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Dear OU Students, Faculty, and Staff, I want to thank you again for your responsible and constructive reaction to the tragic event which occurred last Saturday evening. I appreciate the concern which many of you have expressed for the family and friends of the deceased. Most of the news media, including our own OU Daily, and most citizens have responded very responsibly. Unfortunately, there are always a few who do not. Among the core beliefs which define us as Americans and which define us as members of the OU family from all backgrounds is a respect for others. We believe...

I guess it would be for the best for me to first introduce my situation: at the moment, I'm a high school senior and currently in the running for the Navy Nursing Option ROTC Scholarship (as a matter of fact, my interview is tomorrow). I was wondering if anyone could offer advice on how to get myself prepared before going into college so as to get a good hold as to what I'll need to do to pursue a degree (and, later, a career) in nursing. Secondly, I am currently doing a school report on military nursing. The Senior Project,...

In what appears to be a national first, a Portland gun group is offering free handgun training to any battered woman who wants it -- a defensive strike against homicidal men and what it sees as a growing push for gun control in Oregon. Thomas "Lee" Anderson, a former community college philosophy professor who founded the Portland Firearms Training Team, says at least a half-dozen women have signed up for the daylong class, designed to teach even a tiny woman with shaking hands to take down her attacker at close range. It's an idea that gets a big thumbs up...

<p>JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Wednesday intensified his criticism of Secretary of State Colin Powell's decision to meet with Yasser Arafat, saying there can be no peace with the Palestinian leader because he stands at the center of "an empire of terror."</p>

I'm assuming that all of you (or at least the majority of Freepers) are aware of this so-called "Day of Silence." But to me, it was just a typical day of left-wing protest. I look back at the time I got busted for wearing a "Hooters" tee shirt amd was made to turn it inside-out as my English teacher dubbed it "offensive." But then again, I saw several female students wearing clothing from the same eatery, or at least clothes more revealing than that of a typical Hooters waitress. But back on the subject...I was offended to see such an...

Pakistan said that China stood 100 percent behind Islamabad as it faced a "potentially volatile situation" with India. Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji met with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf for three hours Thursday in Beijing and assured him of China's "principled and everlasting support" for Islamabad, said a Pakistani official statement. "China considers Pakistan its very reliable and close friend and will always stand by Pakistan," said the statement, released after Musharraf arrived Friday in Nepal for a South Asian summit also attended by Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee. It said Zhu "expressed his apprehension at the potentially volatile ...