Loyola Greyhound

During the first two months of the year, the city of Baltimore and the neighboring areas surrounding Loyola College have seen an increase in violent crime. Even though overall crime in Baltimore has seen a decline, in the month of January alone, 38 murders occurred.

We live in a bubble; there's just no getting around it. We work, eat, live and play with people who are in our age group and, on some level or another, share our interests and passions. For nine months out of the year, we have our own little island. While this island allows for brief moments of exposure to the realities of life beyond 4501 North Charles St.

On Monday, Feb. 14, former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri was killed along with 13 others by a suicidal car bomber. Thus far, the Syrian government is considered to be a prime suspect. Most believe Damascus was involved in the attack in some form. Soon after the bombing, the United States withdrew its ambassador to Syria, Margaret Scobey, and President George W.

I believe that some of The Greyhound's readers need to make a distinction between "opinion" and "fact." "Fact" would be the article that ran on the front page of The Greyhound on Feb. 8 regarding SGA President KellyCrossett's party. The editors who ran the story acknowledged that they did not have all the facts but as many as they could get, which they then verified and published.

I was present at the "Last Comic Standing" and discovered that it was not all laughs. Many of the comedians found that making fun of themselves was the way to win the audience and the judges' affection, but some saw that making fun of others was the way to win.

Thumbs Up Advil Cold and Sinus -- Just count how many times someone coughs, sneezes or sniffles in any of your classes, and you'll realize that everyone is getting sick. The people who aren't making gross noises are the people taking some form of quality pharmaceutical product.