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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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An open letter to the University community

As I have been deluged with expressions of concern, friendship, and surprise regarding my abrupt removal as Echols Dean, I have decided to offer a public explanation to our community. On January 14, I was summoned to a meeting with Dean Edward Ayers.At this meeting, at which neither my immediate superior nor representatives of any other University offices were present, I was informed that I was being removed from my post on the grounds of allegations of perceived impropriety in my behavior towards unspecified students.The action was immediate with no formal period of notice.


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Obscene commercialization

WE CAN all sleep easier at night now --- Michael Powell, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission and son of outgoing Secretary of State Colin Powell, announced his resignation last week.


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Leave it to the law

STUDENTS returning to the University's jurisdiction last week were greeted by yet another revised draft of the much-maligned sexual assault procedures.


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Off-Grounds folly

IT MAY be a new semester, but University administrators are up to the same old tricks -- namely, rampant paternalism and frivolous spending.


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A savior for the Democrats

AS THE Democratic Party continues its attempt to recover from its devastating defeat in the November elections, the party now faces an election of its own.


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Subtle security

LAST THURSDAY'S presidential inauguration could loosely be described as the most secure event in the history of the world.


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Sticking it to textbooks

THE BEGINNING econ student receives the best introduction to the subject of monopolies before he even begins a class -- the $3.4 billion racket that is the college textbook industry.


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An honest foreign policy

HIDDEN amid the sweeping rhetoric and rousing imagery of President Bush's second inaugural address was a supposed declaration of American values: "All who live in tyranny and hopelessness can know: The United States will not ignore your oppression, or excuse your oppressors.


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Indieheads is one of many Contracted Independent Organizations at the University dedicated to music, though it stands out to students for many reasons. Indieheads President Brian Tafazoli describes his experience and involvement in Indieheads over the years, as well as the impact that the organization has had on his personal and musical development.