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Getting the details

LAST WEEK some Cavalier Daily readers exercised their writing muscles and supplied my e-mail inbox with interesting and important comments. The most substantial came from David L.


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Dean's noble sacrifice

AS IOWA demonstrated, Dr. Dean may have been too bitter a pill for most Americans to swallow. His mediocre showing in Iowa, a full 20 points behind John Kerry, has certainly slowed the pre-primary favorite down.


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Size does matter

GROWTH is a phenomenon that challenges policy-makers and elected officials just as it presents difficult decisions for members of the business community in the Old Dominion.


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A tragic anniversary

TODAY is a day of mourning. Today we must stop for a moment in our busy lives and remember the nearly 45 million people who have been killed.


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Starting a page ahead

THERE are two types of students at the University. Science and math students who spend lots of money each semester on a few thick textbooks and humanities students, like myself, who fork over the big bucks on a more numerous set of cheaper books.


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A legacy worth ending

SINCE the beginning of this month, Texas A&M University has been embroiled in a controversy over its practice of "legacy" admissions, an admissions criterion that favors applicants if they have a blood relative who attended the university.


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Reforming immigration reform

LESS THAN two weeks ago, President Bush rolled out his first domestic policy initiative: an immigration reform proposal aimed at allowing those working in the country illegally a chance to join a new temporary guest worker program.


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The great distraction

WHEN THE news broke last month that Saddam Hussein had been captured -- disheveled and disoriented, hiding in a dark hole in the ground -- it was hard to overstate the magnitude of the shockwaves that reverberated around the world.


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A flawed multiculturalism

Multiculturalism is the biggest thing to hit America's campuses since light beer. And, as a watered-down perversion of a once-great collegiate ideal, it follows nicely in its predecessor's footsteps.


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Adopting racism?

IN THIS last season of the ever-popular NBC sitcom "Friends," two of the show's main characters, Chandler and Monica, have decided to adopt a baby.

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Dr. Anne Rotich, Director of Undergraduate Programs in the Department of African American and African Studies, informs us about her J-term course, Swahili Cultures Then and Now, which takes the students across the globe to Kenya. Dr. Rotich discusses the new knowledge and informational experiences students gain from traveling around Kenya, and how she provides opportunities for cultural immersion. She also analyzes the benefits of studying abroad and how students can most insightfully learn about other cultures.