I taught English literature at Wheaton for more than 30 years. My three children were small when I began and in their thirties when I retired. At the time, every English major was required to pass a senior seminar. One year, spring semester, my subject was Virginia Woolf.
I'd like to begin by thanking the Wheaton Wire and Wheaton College community for the opportunity to discuss student support and concerns about Israel in print. What we have before us here on campus is a real opportunity for dialogue: a chance to work towards greater understanding of one another's positions, mirroring the continued work being done through the recent Annapolis Peace Summit.
What is it about body hair that makes us cringe? More specifically what is it about female pubic hair that frightens us so much? What makes us women feel the need to get rid of it, through often painful means such as shaving and waxing? Are the red bumps and ingrown hairs an even trade for a hairless crotch? I mean body hair is natural, isn't it? The practice of pubic hair removal can be dated back to 3,000 BC in India and Egypt, and according to Islam some extent of pubic hair removal is considered to be hygienic and necessary for both sexes.
If I were God for a day, I would, among other things, chose Representative Ron Paul as the Republican nominee. His consistent voting record in the House, his support for the traditional American values of freedom from Government and a non-interventionist foreign policy, along with his fiscal conservatism, would revive America's political freedom and economic prosperity.
We have long known that the War on Terror will mostly be fought outside this country, away from our cities and even our borders. We see this everyday in the news. One example of this is in a recent flare-up of the war in Pakistan. Fighting in Pakistan has been raging for years, but a few weeks ago a political conflict, which has been largely ignored by Western eyes, came to light.