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March 2, 2007 > Opinion

Praising eval progress

· Students will soon have access to their peers' written comments on the quality of undergraduate courses and professors. (See story, Page 1.) This is the result of a long and hard-fought battle for some students, and it is a victory for all.

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SA Resolution Confusion

· Last week's Thresher made multiple references to a resolution proposed by Student Association Internal Vice Chair Laura Kelley on behalf of the SA Academics Committee. ("SA needs its own Vision" and SA box, Feb. 25.) The document Kelley referenced was a copy-and-paste cutout of points 2, 6 and 8 from President David Leebron's Vision for the Second Century, accompanied by a summary of results from an informal SA survey on minors from the 2005-'06 academic year. At the time of publication, the Thresher had received confirmation from multiple SA Executive Committee members, including President Althea Tupper, that this document was in fact the resolution the Academics Committee had intended to propose.

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Au revoir, Autry

· Tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m., the men's basketball team will face the University of Tulsa in the last game to ever be played at the Autry Court we all know. After the university has closed for the summer, Autry will undergo its first major renovation in 57 years. The floor will be taken up, the banners will be taken down, and no one will ever have to fear the curtain again: It is being given away to fans, piece by piece.

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Letters to the Editor

· #Anti-smokers mock smoking lifestyle#

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