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by The Daily Campus Ed Board

Ah, the Academy Awards. Widely regarded as the Super Bowl for the women folk, the Oscars aren't just for ladies sitting at home scouting who's wearing what. The Oscars are a celebration of the cinema and the talented people who make it possible. Fortunately for the movie lovers watching at home, this year's Oscars were the classiest in recent memory. (0) comments

by George Henson, ghenson@smu.edu

While driving to campus this week, listening as I do to NPR's "Morning Addition," I had an epiphany. Perhaps not an epiphany, as much as a lightbulb moment. That's why, I told myself. They don't have the ability to self-regulate. Why didn't I know this before? It doesn't change my frustration, but at least it explains things. (0) comments

by Carly Laywell, claywell@smu.edu

Virginity is all too often categorized among the likes of headgear and acne as one of the awkward and unseemly features of adolescence, inconveniences to be endured and discarded as quickly as possible. However, in spite of such films as "American Pie" and "The 40 Year Old Virgin," there remains a strong following - yes, even at SMU - that both prizes and cherishes the principles of abstinence. (3) comments

One candidate in this presidential race has consistently supported driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants, even when it was not popular to do so. One candidate seeks to vastly increase the number of legal immigrants to fit the real needs of U.S. employers, in order to keep Latino families together, and to ensure undocumented workers' rights. (0) comments

Can we put our faith in a rookie politician to become President of the United States? Someone who stated he is willing to "meet separately, without preconditions, during the first year of my administration" with Amadinejad of Iran, Assad of Syria, Chavez of Venezuela, Castro of Cuba and Kim Jong Il of North Korea. (1) comment