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Invasion of property

THE UNIVERSITY is rife with paradoxes, not the least of which is its policy on e-mail. Before every first year arrives at the University, he or she has almost always completed the administration's test on the "Responsible Computing Handbook for Students" and so received his or her e-mail account.


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A sad showing of self-governance

MANY OF us, myself included, frequently rail on corrupt politicians. We've all heard pundits and investigative reporters recount backroom deals, scandalous behavior, nepotistic practices and cutthroat desperate measures executed by ruthless, blood-sucking government officials.


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Sensible sex ed

AMONG other progressive leaders in Congress, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has been a top advocate for a bipartisan bill aimed at reducing the need for abortions by putting "prevention first." She was recently criticized by Tony Perkins of the conservative Family Research Council.


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The Kaine scrutiny

IT'S FUN to watch Democrats play make-believe. With the end of the 2004 election, many people had been suffering withdrawal from regular doses of liberal duplicity.


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An educated choice for governor

IN THE upcoming gubernatorial election, we Virginians will choose between two starkly different candidates, one who will continue to provide fiscally responsible leadership, and the other who will wreak the state's budget for short term political gain.


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Making EC accessible

NEARLY half of all women in the United States between the ages of fifteen and forty-four have experienced at least one unplanned pregnancy in their lifetime.


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The benefits of in-depth coverage

EVERY newspaper, from the community weekly to The New York Times, covers a set of newsmakers whose names appear frequently in its pages. These newsmakers are the government leaders, community activists and local celebrities whom everyone recognizes.


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A peaking petroleum problem

WHILE Congress is consumed with such pressing matters as the use of steroids in Major League Baseball, an economic crisis looms on the horizon that could dwarf any that this world has seen since the Great Depression.


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Graduation madness

AS A particularly exciting NCAA tournament winds to its conclusion, much noise is being made about the graduation rates of men's basketball players. As it has for the past few years, the University of Central Florida's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports released its "Keeping Score When It Counts: Graduation Rates for 2005 NCAA Men's and Women's Division I Basketball Tournament Teams," which, as in past years, shows what seem to be shockingly low graduation rates, including eight percent of basketball players for Michigan State and zero percent for LSU.


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Walking the talk

AFTER a semester's worth of collaboration and effort, a new set of sexual assault procedures have been released.


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A win for the living wage

CONGRATULATIONS to the students of the Living Wage Coalition at Georgetown University, who successfully shamed the administration into granting a raise and new benefits to Georgetown staff members.


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A planned deception?

NEWS FLASH: Abortion clinics ignore rape. What may seem like a cruel irony is a bleak reality, and the actions taken by the abortion clinics in response to these charges are even more preposterous.


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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.