Loyola Greyhound

Increasingly, The Greyhound looks to shed light on the issues that will affect the lives of Students in the near future. Recently, President George W. Bush said, "I've told people that if you're interested in avoiding World War III, it seems like you ought to be interested in preventing them [Iran] from having the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon.

When talking about fair trade, questions usually surface as to what exactly it means. Fair trade is a third party certification on products such as food, clothing, and artisan goods that, according to Transfair USA, "benefits over one million farmers and farm workers in 58 developing countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America.

This week's question comes from a freshman girl. She writes, "Courtney, I constantly lose my keys and swipe. Seriously, I am emailing you right now from a computer in the Student Center because I can't get back into my room. Yeah, and it's not the first time.

My interest in Chavez had been heightened several weeks ago after going to a screening here on campus of May I Speak? Portrait of a Movement. The documentary, by an extremely talented young filmmaker named Chris Moore, detailed Chavez's rise to power in Venezuela after being elected president in 1998.

I feel like playing Devil's Advocate this week. It's enjoyable, it fills up my time, and -- it helps me write articles for the Greyhound. This proposition may not excite the masses but, for me, being a literary "party pooper" just sounds fun, even if in doing so the buttons of some people get inadvertently pushed.

Point: Tribute to That's What She Said How do I know if my girlfriend is faking it? My first instinct is to answer, does it really matter? Last time I checked if the audience applauds it doesn't matter if it's a live audience or a sitcom clap track. But since I do "care" about the write-in questions we get I suppose I'll give this one the old two-pump chump college try.

Thumbs Up The Man on the Stand We're big fans of the Jesuit community here at Thumbs. Whenever the Jesuits go good food and those delightful soft baked cookies follow (we will now refer to them as "Jesuit Cookies" and we're sure at some point in the future they will get their own Thumbs Up).

Mainstream media has lost most of its credibility as a reasonable provider of unbiased, disinterested and reliable news. Major media corporations such as FOX News and CBS have begun to blatantly distort news in an effort to pander to the wishes of their corporate owners.