The University News

Student supports smoking ban

Michelle Hasan • February 29, 2008

Words cannot justify how overjoyed I was to learn that the smoking referendum was passed in this week's election. To have 63 percent of the voting population agree that smoking outdoors should be limited to designated areas is a substantial fact, which proves that the student body truly knows what will benefit the Saint Louis University community as a whole.

Parent requests ride board

defaultuser • February 29, 2008

As a parent of a current freshman, I am frustrated that there seems to be no apparent means for students to connect with other students who need rides to and from different locations. My suggestion therefore is to create this for all students at SLU to use.

Stagnation, inflation, speculation and the upside of a market downturn

R.H. Popli • February 29, 2008

Significant drops in the New York Stock Exchange have led many people to believe that the U.S. economy is about to enter a recession. And, with the almighty dollar on the line, college students' great endeavors of purchasing PlayStation 3s by the truckload may be offset.

Point: The economy

Andrew Pollock • February 29, 2008

The $168 bilion economic stimulus package recently passed through Congress and approved by President George W. Bush will provide many Americans with a certain measure of relief, as the nation faces a recession this year. Approximately 137 million Americans will receive tax rebates shortly after the April 15 deadline.

Counterpoint: The economy

NICOLE PUHL • February 29, 2008

Have you ever tried putting out a forest fire with a garden hose? If you're semi-logical, you haven't. Yet this, in essence, is what Congress is attempting with its economic stimulus package, which will provide $600 tax rebates for individuals, $1,200 rebates for couples and $300 rebates for veterans.

Sub-prime borrowers venture into the heart of economic recession

George Caputa • February 29, 2008

I know it may be hard to believe, but it used to be quite difficult to get a credit card. You used to have to apply. There were no pre-approved notices in the mail. Credit card companies' points of view before 2006 was that you shouldn't give someone a credit card if there were a possibility that he, or she, couldn't pay his, or her, bill.

Equity as an achievable ideal

Editorial Board • February 29, 2008

The student body has selected next year's Student Government Association executives: president, Samantha Howard; executive vice president, Alex Joyce; financial vice president, Jonathan Perdue; academic vice president, Samantha Morr; and administrative vice president, Michael Harriss.

Smoking debate ignites controversy

Travis Brimhall • February 22, 2008

At the referendum debates on Tuesday night, Carly Caminiti and Emily Meyers mindlessly regurgitated their party line, while a pair of self-righteous pseudo-intellectuals (this writer included) scrambled to get a coherent thought together in response. No one could care less.

VP backs ban

Carly Caminiti • February 22, 2008

This year, we are lucky to have the opportunity to vote on an extremely important public health issue on the SGA ballot: second-hand smoke exposure on campus. As such, we must act in the best interest of the well being of our campus and work to protect the health of everyone.

Revisiting the smoking issue

Joe Piehl • February 22, 2008

As election day approaches our campus, I am a non-smoker concerned about the referendum to further limit smoking on campus. Even though DPS has stated that smoking in the parking garages and on sidewalks will be safe for smokers, I do not think people will walk to the edge of campus to smoke.

Former senator advocates fee

David Kilper • February 22, 2008

As a former SLU undergraduate who campaigned in favor of the last student activity fee increase, I wish to counter Chris Wintrode's misleading commentary. ("Show SGA the money," Feb. 15). His attempt at a law-school style hypothetical distorts the truth about the current proposal.

From SGA, with love

SGA • February 22, 2008

Dearest Constituent, I'm so glad you left that note for me, the members of SGA, in last week's paper. I began to wonder if you even noticed what I've been doing for you. I know it's easy to blame me for being distant; my busy schedule keeps me in meetings with administrators and student leaders.