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Worked up over wiretaps

IN WHAT was meant to be a bipartisan forum Monday to highlight concern over the use of executive power in the National Security Agency wiretapping cases, former Vice President Al Gore went on a fire-and-brimstone rant.


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Going postal over junk mail

TO THE conventional wisdom that there are but two things in life that are certain -- death and taxes -- junk mail should be added to create a trifecta.


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A fond farewell

MY TOUGHEST critic calls my columns "rants," looks at all the writing I've done on these pages and quite often wonders aloud whether I have anything positive to say about anything at all.


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Five days' worth of thanks

THANKSGIVING Break is over, and students have returned to Grounds to attend a final week and a half of classes and to prepare for their final exams -- the last hurdle remaining between them and Winter Break.


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AIDS across the world and in our community

IF THERE is one thing University students are good at, it is rallying around a cause. From the recent upsurge of support for the living wage campaign to the slew of natural disasters in the past year both here and abroad, students have stepped up with the typical benefit concerts, fund raisers and care packages.


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Wages worth fighting for

STUDENTS at the University are often quick to advocate and protest for those causes which affect our lives directly: Honor code reform and rape and assault victims' rights are two causes which have drawn a considerable amount of attention recently, and have also prompted students to take direct action to change their circumstances.


Opinion

Crossing over

THOUGH a variety of issues were brought forth following several racist incidents earlier this semester, one issue in particular did not receive the attention it deserves: self-segregation.


Opinion

Wages worth fighting for

STUDENTS at the University are often quick to advocate and protest for those causes which affect our lives directly: Honor code reform and rape and assault victims' rights are two causes which have drawn a considerable amount of attention recently, and have also prompted students to take direct action to change their circumstances.


Opinion

AIDS across the world and in our community

IF THERE is one thing University students are good at, it is rallying around a cause. From the recent upsurge of support for the living wage campaign to the slew of natural disasters in the past year both here and abroad, students have stepped up with the typical benefit concerts, fund raisers and care packages.


Opinion

Crossing over

THOUGH a variety of issues were brought forth following several racist incidents earlier this semester, one issue in particular did not receive the attention it deserves: self-segregation.


Opinion

Gaining career experience in class

"ARE YOU graduating this year?" "Yes." "What are you going to do with the rest of your life?" It is the dreaded question fourth years are faced with by peers, professors and those prying relatives we all saw over Thanksgiving break.


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No single reason for the sanction

IT IS A funny thing to see the retreat of the pro-single sanction camp. First, the single sanction was a grand deterrent that stopped lying, cheating and stealing dead in its tracks.


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Apology

The Nov. 29 comic Schizophrenic Bosnian depicted a character calling the crane the "gayest-looking of all birds." The Cavalier Daily regrets printing this comic and deeply apologizes to those who were offended.


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An insane gun policy

ON JAN. 2, 2004, a man named Farron Barksdale murdered two officers in Athens, Alabama. Barksdale legally purchased a gun, despite the fact that he had been involuntarily committed to a mental institution at least twice.

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Carolyn Dillard, the Community Partnership Manager for the University’s Center of Community Partnerships, discusses the legacy of Dr. King through his 1963 speech at Old Cabell Hall and the Center's annual MLK Day celebrations and community events. Highlighting the most memorable moments of the keynote event by Dr. Imani Perry, Dillard explored the importance of Dr. King’s lasting message of resilience and his belief that individuals should hold themselves responsible for their actions and reactions.