Faculty raises long past due

House Editorial

Better late than never.

JMU faculty members finally are receiving the recognition they deserve. In July, faculty received "across-the-board" pay raises. Although just a mere 2 percent for assistant and associate professors and meager 3 percent for full professors, the raises are a tiny step toward helping Virginia’s higher education salaries compete with other top-notch schools.

Iraq struggles with legitimacy

To Talk of Many Things

In recent months, the effort to rebuild and secure Iraq has experienced erratic turns of events on the military front. Establishing law and order being a foremost priority, the interim government headed by Prime Minister Ayad Allawi authorized U.S. forces to assault resistance militiamen who have threatened the reconstruction of Iraq. For weeks, the militiamen have shifted their stances between conciliatory and belligerent, making it difficult to know whether a truce or a firefight is eminent.