Dan's Greasy Pompadour Speaks!!!

Why more people should ride motorcycles

Fonzie Gayle

Ebbtide Staff Reporter’s Slicked-Back Hair

Man, paying for gas sucks. I remember… (fades into an old man)… when gasoline used to only cost about a dollar and a candy bar was only 50 cents. (Fades back into normal) This paying $2.30 to $2.70 a gallon is killing my savings account and my retirement fund. At least I can be relieved that I’m not driving an SUV. Anyway, I believe that I have a solution to the problem. Bust out those leathers, because we are goin’ ridin’ tonight!
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My Two Cents on the National Dept

Chaim Eliyah

Ebbtide Staff Reporter

When talking about our nation’s economy, I hear one thing over and over: everybody talks about the national debt like it’s the main course. In my opinion, it’s small beans.

The U.S.’ 2004-estimated Gross Domestic Production (GDP) is $11.75 trillion (CIA World Factbook). Even if the debt were a trillion dollars (right now it’s a little over half that), that would be less than nine percent of our spending power—which, by the way, gets a 4.4 percent raise annually. I wish I had it so good—my debts right now outweigh my yearly income by about 400 percent. I love being a student.
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A Letter to the Editor From a Student Senator

Chance B. Kennedy

Senator, Budget and Finance Committee

Dear Ebbtide, I recently picked up the “Sunfest Funfest” issue (ED. Note: Ebbtide Vol. 40 number 13), and found a very interesting article which was titled, “The Club That Almost Wasn’t: The Rebel Alliance.”

As I read, I began to feel that there was a very one-sided account of discussions between the Student Senate, and The Rebel Alliance, which began on April 6, 2005. On this day, the advisor for the club, Linda Warren, came to the Student Senate requesting a full club budget, and advisor stipend for the entire academic year.
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