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Opinion

Looking at the transformation proposal

GO FIGURE. The Honor Committee passes one of the most important reforms of its investigation processes in -- well, a long time -- and we do it after the Cavalier Daily has gone on vacation. Maybe if the "Transformation Proposal" had been called Tremendous Reform of Monumental Proportions, we could have better publicized the debate last semester.


Opinion

Setting the rules of engagement

GIVEN THE ease and speed of modern communication, it is pretty much inevitable that a story will not only be reported on, but will quickly be broadcast into living rooms, offices, and anywhere else with internet or TV access.


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Let me make this perfectly clear

TRANSPARENCY is the new buzz word in journalism and as The Cavalier Daily begins its 118th year of publication new editor-in-chief Herb Ladley pledges clarity and focus. In a story in Monday's newspaper, Ladley was quoted as saying he wanted to make The Cavalier Daily "not only a forum for students, but a place they can see themselves fitting in


Opinion

A pledge to prevent relapse

BASED on the public attention the issue of racism has gotten in the past two and a half years I have been here, at first glance one might compare the University community to a relapsing alcoholic.


Opinion

Transferring University priorities

MOST STUDENTS worked painstakingly hard during high school to gain admission to the University. I remember it vividly: all-nighters, difficult classes and tests and more homework than you could fathom.


Opinion

Being aware of the risks

Steph Shaw brings up an important topic in her column "Keeping women safe," (Jan. 24). Women's health is an issue that must be discussed candidly and detached from political or emotional bias.


Opinion

Defining social democracy

First of all, I understand the term "backyard" used by the United States for Latin America. But as a Latin American I am offend by the use of theterm in the article by Allan Cruickshanks ("The disease of socialism," Jan.


Opinion

The State of Student Council

WHAT has Student Council done so far this academic year? That's the question that I am supposed to answer, but before writing this column, I thought about the ways in which I could express this simple idea: a song, a comic, a witty dialogue or a memoir (now, that sounds academic; I don't really know what it is, though). I even thought about an interpretative dance, but last night I was inspired by a certain TV show: VH1's "The White Rapper Show," a show in which "American Idol" meets "Real World" meets the "8 Mile" rap battle scene.

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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.