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Justice system at fault for murders

By William ChamberlinThe Guardsman The mishandled cases of Amy Bishop, who killed her brother, and Rodney Alcala, who raped a child, led twenty years later to a murderous professor and the conviction of a serial killer. Bishop, 44, killed three of her fellow biology professors in February. In 1986, at

Crooked lawyers must be set straight

By William ChamberlinThe Guardsman David Margolis, associate deputy attorney general, handed down a memo Jan. 5 stating that Jay Bybee and John Yoo are not going to face criminal misconduct charges for their collaborated Bybee Memo. The Bybee Memo was drafted and signed by Office of Legal Counsel lawyers Jay

Nosy school authorities deserve detention

By Hannah WeinerThe Guardsman Philadelphia high school student Blake Robbins and his family recently filed a lawsuit against school officials who allegedly violated wiretap laws after they used remote-activated webcams on school-issued Apple laptops to spy on him in his room. It’s unclear what good can come to high

Terror war not winnable

By Atticus MorrisThe Guardsman The so-called war on terror is a fundamentally flawed endeavor, unwinnable by its very designation as a war. Webster’s dictionary defines war as “a state or period of open or declared armed fighting between states or nations,” and also more vaguely as “a struggle between

Tea Partiers likely a boon for Democrats

he Tea Party movement was first a mirage of a revolutionary demonstration, a hallucination that the United States was heading on a new journey.

Olympic ads cheapen message

With the 2010 Winter Olympics steaming up in Vancouver, Canada, we can’t help but look at what’s really going on behind the scenes. The Olympics have always been a beacon of international unity. Side by side, nations join to show their individual pride and showcase the talents of their most esteemed

Ugliness as a deterrent fails to win war on drugs

By Matt GomezThe Guardsman Face2Face is a computer program that alters photographs of teen’s faces to show them what they will look like six months to even three years after developing a methamphetamine habit. While an honest attempt to curb teen drug abuse, Face2Face is nothing more than a