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Steps to a stable democracy

STAY THE course: this is the lesson of the Iraq war and the ongoing rebuilding process. On Saturday, millions of Iraqi citizens turned out to vote on the country's constitutional referendum, which is being reported as likely to pass.


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A council without CLAS

The Arts and Sciences Council is raising its fee for students in the College of Arts and Sciences from four dollars to $10 over three years.


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Three's a crowd

AS HE watched Tim Kaine and Jerry Kilgore duke it out in last week's gubernatorial debate, Independent candidate Sen.


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Preventing a pandemic

AS WE go about our business, a pandemic that threatens to kill millions is gathering steam. As we speak, scientists are crying Cassandra about the bird flu and the growing threat of a worldwide pandemic.


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An academic sham

THE UNITED States House of Representatives is scheduled later this term to consider authorizing a so-called "Academic Bill of Rights," a bill that the creators believe will force additional amounts of time and funding to be spent in universities to represent "pluralism." Additionally, the bill would have professors appeal to a wide variety of methodologies among differing viewpoints, according to the Students for Academic Freedom Web site.


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Constituting civil war

IMAGINE walking by a flyer threatening the lives of you and your family if you were to vote. As you are reading it, in the distance you hear an explosion and horrifying screams.


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Calling out athletic dishonesty

THE UNIVERSITY of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's decision last week to raise its standards regarding steroid use within its athletic programs recognizes the necessity of a single sanction response to athletic dishonesty.


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White House ghosts of Abu Ghraib

LAST WEEK, President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales all voiced vehement opposition to a measure passed by the Senate that would clarify the country's standards for interrogating detainees and ban the use of "cruel, inhumane and degrading punishment" of prisoners held in custody by the U.S.


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A language of dehumanization

IN A TUESDAY article about escalating violence in Baghdad's Green Zone, The New York Times continued to use the term "insurgent" to describe individuals who resist the U.S.


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Scrutinizing post-Katrina policy

IN THE last week of September, Senators Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and David Vitter (R-LA) proposed Senate bills 1765 and 1766, both ostensibly designed to provide an expansive long-term response to the tragic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.


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The fall leaving holiday

THE IDEA of reading during the fall semester "Reading Holiday" is frequently scoffed at by students, who instead label the long weekend "Fall Break." Although most students can attest that very little reading gets accomplished, the extra day off is a welcome break before the impending stress of midterms.


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Putting news in context

THERE are people out there who, unfortunately, will do or say almost anything to get attention. Think of the countless reality shows on TV where people will eat bugs, or hurt or humiliate themselves just for the chance for the spotlight. The same is true for groups and people who want media attention.


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Concerning the calendar

"WAIT, WHAT happened?" This was the response of most students and many others last February when the administration released, seemingly out of the blue, an academic calendar with some substantial alterations.

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Latest Podcast

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.