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Farewell, Roy Moore -- for now

By Alec Solotorovsky | November 18, 2003

ROY MOORE got what he wanted. In a hearing on Wednesday, the Court of the Judiciary of Alabama voted unanimously to remove the so-called "Ten Commandments Judge" from his position as chief justice of the state supreme court after he defied a federal court order to remove a 5,300-pound Ten Commandments monument that he had installed in the central rotunda of the supreme court building. The ruling brought an end (at least for now) to Moore's judicial career, but his return to private citizenry has been anything but private.

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Controlling people, not guns

By Daniel Bagley | November 17, 2003

GUN CONTROL is a topic trotted out by leftists all over the country on a fairly regular basis. It will only be a matter of time before one of the Democratic presidential candidates embarks on a self-righteous crusade to eliminate guns from our lives.

Opinion

A voice, not a vote, for first years

By Preston Lloyd | November 17, 2003

THE "FIRST year experience" isone of those buzzword phenomena that is tossed around at the University along the same lines as "student self-governance" and "community of trust." Though it comes with no shortage of definitional baggage, there is a unique, concrete occurrence that every University student experiences during their first nine months in Charlottesville.

Opinion

Deeper murder coverage

By Emily Kane | November 17, 2003

LAST MONDAY's paper reported the news that 22-year-old Charlottesville resident Walker Andrew Sisk was stabbed to death at 14th and Wertland streets.

Opinion

Affirming inequality

By Whitney Blake | November 14, 2003

While browsing through the University's online calendar of events, I came across a lecture with a rather peculiar title: "The Liberal Case against Affirmative Action." Mainstream liberal thought definitely does not coincide with this notion.

Opinion

The hedonist's manifesto

By Brandon Possin | November 14, 2003

We think too hard. It explains a comment that girls at the University "are too smart to know what they want." In reality, both genders are guilty of this.

Opinion

A faulty housing structure

By Dana Giacofci | November 13, 2003

UNIVERSITY Housing Division's new policy allowing first years to apply for on-Grounds housing during the period traditionally reserved for upper-class students is a misguided attempt to find a "quick fix" to a larger housing problem that plagues all University students.

Opinion

The casualties of war

By Kazz Alexander Pinkard | November 13, 2003

IT MUST be "Groundhog Day." Every morning, I turn to the homepage on my computer, CNN.com, and stare in shock at reading virtually the same headline that runs something like "Attack kills U.S.

Opinion

Building a better policy

By John Evans | November 13, 2003

THE ROOM selection process used by the Housing Division has been modified for the current year. The change is the result of a joint initiative between the Office of the Dean of Students and the Housing Division, looking at ways to increase the number of second-year students that live in on-Grounds housing and provide programming in a residential setting targeting their needs.

Opinion

Enough with reality, bring on the TV

By Michael Behr | November 12, 2003

OTHER than reading my column, you have something else to look forward to on Wednesdays. I am no longer afraid to admit that I am an avid viewer of Fox's new show, "The O.C." The show has been deemed the soap opera of our generation or the next "Beverly Hills 90210." Around Grounds, students are either asking what happened on last week's episode or complaining that the show portrays our generation as rich, snobby, druggie, sex slaves.

Opinion

Punch drunk on diversity

By Eric Wang | November 12, 2003

JUST as the University of Virginia will always outrank Maryland by leaps and bounds, if we were to rank the concerns of college administrators, they would remain fairly constant over time.

Opinion

Perpetuating Southern sterotypes

By Maggie Bowden | November 12, 2003

MY PARENTS, my siblings and I were all born and raised below the Mason-Dixie. We have a tendency to say "y'all," never celebrate a holiday without fried chicken and according to my California roommate, cannot pronounce "nuclear." Obviously, we are a southern family.

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Save the trash talk for Bush

By Alex Rosemblat | November 12, 2003

IN ONE year the American people will be voting for the 44th president of the United States. For many voters who remember the chaos that was the 2000 election, and the highly disputed decision which placed the current president, George W.

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Educating against violence

By Amey Adkins | November 11, 2003

SOMEONE needs to tell me what in the world is happening to students at our university. In 2003, the University has witnessed too many malicious acts involving students.

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