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QuoteUnquote
Quotes we ran that made you think
... or laugh
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“I
just think this war is about public relations and empire.”
— James Perrin, a sophomore religion major,
on
war with Iraq
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“If
patriotism carries with it such ethnocentric virtues,
I want no part of it.”
— Jeff Brubaker, junior history major |
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“Because
voting U.S. citizens believed in him, Bush now willingly
sits in the Oval Office confronting life-and-death decisions,
and some people still have the gall to protest against
him.”
— Shawn Franklin, senior economic and marketing
major |
“It
is tempting to think that the administration is simply
ignoring student complaints about parking but this is
far from the truth. A glimpse at the Master Plan shows
that the school’s leaders are just as concerned with
close, abundant parking as students.”
— Josh Deitz, junior political science major |
“Many
people never give a second thought to what they check
on forms. At a young age, most students are told what
to check and simply leave it at that. However, as you
get older, you start to question everything, including
who you really are.”
— Monique Bhimani, copy desk chief |
“I
asked her if she wanted to go back in and she said yes.
I think she’d do anything to get back in there for
her last home game.”
— Women’s Head Basketball Coach Jeff
Mittie on senior guard Tricia Payne battling back into
Sunday’s game against South Florida, despite a knee
injury |
“It
was an opportunity to do a ‘first’ and I was
astonished to learn that there was not a chair in Texas
history in the world, much less (the University of Texas
at Austin) or (Texas) A&M (University).”
— TCU alumna Mary Lowe, on giving a $1.5 million
dollar endowment to create the Erma and Ralph Lowe Chair
of Texas History |
“We
want students to know they are here for class. By moving
Bid Day, students won’t have any conflicts preventing
them from attending the first day of class.”
— Panhellenic adviser Stephanie Williams,
on making Bid Day for sororities a day earlier beginning
next fall |
“The
process of rush, especially Bid Day, wasn’t broken
so why fix it.”
— Kim Carpenter, vice president of membership
for Kappa Alpha Theta |
“And
anyone who has ever been exposed to television, newspapers,
magazines or other people in the last decade knows that
McDonald’s is not health food, and that things that
are dipped in batter and then deep-fried in oil are generally
bad for you.”
— Katherine Ortega, psychology graduate student |
“I
plan on sitting on my ass all day.”
— Trevor Broomhall, a freshman premajor, on
his plans for Spring Break |
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