What's the biggest difference between men's and women's basketball?I think how they play above the rim, the elevation of the game. Anything else I think we do. That might be changing in the next couple...

About two weeks ago, I walked into my dorm room to find three guys walking around the room. Although I was not close friends with any of them, they were all acquaintances, and I knew what was happening. It was one of the random safety checks that happen throughout the school year.I knew that I had nothing to hide, so I wasn't really worried. But by the time it was over, I had emptied a bag full of quarters on my desk, as well as demonstrated that a decorative pipe on a shelf had indeed not been used. As I thought, I didn't have anything to hide, but I was sweating for a minute.

Many people think gay people are sick, disgusting people who commit unspeakable acts. That they're sinners, and they are barred from heaven as long as they continue their lives of sin.Some believe gays don't deserve a fair shot at life. That they don't deserve to get married or raise children. In fact, they believe we should not allow known gays to vote, teach, participate in government or live in our communities.

As headlines for Saddam Hussein's trial continue to grace the front pages of American newspapers, the image of an Iraqi circus keeps appearing in my mind. All that is missing is a juggler and an elephant.The thought of one of Saddam Hussein's co-defendants being dragged out kicking and screaming didn't help. It made me wonder how much control the new judge had over his courtroom. Hussein's latest trick is his hunger strike in protest of the way he is being treated.

After taking approximately a month off, the trial is evidently as stressful as ever.

A few months ago, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for the nation of Israel to be dissolved. Then he followed up back in December, by calling the Holocaust a "myth."According to a Dec. 14, article on British Broadcasting Corp.'s Web site, Ahmadinejad called all who supported the idea that the Holocaust happened, as well as those who supported Israel itself, "Zionist mouthpieces" and "subservient to the Zionists."

The problem with recent cartoons of the Islamic prophet Muhammad lies not in their publication but rather in the spirit of intolerance and misunderstanding behind them, a religious expert said in a speech Wednesday.The cartoons that were originally published in Danish newspapers and, more recently, reprinted in other papers around Europe and other parts of the world featured Muhammad promoting violence. Yushau Sodiq, associate professor of religion, said the spirit of these cartoons is the heart of the problem.