Intelligent debate of intelligent design

By Editorial Board
OPINIONS| F. Scott Fitzgerald once said, “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.

Ash in the Snow

By Darren Franich
OPINIONS| I figured it would be a bit of an adjustment coming to Berlin. I’m a California boy. I’m used to winter being the partially-cloudy-with-light-change-of-semi-rain period awkwardly lodged between the falling leaves and hopeful energy of Fall (this year — THIS YEAR — I’ll make it happen) and the lazy sunburnt broken dreams of Spring (whatever, man, puff puff pass).

There are no fish in the sea

By Navin Sivanandam
OPINIONS| The problem with the mundane repetitiveness of a cliche is often not that it is obvious, but rather that it is rarely true.

Write a freshman column

By Barrett W. Sheridan
OPINIONS| As a debut columnist, it seemed natural to start my tenure by mocking others. A fleeting moment of nostalgia reminded me that one of my favorite things to do as a freshman was mock the freshman columnists.

Stanford protects animal rights

By Linda Cork
OPINIONS| Matthew Liebman’s opinion piece on animal research is misleading and distorts the facts. On Jan. 21, 2005, he and Claire Wagenseil spent more than two hours with me and the Attending Veterinarian for Stanford, toured Stanford’s animal facility and learned in detail the way Stanford and its Animal Care and Use Committee and veterinarians work to protect animals in research, including rats, mice and birds.

Oppose creationism

By J. Sreedhar
OPINIONS| An issue has been quietly brewing in California regarding the contents of school textbooks. In the past few months, there have been repeated clashes between scientists and creationists in Sacramento’s corridors of power, which are likely to spill over into the mainstream.