • McGarvey, Smith Rally Bears Past Washington • Daley and Guntli Come up Big
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The Grizzly, February 3, 2005
Lauren A. Perotti, Lindsey Fund, Megan Helzner, Heather M. Trefsger, Jaclyn Partyka '06, Karl Michener, Defne Sarsilmaz, Matthew Jost, Hilary McNamara, Darron Harley, Ashley Higgins, Christine Vanselous, Maria Deoliveira, and Dave Marcheskie
Students Videoconference with Sri Lanka • Forensics Team Coach-less • Where Have All the Trees Gone? • It's Cold in Here • Learning the Roots and Aspects of Freedom of Expression: Special Topic Course • Contraception and the Y Chromosome: Male Birth Control Options • Influenza: How to Survive the Yearly Epidemic • Where in the World is Your Study Abroad Application? • Opinions: Random Rantings of Racial Relations; Law Should not Justify Artificial Survival • Gymnastics Team Ranked First in Nation • Fourth Time's the Charm • Gaining Ground in the Ranks of the Collegiate Wrestling World
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The Grizzly, January 27, 2005
Lauren A. Perotti, Lindsey Fund, Katy Diana, Lynn Jusinski, Heather M. Trefsger, Megan Helzner, Amanda D'Amico, Heather Turnbach, Cecily Macconchie, Amanda Bryman, Bart Brooks, Jennifer Cohen, and Matthew Pastor
Ashley Lynn McCaleb: Scholar, Daughter, Friend • I Want to be Made Into an RA • Students Take Action at the Presidential Inauguration • New Member Education Returns • Fatal Blow • Myrin Undergoes Major Changes • Tsunami Relief Efforts Taking Shape at Ursinus • Ursinus Students Make Requests for The Facebook • Opinions: Is Mother Nature Trying to Tell us Something?; Bush's New Cabinet Appointments may not be the Wisest • Bears Battling Without Stanton • Dedication and Attitude Forms a True Competitor
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The Grizzly, December 9, 2004
Lauren A. Perotti, Lindsey Fund, Jonathan Gagas, Megan Helzner, Ali Wagner, Heather Turnbach, Jasmyn Blueford, Jade Garcia, Emily Diiolia, Joseph Davido, and Matt Flyntz
Wendell Berry Visits Ursinus • In Memory of Mrs.Margot Richter • UC Theater Production Goes on the Road • DSAC Updates • New Honor Code at UC? • Ursinus Students Bring the Holidays to Campus • Civil Rights Movement Class Opens Minds • History Behind the Holidays • Reading Day • SAAC Clothing Drive • Opinions: Should Procrastination be Diagnosed as a Psychological Disease?; Out with Final Exams! Students Prefer Writing Papers; Letter to the Editor • Stanton's Jersey Officially Retired
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The Grizzly, December 2, 2004
Lauren A. Perotti, Lindsey Fund, Katy Diana, Megan Helzner, Emily Diioia, Jade Garcia, Ali Wagner, Eden Swick, Jullien Searfoss '05, Joseph Davido, James Texeira, Lynn Jusinski, Sarah Yemane, and Cecily Macconchie
UC Students Opposed to Drunk Driving • Post-election Blues Give Rise to New Interest Group on Campus • Behind Closed Doors: Secret Places on Campus • Wheelchair Basketball Rolls in the Money • Upcoming Choir Concert • Interview with the President: Strassburger Shares Plans for Ursinus • Dance Company Concert a Success • Holly Singh Presents "Mistaken Identity: Sikhs in America" at Unity House • Major Highlight: Gender and Women's Studies • Opinions: Enjoy Your Carbs this Holiday Season; Freedom on the Line • Pro Athletes Brawling with Fans • Men's Basketball Season Heating Up
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The Grizzly, November 18, 2004
Lindsey Fund, Lauren A. Perotti, Dan Devlin, Erin Hoban, Shannon Burke, Ali Wagner, Cecily Macconchie, Eden Swick, Jared Good, Eddie Murray, John Strassburger, and Caitlin McHugh
Student Reactions to Sigma Pi • President Strassburger's Letter to the Collegeville Community • Poe on Poe Recommended for Theater Festival Nomination • Ursinus College Dance Company Concert Debuts this Week • Men and Women for Feminism: Review of From the Belly • Review: What did the Moon See? • Major Highlight: Business and Economics • Opinions: Welcome to Dubya's Fun World; The Wismer Incident: Issues of Food and Money; What's Real About Reality TV • Success Does not Equal Playoff Contention for the Men's Rugby Team • Wrestling Team Puts Yet Another Beating on its Opposition
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The Grizzly, November 11, 2004
Lindsey Fund, Lauren A. Perotti, Shannon Burke, Dan Devlin, Marlena M. McMahon-Purk, Cecily Macconchie, Laura Bickert, Heather Turnbach, Jared Good, Jade Garcia, Jonathan Gagas, Joseph Davido, Jennifer Cohen, James Texeira, and Caitlin McHugh
USGA Passes Sigma Pi • Two Students Wear Questionable Costumes • Lonnie Graham is the Spark • Ursinus Proposes Possible Plans for Honor Code • The Benefits for a Professor on Sabbatical • Effects of Election Still Resonate in Ursinus Community • Do Ursinus Students Make use of Proximity to Philadelphia? • Opinions: Is Online Dating a Safe Alternative for Meeting People or a Risky Plea of Desperation?; All is not Lost for Liberals • Field Hockey Team Wins Centennial Conference Title • It's All Over for Three Women Soccer Players • The Collegeville Curse
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The Grizzly, November 4, 2004
Lindsey Fund, Lauren A. Perotti, Kerri Landis, Tia Larese, Megan Helzner, Christina Rosci, Sarah Yemane, Katy Diana, Heather Turnbach, Ali Wagner, Amanda Bryman, Cecily Macconchie, Darron Harley, Eden Swick, Joseph Davido, and Caitlin McHugh
Leadership Students Experience the Sounds of Halloween • Bourbon Street & Beads: Homecoming Dance Preview • Chris Heinz Visits Ursinus • Four Ursinus Students Finalists for Watson Fellowship • New Office Provides Extended Opportunities for Altruism • Ursinus Students Remain Divided on Iraq • Career Services Keeps Post-Graduate Success High • Opinions: When Sex Ends with Whoops!; Ur-whine-us; In Drugs we Should not Trust • Field Hockey Team Enters CC Playoffs with a 17-1 Overall Record • Winter Sports Predictions • Swim Team Looks to Make a Splash this Season
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The Grizzly, October 28, 2004
Lauren A. Perotti, Lindsey Fund, Megan Helzner, Darron Harley, Sarah Yemane, Eden Swick, Matt Sundheim, Dan Devlin, Ali Wagner, Heather Turnbach, Shannon Burke, Emily Diioia, Kyle Kauffman, Joseph Davido, Eddie Murray, and Matt Krolikowski
Don't Let Wismer Food Scare You; DSAC is Here to Help! • Senior Halloween Party Coming to a Barn Near You • RHA Halloween Decorating Contest Returns • Halloween not for Everyone • Omwake, a Haunted House for the Community • Cheap, Last-minute Costumes Down the Road • It's a Witch! • Hobson Ghosts: Past and Present • Eastern State Penitentiary: Does it Frighten You? • Opinions: Are Halloween Costumes Just for Fun, or Can They be Offensive?; How Old is Too Old to Trick or Treat?; Halloween Hijinks • The Thompson-Gay Era and the Gym Named in Their Honor • Nightmares on Broad Street
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The Grizzly, October 14, 2004
Lauren A. Perotti, Lindsey Fund, Megan Helzner, Jonathan Gagas, Cecily Macconchie, Jasmyn Blueford, Shannon Burke, Matt Krolikowski, Ali Wagner, Tommy Herrmann, Chris Curley, Ashley Higgins, Eddie Murray, and Jennifer Cohen
Walk for AIDS Awareness • Tenure: How to Make Your Vote Count • Powderpuff Football Raises Money for Cancer Research • Ex Voto Artist Speaks on Campus • Princeton Review Wants Your Opinion • Ursinus Faith • Learning Versus Earning in the College Years • From Humor to Horror: Poe on Poe Preview • Opinions: Who is to Blame for the Vioxx Withdrawal?; Segregation in Wismer; Phone Phollies; Blurring the Lines in American Media • Women's Soccer Team Fools the Oddsmakers • Conduct in Pro Sports Becoming an Issue
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The Grizzly, October 7, 2004
Lindsey Fund, Lauren A. Perotti, Tia Larese, Lynn Jusinski, Eden Swick, Chris Curley, Megan Helzner, Dan Devlin, Jade Garcia, Ashley Higgins, Amanda Bryman, Aziz Shaikh, and Cecily Macconchie
Ursinus Students Help in the Fight Against Cancer • New Sports Bar Opening Near Campus • Sigma Who? Students try to Bring National Fraternity to Campus • Did you Watch the Presidential Debates? • Spotlight on Alpha Sigma Nu • Ursinus Political Campaign • From Ursinus to the Publishing House: An Interview with Dr. Schroeder • Opinions: Political Campaign Ads: Too Negative or the Price we Pay for Living in a Democracy?; Why not the Guillotine?; Curbside Pickup: A Classier Alternative to Fast Food; Wismer Worries; Passing Time with Haikus • Ursinus Cross Country 2004 Kicks-off • Field Hockey Comes out Strong in 2004 Season
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The Grizzly, September 30, 2004
Lauren A. Perotti, Lindsey Fund, Christina Rosci, Megan Helzner, Dan Devlin, Lynn Jusinski, Matt Krolikowski, Heather Turnbach, Sarah Tax, Darron Harley, Ashley Higgins, Shannon Burke, Eden Swick, Thomas Herrmann, Claire Derosen, and Sarah Yemane
USGA has Second Thoughts • Campus Philly Kick-off Week • Lights Out at UC • Where Will You go? UC Study Abroad Programs • Andrew Sullivan to Speak at Ursinus • Easy Access to Social Security Numbers Causes Some Concerns • The Aid Game • Why Study Abroad? • Opinions: Appealing to a Younger Demographic; Experiencing the Miss America Pageant Live; MTV Generation of Choosers and Losers; Ready Maim Fire • Baseball Preview • Women's Soccer Defeats Immaculata • Women's Rugby Claws way to Victory
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The Grizzly, September 23, 2004
Lauren A. Perotti, Lindsey Fund, Dan Devlin, Cecily Macconchie, Shannon Burke, Erin Hoban, Heather Turnbach, Jonathan Gagas, Ali Wagner, Bridget Taylor, Christopher Curley, and Eddie Murray
Get Down in the Lounge • USGA Amendments Cause Controversy • Wismer Rumors Exposed • Family Day is Just Around the Corner • You got SERVed! • Medulla: Soul for Your Brain • Lead the Way: UC Leadership Studies Program • Care to Dance? • Opinions: Should More Public Places Move Towards a Complete No-smoking Policy?; Tattoo or not to Tattoo? • My Summer Vacation Camping at Death Pond • The Kobe Bryant Saga
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The Grizzly, September 16, 2004
Lauren A. Perotti, Lindsey Fund, Ruth Dell, Darron Harley, Megan Helzner, Chris Curley, Laura Bickert, Katy Diana, Matt Krolikowski, Shannon Burke, Ashley Higgins, Eden Swick, Erin Hoban, and Christina Rosci
Ursinus Goes Wireless • New Bookstore, New Look, Same Sentiments • Project Pericles Seeks to Remedy Political Apathy • Election 101: Who do you Side With? • Environmental Studies Professor gets with the Program • Ursinus Student Awarded $40,000 Grant • Are Ursinus Students Apathetic? • Ursinus Professors Dance the Night Away in Russia • Opinions: Should the Miss America Pageant Qualify as one of the Great American pastimes?; Why America Needs Four More Years of George W. Bush; Surviving 'R-ships' in College • Field Hockey Team Continues Where They Left Off • Men's Soccer Shows Promise
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The Grizzly, September 9, 2004
Lauren A. Perotti, Lindsey Fund, Ruth Dell, Jade Garcia, Laura Bickert, Heather Turnbach, Eden Swick, Cecily Macconchie, Emily Diloia, Felicia Chou, Matt Krolikowski, Ashley Higgins, Dan Devlin, Christopher Curley, Lynn Jusinski, Bridget Taylor, Jared Good, Thomas Herrmann, James Texeira, Maureen McCarthy, Eddie Murray, Jasmyn Blueford, and Samantha Cole
Make a Difference: How to Register to Vote • Computer Thefts Under Investigation • Republicans say "Yes" to Four More Years with Bush • A Costly Look at Carelessness • STAR Sponsors "One Night" • Turnpike Tolls Increase for Commuters • Insider's Tips to Undergraduate and Graduate Awards • Been to Synagogue Lately? • Safety First • Segregation by Letter? • The Pop-up Problem • UC Fringe Festival Opens Wednesday • Parking at Ursinus Robs Convenience • Opinions: Is Technology Making Life Easier or Lazier?; Life During Wartime; Lick it, Stamp it, Mail it and then Rock the Vote • 2004 Bears Football Outlook • UC Hires new Cross Country / Track & Field Coach • Now that Stanton is Gone: Men's Basketball Preview • Bearcox Preview • Olympic Games: Competitive or Controversial?