Opinion

Opinion

Short-circuiting high-tech cheating

By Sam Bresnahan | February 11, 2003

Students are getting better and better at cheating, and it's time for college faculty and administrators to do something about it. The latest scandal to rock the academic world happened last month at the University of Maryland, where 12 students in the undergraduate business school were accused of using their cell phones and PDAs to cheat on an exam. Faced with accusations in front of the school's Honor Council, six of the students admitted to academic misconduct and will be disciplined accordingly.

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Pepsi's Ludacris decision

By Amey Adkins | February 11, 2003

A call for a boycott of anything at this point in our country's history would not be that surprising, considering the political climate in both the domestic and foreign realms.

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Localized leads

By Masha Herbst | February 10, 2003

Last Monday, the front page of The Cavalier Daily featured a story about the disintegration of the space shuttle Columbia and resulting death of all seven astronauts aboard.

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No early registration for Echols

By Patrick Harvey | February 10, 2003

ISIS is not the only problem preventing students from getting classes when they want them. Technology is a fun scapegoat, but there is a bigger problem: priority registration for Echols Scholars.

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The Creek, the crabs and the children

By Kimberly Liu | February 10, 2003

Arecent study by the Kaiser Family Foundation suggests that sexual education is shifting from the classroom to the television screen.

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In-state illegal immigrants deserve in-state tuition rates

By Alex Rosemblat | February 7, 2003

Last week the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth announced that it had passed a bill mandating that illegal immigrants will pay out-of-state tuition even if they reside in the Commonwealth.

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Foxfield improved, not ruined

By Laura Parcells | February 7, 2003

Doubtless to the chagrin of many University students, the face of one of their most loved traditions may be about to change.

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Non-Greeks' growing pains

By Kazz Alexander Pinkard | February 6, 2003

LAST YEAR, at about this same time, there was a lot of concern shown within the University community regarding the Inter-Fraternity Council house rental policy and the effect it would have on student organizations outside of the Greek system.

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Politico prejudice

By Preston Lloyd | February 6, 2003

FOR MANY, to be called a "politico" is as personally insulting as any other derogatory epithet one might imagine.

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Keep sexuality out of basketball

By Kimberly Liu | February 5, 2003

Last month, the Washington Post reported a new trend constituting a step back for both feminism and homosexual liberation ("Going Behind the Back," January 24). The Post brought to the public the latest method of negative recruiting in women's basketball: suggesting to recruits that opposing coaches are lesbians.

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Conjuring compassion

By Patrick Harvey | February 5, 2003

Compassionate conservatism. It is a pleasant slogan; it makes the right-wing sound less scary to moderate voters.

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ID numbers pose identity threat

By Stephanie Batten | February 5, 2003

Identity theft, once reserved for gangster movies, is an increasingly common phenomenon. In this information age, the sheer abundance and accessibility of personal data, particularly in computerized formats, makes identity theft a real threat for many individuals.

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Spare the dogs in medical lab

By Maggie Bowden | February 5, 2003

Cloning, embryonic research and cell reproduction have all come to the forefront of medical controversy as science improves and researchers make further strides in curing diseases and improving human life.

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Time to scrap Title IX

By Sam Bresnahan | February 4, 2003

Percentage of U.S. college students who are women: 56. Percentage of U.S. college varsity athletes who are women: 42.

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Can college be race-blind?

By Laura Sahrama | February 4, 2003

Much of the affirmative action debate revolves around questions of fairness: Are white students treated unfairly in application procedures that consider race as a factor?

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Careless coverage of student's death

By Masha Herbst | February 4, 2003

There are a few very unpleasant things that most reporters must go through at one time or another.

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A political circus whose time has come

By Alec Solotorovsky | February 4, 2003

Anyone watching last Tuesday's State of the Union address could not but be struck by the idiocy of the event.

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An avoidable disaster

By Amey Adkins | February 4, 2003

It was the first day of February. At Temple University, a former student shot his ex-girlfriend while she worked inside a campus administration building, later killing himself.

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Cry me a river

By Emily Roper | February 3, 2003

My dad gave me two pieces of advice before I left for college. First, always check to see if a book has been made into a movie before removing the shrink-wrap from a textbook.

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Time to check out

By Abby Curran | February 3, 2003

Oh come on, it's not as if you didn't expect it. That's right, of all the world's great thinkers, I've picked the Eagles to kick off my farewell to The Cavalier Daily -- because I can check out anytime I like, but I can never leave. Okay, I'll admit it.