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Accuracy and relevance

THE VIRGINIA General Assembly got a lot of attention from The Cavalier Daily's News staff last week. Every issue of the newspaper except Thursday's contained an article on something happening in Richmond.


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A misguided militancy

IN RECENT years, law schools, often regarded in our society as bastions of elite privilege and conformity, have (if we take them at their word) transformed themselves into "expressive institutions" dedicated to advancing progressive political causes.


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Daily feminism

AFTER working at a national bagel chain restaurant for two years while in high school, my girlfriend received a lower hourly wage than newly hired males.


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An intoxicated defense

THIS TUESDAY, fifteen-year-old Christopher Pittman was found guilty on two counts of murder and sentenced to up to thirty years in a South Carolina prison.


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Burning down the house

THE BUZZWORDS "war on terrorism" have invaded our TVs, newspapers, blogs and radios. But many people may not be familiar with a relatively obscure form of terrorism, one that is not propagated by Al-Qaeda or Hamas, but by loosely-organized domestic groups.


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Creating equal opportunity

SOCIETY perpetuates wealth disparities.To achieve success, it helps to have successful parents. For undergraduate students, money opens up opportunities that poorer students cannot afford.


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Fraternity without community

EARLIER this February, Office of African-American Affairs Dean M. Rick Turner kicked off Black History Month with a scathing critique that whites in Charlottesville won't "do anything for black folks." At the same time, the Iota Beta chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. made history by leaving the Black Fraternity Council for the nonracial Inter-Fraternity Council.


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Learning free thought

PROFESSOR Ward Churchill, until recently the chairman of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado, came under fire this month for spouting some grotesquely insipid remarks about America's relationship to terrorism.


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Testing the patience of the University's black leaders

IN RESPONSE to the closing statements of the Thursday, Feb. 10 lead editorial entitled "Moderate racial rhetoric" I would like to offer a broader perspective on the issue of race relations at the University and the way that race is handled by the Dean of African-American Affairs, M.


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Promoting culture

AS MUCH as certain critics complain about the pervasiveness of multicultural programs at the University, it seems as though a student could easily forget that February is Black History Month.


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Reporting timely news

The media use certain news values to determine what makes an event worth reporting. The proximity of an event to a media outlet, the event's impact on the audience, whether a conflict exists or even whether something odd happened all affect the media's decision on what to report. One of the most important news values is timeliness.


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Indicting NEW feminism

ANYONE who has ever watched a stubborn child attempt to climb up a downward escalator knows how pathetic the sight of an individual struggling vainly against progress can be.


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So long to the scandal scarf

I WORE an old scarf around Grounds the other day and no one seemed to care -- this was when I realized that my life is no longer the same. My once and former "scandal scarf" received its name a few years ago on a late night in the basement of Newcomb Hall in the midst of what no longer seems like such an earth-shattering news break.


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Latest Podcast

In this episode of On Record, Allison McVey, University Judiciary Committee Chair and fourth-year College student, discusses the Committee’s 70th anniversary, an unusually heavy caseload this past Fall semester and the responsibilities that come with student-led adjudication. From navigating serious health and safety cases to training new members and launching a new endowment, McVey explains how the UJC continues to adapt while remaining grounded in the University's core values of respect, safety and freedom.