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Bush's fear factor

AS THE pundits analyze who "won" the vice-presidential debate by looking at who sighed the fewest number of times, a deep undercurrent is running through liberal America.


Opinion

What's in a Veep?

WHEN JOHN Adams said that the vice presidency was "the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived," he was not talking about the same institution that Dick Cheney inhabits today.


Opinion

A lacking sexual education

EVER WONDER where your student activity fees go? At Yale, some University funds are funneled to a "Sex Week," complete with lectures such as "The History of the Vibrator" and "How to be a Better Lover," as well as an appearance by porn star Devinn Lane and free "adult toys" for all.


Opinion

Of gays and race

AS AMERICANS vote in November on such important issues as war, the economy and health care, citizens in 10 states will also face referenda to constitutionally ban gay marriage in their jurisdictions.


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Don't vote

WITH LESS than a month remaining until the 2004 presidential election, America is saturated with reminders that the most important, patriotic thing citizens can do is get out and vote.


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Putting stories in a local context

THE CAVALIER Daily primarily covers news at the University and in Charlottesville, but that doesn't mean the paper can't take on stories outside its circulation area. Newspapers, including The Cavalier Daily, frequently "localize" stories, putting local angles on state, national or even international news.


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A weighty school issue

FOOD FOR thought: Coca-Cola has contracts with nearly half of this country's school districts. There are vending machines in almost 99 percent of high schools, nearly 75 percent of middle schools and 43 percent of elementary schools.


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Punishing plagarizing professors

WITH ALL the attention that student plagiarism receives, and the attendant pious hand-wringing on the part of university administrations and ubiquitous admonitions from faculty, we expect professors to exemplify the highest standards of intellectual honesty.


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UJC: Fair and balanced

LAST WEEK, the University was given the chance, thanks to the openness of graduate student Rich Felker, to witness the work of the University Judiciary Committee and begin to understand the workings of a Committee which many students simply do not know enough about.


Opinion

Apology

Yesterday's editorial cartoon incorrectly attributed the recent voluntary DNA tests of possible serial rapist suspects to the Albemarle County Police Department.


Opinion

Reforming education reform

ON SEPT. 16, representatives from many of Virginia's public and private universities, as well as community colleges, came together in Richmond to officially commit to Gov.


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UJC on trial

LAST WEEK, the University Judiciary Committee tried pro-Tibet activist Rich Felker for two violations of the Standards of Conduct that stemmed from his April 5, 2004 protest of Chinese Ambassador Yang Jiechi, who was visiting the University.


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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.