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What mama don

In a move sure to draw the ire of students at two of the state's largest universities, administrators at both Virginia Tech and James Madison University recently enacted policies to notify parents about their child's first alcohol offense - even for students older than 18 years of age. In an open letter to JMU students, President Linwood Rose cited his concern for "the abuse and underage use of alcohol by some of our students" and indicated that new drinking policies are aimed at changing perceptions of a "negative drinking culture" at JMU.


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Tea party politics

One of the most fascinating recent phenomena in merican politics has been the rise to national prominence of the right-wing conservative force known as the Tea Party.


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Blurring the line

Today, The Cavalier Daily features a Focus piece about the University's authority over its online network as it relates to student privacy concerns.


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Banding together

Every now and again I find myself dumbfounded by trends. Trends that have appeared on my questionable-trends list include Furbies, Tickle Me Elmos, Beanie Babies and most recently, Silly Bandz.


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Proper priorities

Following the murder of Yeardley Love in the spring of 2010, the University acted swiftly to implement changes in school policy regarding notification of student arrests.


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Looking ahead

In yesterday's edition of The Cavalier Daily, the managing board set out to explain broadly what it is we do and what we aim to be.


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Perriello

Congressman Tom Perriello's stepping-in-cow-pie ad claims "no one will work harder" to bring jobs to the fifth district.


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Crash and Burn

In 2001, President George W. Bush signed into law arguably the most sweeping changes to United States tax policy in American history.


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Thank you

As we count down the days until summer, The Cavalier Daily would like to thank several of our graduating fourth-year staff members for the work they invested into the newsroom and other departments of our offices. Andrew T.


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Speaking out

The University community reacted sharply to the bias incident that took place on Thursday, April 15, when two female fourth-year University students became the victims of repeated racial slurs by a drunk, white male student.


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Speaking freely

I have never been quite comfortable with the argument that free speech necessarily entails the acceptance that some will overstep the societal boundaries and indulge in hateful, racist and otherwise hurtful speech against others.


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Weighing individuality

The years we spend in college are said to be the best years of our lives. The college lifestyle is one of independence and freedom, but many students come to find that the pressures of college life are too overwhelming.


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Curtain call

When The Cavalier Daily prints its first issue of the 2010-11 academic year in August, it will be the first time in 20 years the paper has gone to press with a president other than John T.


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Financial failures

As the debate over financial sector reform has escalated during the past several weeks, many of the wonks discussing the subject have missed the fact that any reform's success is likely to be determined not by Wall Street or Washington but by those studying in the classrooms of universities across America.

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