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A late-night espresso shot of energy on Spring St.
Editorial Board - WILLIAMS RECORD
Imagine the coffee bar at Goodrich, still hopping late into the night and downsized to fit a more intimate space near the heart of campus. Students sipping lattes, smoothies and milkshakes. A Greenwich Village vibe with small-town charm. Tables packed with groups of friends laughing on a Friday night. Comfortable couches. Student art on the walls. Sound enticing? Given the game of real estate musical chairs the College intends to play over the summer, the concept should not be an impossible one to realize.

A new look at campus security
Bryan Birsic
The big question on campus right now is not the massive Baxter renovation, the upcoming presidential election or even an enticing part of Janet Jackson’s anatomy. Instead, everyone wants to know whether or not the administration is going to ban hard alcohol. For my money, I think our administration realizes the huge potential danger in driving students into locked dorm rooms to pounds shots. I predict no ban.

A preview of things to come
Veronica Mendiola
Veronica Mendiola
First and foremost, we would like to thank everyone who voted during the spring 2004 elections. The run-off election turnout was much greater than the general election, which is indicative of the faith that the student body still has in College Council (CC).

St. Anthony Hall reconsidered
John Shaw
I wanted to write to reflect the thinking of several Williams alumni who have maintained close ties to both the college and to St. Anthony Hall over the past few decades.

Straight talk from MassPIRG
Paul Lindemann
Paul Lindemann
We would like to thank the large portion of campus that has so far voiced strong support for re-establishing a MassPIRG chapter here. We would also like to thank those who have voiced concerns – healthy debates are always important at an open institution.

Why this isn’t the ‘real world’
Aidan Finley - STAFF WRITER
In the article from two weeks ago about the Health Center forum (“Health Center forum discusses students’ medical concerns,” Feb. 24), Dean Roseman was quoted saying: “welcome to the real world…this is how it works.”

Smarter community building
PJ Bonavitacola
While I agree with the observation in the op-ed by Mike Neeham ’04 (“Building campus camaraderie,” Feb. 17) that the campus community lacks camaraderie, I thoroughly disagree with his proposed solution.

An argument for gay marriage
Ben Cronin '05
Ever since President Bush announced his attempt to enshrine pre-modern prejudice in the Founding Document, the attention of the nation has centered on the debate over gay marriage. Opponents of the legal and equal recognition of what Hannah Arendt has called an “elementary human right” – marriage – make a number of arguments.

Non-proliferation in South Asia
Vishal Agraharkar
The rapidly shifting economic and political landscape of the Indian subcontinent presents the American government with a unique opportunity to sort out one of its most critical points of contention with the Indian and Pakistani governments: nuclear non-proliferation.

Letter: Real campus health

Letter: MassPIRG alum
How often can an alumnus recapture his college experience seeing a campus issue of his youth re-emerge, like Brigadoon from the mists after lying unspoiled and asleep for its appointed complement of years? MassPIRG again!

Letter: Sticking up for PIRGs
I was dismayed to read Alan Cordova’s op-ed in last week’s Record which demonstrated a profound misunderstanding of MassPIRG.This student-run organization hires lobbyists and organizers to represent students, not the other way around. Every year students from member chapters come together and decide as a group what issues concern them and how to effect change. These are not the “stylishly packaged campaigns of national advocacy organizations,” they are the determined efforts of a student-run advocacy organization.

Letter: Real fitness barriers
A recent letter to the Record regarding the “estrogym” included complaints about students who exercise too hard, for too long and too compulsively, resulting in long lines and an uncomfortable atmosphere.

Letter: Public Art