Spring Break
Opinion
Avoid getting busted pipes … and getting busted period
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If you'll be out of town over the holiday break and you're a renter, make sure you have your lease obligations covered or it could be a less-than-happy New Year. Every lease assigns certain responsibilities solely to tenant. Do you know what yours are? If you don't, finding out should be on the top of your to-do list.
Destruction of tapes raises serious questions
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The Central Intelligence Agency announced late last week the destruction of hundreds of hours of videotape of the interrogations of potential terrorists. Now the Justice Department and the CIA's internal watchdog want to know why. The tapes in question showed the "severe interrogations" of Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, two suspected al Qaeda operatives, according to the New York Times.
RamTalk
To the guy who played the piano in the Commons on Saturday, you are AMAZING! Words can not describe how fantastic you are! You made our day! To the person who stole my laptop at my party in Ram's Village on Friday night: I hope your dog gets hit by a bus on Christmas Day.
The Antichrist didn't even get top billing
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There's been a lot of umbrage lately over this season's newest bombastic PG fantasy epic, The Golden Compass. For you umbrage aficionados out there, it may be very reminiscent of the controversy a few years back surrounding a then-pretender to the Potter throne, not-so-coincidentally titled The Golden Compass.
Celeb endorsements good for votes, bad for democracy
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Anchors and media professionals are barking over what will come of Oprah Winfrey's recent endorsement of presidential candidate Barack Obama. This is Oprah's first time endorsement of a potential presidential candidate. Other celebrities have endorsed candidates -- Ben Affleck likes Obama, Barbara Streisand is for Hillary, Chuck Norris wants Huckabee -- but Oprah's magnitude of influence towers over her celebrity colleagues.
letters
"Not So Fast" I disagree with Will Nelson's rather simplistic criticism of President Penley taking time to implement background checks for University employees in Mr. Nelson's letter to the editor on Dec. 7. Perhaps it is Mr. Nelson's freshman naiveté. He concludes, "let's get things together and get this done.
Guest column: Fort Collins needs to raise occupancy limits
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According to the City Council here in Fort Collins, I am required to only have two other friends, work full time and jeopardize my grades just to live in my own quiet space rather than a rambunctious dorm room, all because of a petty rule to try and keep neighborhoods quiet and inviting.
