In her recent column ("Animal research is clearly worth it," Dec. 1), Alicia Williams was so busy fearmongering over peaceful animal rights activists that many could've easily missed her weak arguments in defense of animal experimentation.

The Senate was well within its rights to reject Hilder's appointment to the Court of Appeals.

I can't help but feel like a broken record as I continue to write about how the economy is adversely affecting higher education.

Having a professional readily available to talk to about stress or anxiety will help you to not only survive, but thrive during Finals Week.

Drinking at U sporting events just isn't the plague some would have you believe it is. If drinking really were an epidemic, there would be thousands of streakers every game with bright red U's painted on their posteriors.

Instead of increasing the profits of national chain retailers, you can help our economy a lot more by diverting even just a fraction of your spending toward local shops.

Many smokers might want to quit. However, many others have no desire to quit; I personally know such smokers. Thus, it's not fair to call a tax increase a "sin tax," or even a "stupid tax." An appropriate name could be "you are causing health care costs to increase, so you should be the one to pay for it-tax."

Alicia is using fear tactics, trying to frighten readers by portraying peaceful protesters as aggressors. Look at the language she uses to speak about pacifists such as myself: militant, bully, hatred, threat, terrorist tactics.

At the U, golden paths of dead grass are indicative of the road well traveled8212;and it's not the path intended. Everyone knows the fastest way from point A to point B is a straight line. But just as it is in a car, it's not always the path you can, or should, take.

It would be a lifelong benefit for each student to enroll in a semester of learning about how to best handle personal finance and investments.