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Wednesday, October 17, 007 - The Michigan Daily

THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK with GARY GRACA
A look atmthe big news events this week and how important they really are. Conveniently rated from one to 10.

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ONE-MAN SHOW1
Proving that Anthony Kennedy might as well be the only
U.S. Supreme court justice, another decision was upheld
because the court couldn't break the 4-4 partisan split
without Kennedy. The decision forced New York City
tosyay ior private schoolingor disabled students who
aren't enrolled in public school.
OOPS, REDO
Because a reporter for The Jackson Citizen-Patriot
revealed the topics for this year's writing section of the
middle school MEAP test, the state is forcing thousands
of students to retake the test, in order to satisfy No Child
Left Behind. It's only hundreds of thousands of dollars in
wasted money. Not like the state could use it.
MOVING TO THE IVY LEAGUE
Only a month after the Jena 6 in Louisiana made national
news, a noose was hung outside the door of a professor
r at Columbia University's Teachers College. Looks like
6 even racist and inflammatory pranksters make it out high
school. They even get into the Ivy League.

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FINDING A LEGACY IN PALESTINE
what do you do when you are an outgoing president
strugglingto secure a legacy? Try to solve the Israeli-
Palestinian conflict, of course. Following in the footsteps
of the clinton administration, Secretary of State Con-
doleezza Rice is now spurring peace talks forward with
American might.
CALLING IT WHAT IT IS
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign
Affairs Committee angered the Turks by approving a
controversial resolution to label the 1915 mass killings of
Armenians "genocide". If the House is now on an ethics
streak of calling things as they are, what is the war in
Iraq? A civil war? What about the genocide in Darfur?
TRICK OR TREAT?
Halloween this year may promise a different gore fest
than the usual horror-movie fare. After he snagged a
Nobel Prize, Democrats still living in the year 2000 are
hoping to bring their Tennessee savior, Al Gore, back to
steal the show from Hillary Clinton.

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doll. I look up questioningly at
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PERSON OF THE WEEK
DON IMUS
The inflammatory radio talk show host Don Imus, booted from the air for calling members of
a women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos," will be back on the air next month, making
a paycheck that's several million dollars higher than yours. Apparently, the going probation
period for a racist remark on talk radio is nine months, and not a day more.

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