Opinion

Opinion

Berzerk ratings for Berkeley

By Kristin Brown | November 5, 2003

LAST WEEK, University of Maryland President C.D. Mote, Jr. caused quite a stir down in these parts by describing the University's number one public university ranking as "ridiculous." Specifically, what's ridiculous, according to Mote, is our tie for the coveted spot with the University of California-Berkeley, apparently a far better school and Mote's own alma mater. Well, I've decided I agree with you, Mr. Mote.

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Making the most of a moral victory

By Alec Solotorovsky | November 5, 2003

THE ONLY thing quieter than downtown Richmond last night was Virginia's Democratic Party headquarters.

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Miniseries, major inaccuracies

By Joe Schilling | November 4, 2003

AN ACT of intolerable cruelty is about to take place. In two weeks, CBS is set to air a shameful, slanderous, smear job of a miniseries that inaccurately portrays one of America's greatest presidents.

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Won't you be our neighbor?

By Jim Prosser | November 4, 2003

WE UNIVERSITY students don't know anything about Charlottesville. This is a fact that struck me when I was voting on my absentee ballot for a county election back home.

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Safety first

By Amey Adkins | November 4, 2003

IT IS FAIR to say that most Americans during their daily routines have more personally pertinent things to think about other than national security.

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A disturbing trend

By Emily Kane | November 3, 2003

IT IS DISHEARTENING to find that plagiarism again found its way to the pages of The Cavalier Daily.

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Protesting capitalism

By Daniel Bagley | November 3, 2003

COMMUNISM doesn't quite have the scary undertone to it today that it did during the Cold War. Socialists and communists, like everyone else, have been busy redefining themselves into kinder, gentler, socially acceptable groups.

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No room for bigotry in war on terror

By Blair Reeves | November 3, 2003

TODAY, there are roughly 1.3 billion Muslims in the world. Islam is the fastest growing religion worldwide, both in terms of converts and sheer birth rates among the populations and in the countries where it is most prevalent.

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Sending more Wahoos south

By Brandon Possin | October 31, 2003

Heart is pronounced corazon, not corathson. Empanadas are more filling than tapas. Samba excites more than flamenco.

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Voting Brown up or down

By Whitney Blake | October 31, 2003

Liberals like to embrace the idea that their party is emblematicof open-mindedness and acceptance of all viewpoints.

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Terrorism's tangled roots

By Laura Parcells | October 31, 2003

When discussing recent suicide bombings of the Red Cross in Baghdad earlier this week, President George W.

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Success on the ground

By Alec Solotorovsky | October 30, 2003

"THE MORE successful we are on the ground, the more these killers will react." So said President George W.

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The road less taken

By Chris Kiser | October 30, 2003

WILL THOSE Maryland Terrapins ever learn? Almost a year ago, during the week leading up to the Terps' visit to Scott Stadium, a careless insult led to the visiting team's demise.

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Letting go of tuition control

By Preston Lloyd | October 30, 2003

HALLOWEEN is tomorrow. However, Virginia will face a much scarier holiday next Tuesday: election day.

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Dirty rush: not so filthy

By Michael Behr | October 29, 2003

DIRTY rush: the connotation of the word, alone, characterizes a mean, lascivious act conducted by Greek societies aimed at soiling the minds of innocent first years.

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No necessity for partial-birth abortion

By Maggie Bowden | October 29, 2003

THE ABORTION wars are raging anew on the American domestic front. And the latest fuel to flame the fire is the controversy over what is commonly known as partial-birth abortion.

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A "Ghettopoly" in Pop Culture

By Eric Wang | October 29, 2003

WITH ALL the distasteful racial caricatures making the news recently, the latest controversy over "Ghettopoly" came as scant surprise.

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Welcome to the jungle

By Alex Rosemblat | October 29, 2003

AS HALLOWEEN approaches this week, it is evident that the school year is in full swing. For fourth years, this means that at least some thought has been given to what exactly we plan on doing next year, and for that matter, for the next few years of our lives.

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Wrong in all cases

By Kristin Brown | October 29, 2003

SOON PRESIDENT Bush will sign the partial birth abortion ban into law, which prohibits a partial-birth abortion to be performed unless the life of the mother is in danger.

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Negotiating with Iran

By Alec Solotorovsky | October 28, 2003

LAST WEDNESDAY, in an act of hopeless naivety, the foreign ministers of France, Germany and Great Britain reached an agreement with Iran to end an international dispute over the Islamic state's nuclear program.