In the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s new proposed policy, which is already being followed, UWM outlines its version of “affirmative action.”

The policy states that UWM will no longer take into account only ACT scores and GPAs, but will look at many different areas in order to determine the applicant’s worthiness of being a student. I have a slight problem with this, as ethnicity is taken into regard.

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Gay marriage is probably the most divisive issue in America today after abortion. But why is it so divisive?

To get a general idea, take a look at the sides involved in the issue. On one side, it seems it is based on the sincere wish to gain acceptance (both governmental and societal). On the other side, it seems the fight is solely based on specific religious values.

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Sometimes, in class, do you feel like getting up, walking back a few rows and ripping someone’s tongue out of their head? If you have felt this way, you officially have “Attentive Student Syndrome.”

ASS is defined as an unusual disorder that involves the attempt to pay attention in classes, learn something and, in the most extreme circumstances, getting good grades. You know you suffer from ASS when you get overly angry at people talking in the back of the classroom.

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Sean Quast, how can you condemn a city (Counterpoint: Pack it up, Sept. 11) with so much history and beauty based on several problems that many if not most bigger cities have, especially in the so-called Rust Belt of central North America?

Chicago has these same problems; take a nice walk on the south side of Chicago. Ever heard of Newark? It's virtually a statistical fact that in racist America any city with a large minority population is also going to have a higher poverty rate, which leads to the other problems you feebly discussed in your "article."

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