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Recognizing Iran's irrelevance

SUFFERING from allegations of a nuclear program and involvement in the Iraqi insurgency, Iran has transformed itself into the prime nuisance of the United States and the international community.


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Chocolate body paint

THE CALENDAR says it's close. Flowers are on sale. Heart shaped boxes decorate every store. But what is it about Valentine's Day that makes us go on a shopping spree?


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Enter the dragon

SINCE THE fall of the Soviet Union, the United States has experienced a sort of hegemony over the world as its lone superpower and dominant economic force.


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Fighting a different kind of terrorists

IT IS hard to imagine the reemergence of the Ku Klux Klan. But to the chagrin of most Americans, the Anti-Defamation League has released reports highlighting a major spike in Klan activity across the nation.


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In defense of housing choice

DEMOCRATIC people value choice. We value it both because we distrust authorities' potential to abuse power, and because we believe that, generally, individuals can make good choices for themselves.


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Taking stock of progress

THE IDEA of progress is perhaps the least valuable weapon in the liberal arsenal. Often criticizing conservatives for trying to live in the past or refusing to accept today's world, liberals use the word "progress" in a way that betrays a deep naiveté about the world and their beliefs.


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Being realistic about racial epithets

LEROY Comrie, a New York City councilman, recently asked his fellow Council members to abolish "the n-word." To make his point, Comrie formalized his plea by submitting a resolution to the Council requesting a "symbolic moratorium on the use of the n-word in New York City." Abolish just the n-word?


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Ending Asian exclusion

ASIANS and Asian-Pacific Americans comprise about 17 percent of the University population, represent 50 CIOs on grounds, and have the highest graduation rate among all minority groups.


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Such sweet sorrow

A FEW MONTHS ago, a respected professor approached me and asked me to tell him the main editorial advocacy of our Managing Board.


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The business of pleasure

A WISE Cav Daily man once pondered, "It's true; you never can mix business with pleasure. But I was thinking the other day -- what if your business is the business of pleasure?" I would like to suggest the CD is such a fusion. I'm not going to lie -- sometimes it's hard to imagine that The Cavalier Daily office is the place where these two worlds of business and pleasure collide. There's a Xerox machine that singes and devours human flesh.


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Recognition beyond the byline

THE CAVALIER Daily has been the defining experience of my time in college. I sat through a year of excruciatingly long Board of Visitors meetings, covered the arrest of the Living Wage protestors and culled through the minutiae of Honor Committee proceedings.


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Whistling Dixie

TWO AND a half weeks ago, I, like most University students, returned to Charlottesville after enjoying a month of winter rest and relaxation.


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Ahead of Lighting of the Lawn, Riley McNeill and Chelsea Huffman, co-chairs of the Lighting of the Lawn Committee and fourth-year College students, and Peter Mildrew, the president of the Hullabahoos and third-year Commerce student, discuss the festive tradition which brings the community together year after year. From planning the event to preparing performances, McNeil, Huffman and Mildrew elucidate how the light show has historically helped the community heal in the midst of hardship.