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Yea to Dead Week. We say this every term hoping that Dead Week is, in fact, dead... but it never is. Nay to Dead Week for being an exaggeration. As Mark Twain once said, "Ha!" Yea to fooling the entire Barometer readership. You know you thought we were going to use Twain's quote about the report of his demise being greatly exaggerated.

I am a Polack. "Polack" is a racial epithet used to degrade someone of Polish descent. It was utilized widely by bigots in the early 20th century to discriminate against waves of Polish immigrants that were flocking to the United States. They weren't happy that the Poles were willing to take on the harsh factory jobs that "socially conscious" Americans refused to do.

This letter will be angry. I won't apologize for any vitriol or confrontation here. I don't believe that we can have honest public discussions without being confrontational. My anger comes from hearing, with dismay, about a party last weekend themed "Cowboys and Indians.

Response to editorial U.S. is not a democracy This is a response to the editorial in the June 3 Barometer titled "No longer a democracy?" The United States isn't a democracy, hasn't been for a long time if ever, and never will as long as I have breath in my body and bullets for my AK-47.