EDITORIAL: May Day
Army Sgt. Irving Taffler, stationed at a big American base in Italy after World War II, was ordered by his colonel to go out and hire 200 Italians to staff the facility. Taffler, a proud member of the Communist Party USA, went to the local Italian party office and put out the word. A week later the base was staffed by 200 Communists and supporters.
EDITORIAL: No racism, no sexism, no Imus
“We fought, we persevered, and most of all, we believed in ourselves. … But all of our accomplishments were lost. Our moment was taken away,” said Heather Zurich, a sophomore on the Rutgers University women’s basketball team.
Academia opposes Bush
Probably no other administration has been more closely identified with anti-academic positions than that of President George W. Bush. His infamous quote to KYW News Radio in 2003, “I don’t read newspapers,” angered, but did not surprise, most educators in the country.
