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Leading the pack

The University-wide student election polls may have closed last week, but a few prominent positions have yet to be decided.


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Full-on immersion

Last week, I wrote about ways to learn a language. However, to fully participate in a society, linguistic command is necessary but not sufficient.


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Buried deep

On June 12 of last year, Iranians went to the polls with a message of change similar to the one that recently swept through America.


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Marginal mayhem

Though polls are closed for the University-wide student elections, questions remain about the University Board of Election's preferential voting procedures.


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Un-debt-edly wrong

Under 21? Want a credit card? It just got a whole lot tougher for you to get one. The Credit CARD (Card, Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure) Act of 2009 went into effect Feb.


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A new leaf

Last night, the University Board of Elections announced the much-anticipated results of the University-wide student elections.


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Juvenile delinquents

Have zero tolerance policies in schools gone too far? That is the conclusion drawn by many when looking at the myriad students who have been negatively affected by these all or nothing policies.


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All tied up

Tilikum recently killed his trainer Dawn Brancheau at Sea World, resulting in the third fatal incident that the killer whale has been a part of during his 25 years trapped in his little pool of water.


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The march begins

Tonight, the University Board of Elections will announce the results of the University-wide student elections.


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Better with time

Unless we are talking about Santa Claus, a spry geriatric does not seem like the type of man that should inspire a youth revolution.


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Statistically significant

According to "Honor reviews exam discussion policies," from the Feb. 22 edition of The Cavalier Daily, Andy Bean - the Commerce School's representative on the Honor Committee - told the Committee of a professor who recycled 15 questions from a midterm exam on a final exam.


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Broken barriers

Hello and goodbye were the only two English words that I knew in 2003. After living in Chengdu, China for nearly sixteen years, I immigrated with my family to America.


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By the numbers

8: The men's basketball team's longest winning streak this season as Coach Tony Bennett seemingly propelled the squad from rags to riches 6: The team's current losing streak - back to rags 9: Number of referenda on the ballot during this year's student elections 1: Referendum that students probably cared about - T-shirts! 6.5: Percent increase in the number of in-state students admitted into the University as proposed by state Del.


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Faking it

I was confused to learn that the Honor Committee is discussing how to prevent students from talking about exams after they have taken them ("Honor reviews exam discussion policies," Feb.


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Overlooked MVP

This letter is in response to Dan Stalcup's "Best of the Decade: Athletes," Feb. 24). While I appreciate the difficultly in compiling a list that spans 23 sports and 10 years and have enjoyed reading Stalcup's articles over the past few weeks, I do believe that there was one oversight in terms of athletes included.


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All night long

Any student who has ventured into Clemons Library during final exams genuinely can appreciate what it means to be "packed in like sardines." Partially in response to Clemons' persistent overcrowding during these high-traffic periods, Student Council's Student Life Committee collaborated with the University last semester to extend Clark Library's hours of operation from 2 a.m.


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Not so sweet sixteen

MTV'S new reality show "16 and Pregnant" just launched its second season, which promises to be even more dramatic than the first one.


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Cheating honor

I am the professor to whom Andy Beam was referring in Monday's column "Honor reviews exam discussion policies". The foundation upon which any university stands is the integrity of its academic process.

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