Opinion

Opinion

Dissecting the diversity center

By Daniel Bagley | November 24, 2003

WHEN THINKING about the planned diversity center to be located on the third floor of Newcomb Hall, one of the first things to come to mind is Derek Zoolander's "center for kids who can't read good and want to do other things good too." While the planned center will obviously not have Ben Stiller teaching children to read, it will equal the fictitious Zoolander center in general uselessness. This plan is indicative of the growing perceived need for general political correctness within our society.

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Maryland: An unworthy adversary

By Blair Reeves | November 24, 2003

RIVALRIES between schools are curious things. They can be based on regional schisms (the University of Georgia and Florida, for example)or on the close proximity of two highly visible schools, like Stanford and Berkeley.

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Make course information accessible

By Kimberly Liu | November 24, 2003

IT'S COURSE registration time, which for most students is a big deal. And for the others, it should be.

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Saying 'I do' to gay marriage

By Kristin Brown | November 21, 2003

Well, apparently we're all going to Hell in a handbasket. A rainbow-colored handbasket. This week, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that same-sex couples had a legal right to marry and effectively ended the state's ban on same-sex marriage.

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Self-segregation: envy and exclusion

By Brandon Possin | November 21, 2003

Does anybody know when the Majority Career Fair will take place? Who will be my white peer advisor?

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Early planning for retirement

By Whitney Blake | November 21, 2003

Social Security is something you get when you retire, right? Right. It's also something you don't have to worry about until you retire, right?

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Stress-free job, stress-free search

By Laura Parcells | November 21, 2003

As I stand about to forever sign off from The Cavalier Daily in the name of general fourth-year debaucheries, thesis writing and -- dun-dun-dun -- job searching, I would like to take this last opportunity to offer some words of encouragement to my fellow classmates. Walking around Grounds, it's hard to miss everyone's favorite breed of student: The suit-clad, briefcase-toting Commie -- Comm schooler, that is.

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Opinion

A Source of contention

By Kazz Alexander Pinkard | November 20, 2003

I DIDN'T even turn on the television this year. Commercials promoting this year's Source Awards Show televised on the Black Entertainment Network spoke to me loud and clear: This establishment is going nowhere, fast.

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Interference by politicians

By Chris Kiser | November 20, 2003

SCHAUB BACK to pass. He scans the field, looking for the open man. Dodges the defender in the backfield and sees Miller open on the sideline.

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Doing good while doing well

By Eric Wang | November 19, 2003

Even when colleges and universities are not facing budget cuts and imposing massive tuition hikes, the salaries of those in charge have always been a sensitive topic.

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A culture of fear

By Michael Behr | November 19, 2003

WE CAN fill these columns with accounts of recentviolent attacks in the Charlottesville area -- yet, I choose to express faith in the non-violent nature of this community.

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Betting on predicting terror attacks

By Alex Rosemblat | November 19, 2003

THE TERROR futures market, althoughsuffering a major set back from the Pentagon deciding to drop the project, will nonetheless open in March of 2004.

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Opinion

An evolving honor system

By Joe Schilling | November 18, 2003

THE HONOR system is one of the University's most hallowed traditions. Many students, faculty and administrators alike laud the merits of the system and the benefits such as proctor-free exams and a sense of trust that the system provides.

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Opinion

Politics for the digital age

By Jim Prosser | November 18, 2003

IN 1996, presidential politics took a leap into the digital age with both Republican candidate Bob Dole and President Bill Clinton launching their own Internet campaign sites.

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Questioning Kilgore

By Elliot Haspel | November 18, 2003

IT WAS delightful to grab a Cavalier Daily on Friday and see the headline "University to increase hourly pay rate for staff." It's comforting that even in the midst of a budget crunch, the administration is thinking of its own.

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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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Contributing to the community

By Amey Adkins | November 18, 2003

EVERY now and again, it is good to take a step back and just reflect upon life and what is really important.

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Howard Dean: Showing us the money

By Blair Reeves | November 17, 2003

IT SEEMS like every presidential candidate, Democrat or Republican, talks about how their campaign for the country's highest office is different than all the rest.

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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.

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A taxing power

By Anthony Dick | November 17, 2003

THE ROLE of the government in American society today is dramatically larger than it was a century ago.