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Reviving the death tax

YOU CAN'T blame them for trying. Once again, populists in the Virginia House of Delegates and State Senate attempted to curry favor with the voters of the Commonwealth by promising cake and the chance to eat it too.


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Keeping demonstrations non-disruptive

Imagine that you're sitting in class at approximately 2 p.m. in New Cabell Hall, taking a test. As you figure out the formula to that brain-splitting problem, a horde of deafening students congregate outside the hall, run inside your class and turn of the lights, yelling into your classroom.


Opinion

Can war be reality TV?

As bombs started falling in Baghdad last Wednesday night, millions of Americans turned on their televisions and have kept them on as the first week of the war has unfolded.


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Irresponsible war protest

For weeks now, signs boldly proclaiming "walk out when the war starts" could be found around Grounds; and sure enough, last Thursday, the day after the bombs started falling on Iraq, the anti-war protestors were out in force here at the University.


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Defending Southern culture

BLAME it on Yankee ignorance. Look at it as a slight resurgence of that "Northern aggression," whose war by the same name still echoes sometimes here through the valleys in this vibrant land south of Maryland (you Northern Virginians, try as you might, are not technically excluded). Yes, the Yankees are still at it, determined to arrogantly perpetuate the stereotypes of those ignorant, racist, backward Southerners.


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Thorough war coverage

WAR COVERAGE 101 is a course we'd all probably prefer not to take, but with Peter Arnett and night-vision green back on television, The Cavalier Daily and every other newspaper in the country have been thrust into the classroom. It seems that there are several basic elements of coverage that a paper should bring its readers during a war.


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Not the time for protest

SINCE the very first Tomahawk cruise missile was launched and the first F117-A stealth fighter took off, a fundamental change occurred in the debate about war in Iraq -- it ceased to matter.


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Red carpet racism

ALTHOUGH rapper-come-actress Queen Latifah has received rave reviews and a best supporting actress nomination for her portrayal of Mama Morton in the soon-to-be-classic film "Chicago," the Oscar nomination and recognition she received for her characterization needs to be taken with a grain of salt.


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Ahead of Lighting of the Lawn, Riley McNeill and Chelsea Huffman, co-chairs of the Lighting of the Lawn Committee and fourth-year College students, and Peter Mildrew, the president of the Hullabahoos and third-year Commerce student, discuss the festive tradition which brings the community together year after year. From planning the event to preparing performances, McNeil, Huffman and Mildrew elucidate how the light show has historically helped the community heal in the midst of hardship.