The UWM Post

I was walking across UWM’s campus the other day when I came upon one of those chalk propagandas written in pink on the sidewalk. “Campus apparel is made in sweatshops,” it proclaimed. So, what’s wrong with that?

This past summer, as I am sure we all remember, there was a recall of nearly all fresh tomatoes available. I could not tell you how many times I was asked if the tomatoes we were selling where I work were involved in the recall due to the finding of salmonella on a bunch of bad fruit.

With the November election approaching, every news station and paper is giving us all the bad news we can stomach. The stock market is plummeting, education is terrible, costs are up and profits are down, jobs are disappearing and there is no end in sight. What will we, as the American people, do about it? Wait. Just wait.

You may have noticed the John McCain banner hanging from one of the offices on the third floor of the Union as you walk through Spaights Plaza. Well, Union officials noticed it too, after it had been hanging for several weeks.

Before engaging in a debate on abortion two things must always be stated. First, abortions have existed for thousands of years. What is new in modern society are not abortions, but the fact that they are now regulated for the first time in history. Second, abortion is a complex debate that does not boil down to questions like, “When does life begin” or “Why do women have abortions.”

A lot of critics have contended that Obama's campaign is little more than rhetoric, a campaign based on the ill-conceived premise of "hope" or "change" that has little substance when you get down to it.

Why do we show those bloody photographs?

An email was sent to all UWM students today announcing the release of the latest crime statistics/annual security report for UWM.

In the mists of a financial crisis we all must be wary of the enemy within, as Marcus Cicero would say – the enemy whose sly whispers rustle through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself.

In the first presidential debate John McCain confirmed his promised funding freeze, which includes funding for science and technology next year and perhaps beyond. Barack Obama argued strongly for increased support for science and education as critical for the future of the country. Do these differences matter?