Opinion

Opinion

Questioning classical economies

By Zack Fields | November 19, 2004

AS UNIONIZATION rates decline, as the percentage of uninsured Americans rises and as we colonize Iraq, it is appropriate to seek the origins of these seemingly disparate phenomena.I suggest that they are the direct and predictable result of an economic system created and maintained for the benefit of the plutocrats. Classical economics fails us as a society because it promotes a fraudulent ideology at the expense of human welfare.

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Homosexuality and theology

By Noah Peters | November 19, 2004

IT IS commonly thought that politics and religion are topics too controversial to be discussed in polite company.

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Instituting a fair tax

By Herb Ladley | November 19, 2004

ONE OF the best reasons for voting for President Bush this fall slipped quietly under the radar. In his convention speech, Bush promised, "I will lead a bipartisan effort to reform the tax code." Bush offered few details to what he would do with tax reform, understandably.

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Drowning out the voices

By Kia Lam and Christy Elliot | November 18, 2004

LAST WEEK, the Albemarle Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) voted 3-1 against Charlottesville-area residents concerned about the location of the new Planned Parenthood of the Blue Ridge (PPBR) facility in a residential neighborhood on Hydraulic Road, near Albemarle High School and neighboring elementary and middle schools.

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Choices for Charlottesville

By Kim Goumenis | November 18, 2004

PLANNED Parenthood is a national, non-profit organization with over 850 health centers across the United States that help individuals and couples plan parenthood.

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Swinging toward equality?

By Whitney Blake | November 18, 2004

TWO WEEKS ago, the Miller Center hosted a forum to evaluate the progress of the goals set forth by governors in the 1989 Education Summit convened by former President George H.

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A concrete charter

By Michael Slaven | November 18, 2004

AS I have written before, the University community is at a turning point where it must re-conceive its notion of a public institution.

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Confronting sexual assault

By Elliot Haspel | November 17, 2004

YOU KNOW someone who has been raped. Statistically, it's true: one in four college women have been subject to completed or attempted rape.

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Scheduling by seniority

By Kristin Brown | November 17, 2004

IT'S THAT time again -- time to register for classes. Which means, it's also time for another opinion column bemoaning priority registration for Echols scholars. This week many of my fellow fourth years have probably watched as that one class -- a seminar, perhaps, or a small, popular upper-level class or even a class needed for graduation -- was filled within the first few hours of registration.

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Continued commitment to high standards

By Josh Hess | November 17, 2004

AS THE only surviving feature from the honor system's inception in 1842, the single sanction remains today as an exceptionally high standard of academic integrity largely unique to the University.

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A racial awakening

By Eric Wang | November 17, 2004

HALF A century after the great Civil Rights Movement began breaking down barriers in American society, the struggle for racial equality and harmony has turned into a travesty.

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Our identity crisis

By Nick Chapin | November 16, 2004

BLUE STATE or red? Gay or straight? Black or white? Our culture is today more focused than ever on identity.

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A murderous legacy

By Joe Schilling | November 16, 2004

HE WAS responsible for and complicit in the deaths of hundreds of innocent civilians over the past 40 years.

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Diversity from the top down

By Elizabeth Chu | November 16, 2004

DIVERSITY. This word immediately emits a sound of exasperation and an accompanied eye roll with the comment, "Are we talking about this again?" Whether it is frustration due to the lack of progress, or whether it is an apathetic annoyance to this issue, diversity always generates some kind of response.

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Homophobia v. heterosexism

By Katie Cristol | November 16, 2004

IT'S BECOME a matter of course for liberals, particularly unabashedly blue-state liberals, to lament one of the greatest ironies of this election: that in an election framed by the GOP to be about the dual threats of terrorism and gay marriage, those areas most threatened by both voted overwhelmingly against the president.

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Taking good SHOTS

By Sam Leven | November 16, 2004

THIS YEAR, the University's Athletic Department has adopted a new policy for student attendance at basketball games.Under the new system, students can request seats at basketball games and have a spot guaranteed when they arrive.

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The voter's primer on the Single Sanctions

By Meghan Sullivan | November 15, 2004

THE SINGLE sanction inspires rhetoric. I have heard it referred to as the academic "deathpenalty," as the "fundamental cornerstone of UVA" and just about everything in between.

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An ill-advised health requirement

By Anthony Dick | November 15, 2004

AS ISIS prepares to shepherd us through another exhilarating season of online course registration, many students find themselves preoccupied by the seemingly disparate issue of health insurance.

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Good and bad of criminal coverage

By Jeremy Ashton | November 15, 2004

ONE STORY dominated the News section of The Cavalier Daily for the last week and a half. Every edition of the paper between Nov.

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Questioning the charter

By Zack Fields | November 15, 2004

AS THE University community struggles with a disturbing lack of socioeconomic diversity within the student body, the administration is pursuing two very different policies that could have conflicting effects on UVa affordability.