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Causes over consequences

Presumably, rape occurs so frequently either because college students live in a social atmosphere that is especially conducive to sexual assault, or because universities are especially negligent in addressing the issue, allowing perpetrators to avoid punishment for their offenses.


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BROOM: Finding your place

Opinion writers especially seem to be refining their own voices and the writers cast a wide net for their topics. They should also try to make their columns more relevant to their audience, which is, almost entirely, the University community.


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FOGEL: One giant leap of faith

Although there appear to be thousands of perfectly willing volunteers that will offer their lives on Earth for the chance to possibly live and die on Mars, this does not mean it is the right thing to do to send them there.


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Conditions of possibility

When we were elected a year ago to The Cavalier Daily’s managing board — the five-person team that runs the paper — we found ourselves faced with two, maybe three, questions.


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BERGER: The Comstock lode

Republicans are often seen as backwards in terms of women’s rights, but Comstock is not blindly following a Republican platform. Instead, she allows her gender to contribute to her political views.


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BOGUE: Providing for the future

The Depression-induced panic that inspired Social Security is understandable, but it’s high time to replace Roosevelt-era ideologies with ones more suited to our political tradition of individualism and responsibility.


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Varieties of corruption

What’s alarming about the McDonnell team’s motion is that its central argument holds that the former governor’s behavior is nothing out of the ordinary. McDonnell’s actions are “routine political conduct,” the attorneys assert.


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Outside the box

Tuesday, The Cavalier Daily kicks off a five-week campaign to raise money for new distribution boxes. We hope to raise $8,000 to purchase 75 distribution boxes to place around Grounds and Charlottesville.


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KNAYSI: A dream deferred

By rejoining these two Martin Luther King Jr.’s — the integrationist of 1963 and the radical democratic socialist of 1968 — we challenge ourselves to recognize the extent that our national hero’s famous “dream” remains unfulfilled.


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KELLY: Silencing the hecklers

To assume that racial tension is a growing problem at the University gives too much weight to the erratic, petty racial slanders that have been made over the years.

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