With Super Tuesday quickly approaching and candidates dropping like flies, it seems every eye on campus is fixated on the upcoming presidential election.
Is a medical resident who works 40 hours or more per week a student or not?
That’s the question being asked right now in Minneapolis’ U.S. District Court in a civil lawsuit filed by the University in December 2006. The case is expected to be heard by Judge Richard Kyle on Feb. 21.
Who knows what the doctor or nurse was doing before they got to you. Taking blood? Fingering a skin fungus? Telling someone to turn his head and cough? Before they ask you to open wide for the tongue depressor, you’d better hope you’re in the lucky 20 to 50 percent who get clean hands.
When Ron Paul first ran for president, in 1988, he supported the federal death penalty; now he opposes it. In 30 years of political life, though, that’s as far as Ron Paul’s positions have advanced. On key social issues of our day, Ron Paul is still stuck in a very non-libertarian past.
To John Edwards: $300 haircuts are a bad idea. As is pursuing a White House bid immediately after your wife has been diagnosed with cancer. P.S. your own state doesn’t like you.
To Rudy: Next time, don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Campaigning was almost as bad an idea as cheating on your wife — family values, Rudy.
