A word about war in Iraq

Andrew Garten

Copy Editor

To call me “pro-war” is incorrect. I’d rather not have our soldiers fight, kill or die. But when it comes down to it, I’d rather them do these things so that in the wake of all this misery there will be a greater measure of liberty and security in Iraq to replace the killing, torture, oppression and threat of terrorism that was there before the war. Read More

Blowing Smoke

June 27, 2005
Dear Ebbtide,

I am a 31-year-old returning student here at Shoreline. On my first day back to school last quarter, I overheard a large group of young students at a smoking shelter near the 1800 building talk about being high in class. I was amazed to then witness one of Read More

Mission Accomplished

Chaim Eliyah

Ebbtide Writer

“Mission Accomplished” was the proclamation of the banner on the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln in late April, 2003 – two and a half years ago – as President Bush commended the United States’ troops for a “job well done.” What job they had done isn’t quite clear, except for the fact that they’d managed to overthrow the capital. Saddam Hussein was still undiscovered, and even when he crawled out of his hole (literally) in December not much seemed to change. Read More

Not All Doughnuts

Letter to the Editor in response to "Man on the Street: What do you think campus security does all day

I am disappointed that some of our students apparently don’t read the security log in the Ebbtide. If they did, they would realize that in between “chewing bubble gum and talking about Barbies” we are kept quite busy. Read More