This space is reserved for the discussion of serious issues. Wide ranging issues that have a weighty impact on the entire student body. So this is our call to action: Go to the Rathskeller tonight.

Stem cells-basic cells that can differentiate into many types of specialized cells-are at the center of medical research and ongoing controversy.

On this particular day, I will bypass the Thursday outing of choice for most of the UM population and search for new horizons beyond Coconut Grove.

The entertainment industry controls our lives. Our clothes, our speech, our actions, our interactions - all based on television and movie characters, scenarios, soundtracks. Our emulation of these idealistic morals and values has gone so far over the top that some people get trapped and simply don’t know where to go.

The ensuing battle over the past two weeks has shown that both sides are strongly committed to what they believe in. We propose a Third Way. Government should get out of the business of participating in the religious construct that is marriage.

Let’s set the record straight: I hate Sarah Palin just as much if not more than any other University of Miami student.

For the academic year 2007-2008, the UMPD sent out five crime alerts. The largest amount of time between approximate time of crime to the alert being sent out was less than 48 hours. So far in the 2008-2009 academic school year, three have been sent out. One took two days, one took four and the most recent took almost a full week. That’s unacceptable.

Although it may seem as though my aggressive column regarding the bomb threat was cold-hearted or evil, I would like to try and put your mind at ease.

Alaska, once our quiet, second-cousin of a state, has now turned into the obnoxiously drunk uncle who likes to brag about how much better “his days” were.

I am appalled and extremely disappointed with your article “Overreacting to a Kind Care Package” that ran in the Opinion Section of the Miami Hurricane on October 30th, 2008.