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Objectivity and fairness

COLLEGE Dean Edward Ayers' decision to remove PoliticsProf. James Sofka as dean of the Echols Scholars program continues to be a hot topic in the pages of The Cavalier Daily. Senior writer Chris Wilson reported Wednesday ("Policy may afford Sofka future hearing," Feb.


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Saving the falling dollar

ALTHOUGH Americans are constantly being subjected to the economic theories of politicians and talking heads, we rarely hear about one ofthe biggest threats to the nation's economic future.


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Drowning in debt

SEVEN YEARS: That's how long it would take to pay off a credit card balance of just $1,000 given a standard 19 percent interest rate and making the minimum 2.5 percent monthly payment.


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Taking ownership of our lives

LAST FRIDAY night, the Jefferson Society hostedHousing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson, who spoke about President Bush's innovative concept of an "ownership society." While Prof.


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Educating tomorrow's citizens

A RECENT survey of high school students has confirmed what most Americans already know -- the Pacific Ocean is somewhere south of Miami, where the Prime Meridian divides westward flowing rivers from the Sea of Japan.


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Log in, chill out

UNIVERSITY attempts to access personal information are sometimes intrusive and unnecessary -- Social Security numbers are our identities on Grounds and the University has access to most students' bank accounts and financial information.


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The state of freedom

AS PRESIDENT Bush takes the stage tomorrow night for the State of the Union speech, many will look for him to flesh out the soaring oratory from his forceful inaugural address two weeks ago.


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Crowded out of class

AS I stood at the back of a crowded lecture hall amongthe huddled masses of wait-listed students yearning for a spot in class, it seemed as though something wasn't quite right.


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Unintelligent design

A SCHOOL district in Pennsylvania recently made headlines by becoming the first to require the teaching of the intelligent design theory in biology classes as a possible alternative to Darwinian evolution.


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Communist capitalist China?

SINCE 1978, the economic role of the Chinese government has focused on fostering economic growth in the context of the international capitalist system, a departure from its former Stalinist policies of absolutely centralized economic planning.


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Revisiting the 1960s

THE CIVIL Rights Movement of the 1960s still touches a raw nerve in American society today. Political movements borrowing the rhetorical and organizational tactics of civil rights activism, from women's liberation to gay rights, continue to shape our political discourse today.


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The University's parking jam

IS HAVING a car in Charlottesville a blessing or a curse? Perhaps it is a bit of both. For students who have jobs or take part in activities in the greater Charlottesville area, the increased mobility that a car provides is invaluable.


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Visionary hubris

THE NEW buzzword of the mainstream media: hubris. All of the pundits,commentators and editorials are filled to the brim with this word.

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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.