Breeze Perspectives: Zacarias Moussaoui does not deserve to die
By Garrett Hooe, contributing writer

You did it this time, Zacarias Moussaoui. In a display of brilliance only a suicide terrorist could be capable of, you admitted to conspiring with al-Qaeda to hijack airplanes and fly them into our buildings, built and filled by hard-working Americans who would love nothing more than to have a baseball bat and five minutes alone with you. More...

Breeze Perspectives: Dining room etiquette a lost art in present day
By Traci Cox, contributing writer

Ah, the college pursuit of wooing. Despite my plan to take an 18-credit sabbatical from the Pandora’s box of baggage we call “dating,” my dashing good looks and promising literary merits were undeniable. I was recently obliged to have been asked out by several young men — a few of whom I thought were potentially reputable and that I may have enjoyed fraternizing with — after all, my most intimate relationship this year has been with Chaucer and a frigid Perrier. More...

House Editorial: JMU not immune from town-gown dichotomies destroying Duke

For those of us willing to get out of our little college bubble long enough to watch the evening news, the sordid tale coming out of Duke University is all too familiar. Cocky, loaded white lacrosse players allegedly rape and sodomize a black stripper from the impoverished surrounding community during a party, and all hell breaks loose. The allegations, exacerbated by the shockingly violent e-mail written by one of the players regarding next steps (it involves murdering and skinning the strippers while ejaculating “in my Duke-issue spandex”), has blown the top off the crock pot. In the wake of the accusations, the underlying dichotomy of class, race and education surrounding Duke University has broken to the surface. More...

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