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Objectivity To the Editor: I am writing out of concern for the objectivity that you display your news. Your recent article on a British author ("Author says Britain has become a jihadist hotbed," DP, 11/15/06) had a front-page teaser that read, "A cultural assault.
1Of 2,562 College graduates from the classes of 1986 and 1987 surveyed, the number of males who list themselves as "stay-at-home dads." About 300 women from the class now stay home to raise children.Source: Career Services College Alumni Survey
The Division of Public Safety decided earlier this semester to stop releasing the specific University affiliations of crime victims to the public and media. When the DP found out, we called on DPS to change its ways. Not specifying whether a victim was a student, staff or faculty member made it difficult to track crime trends.
The day after Election Day, this newspaper ran a long editorial calling on Pennsylvania's newly elected legislature to reduce the body's size.
Politicians, surprisingly, are supporting such a move.
House Speaker John Perzel (R-Phila.) has called for a House-Senate task force to examine reducing the legislature's size, which would hopefully bring some competition to the 56 state races that were uncontested in this election.