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Eyeing cultural assimilation

PLASTIC SURGERY, aside from when it's reconstructive or for health reasons, is never necessary. There is no need to correct something that is natural, and from nose jobs to liposuction, plastic surgery in all forms shows a desire to strive for an unnecessary ideal.


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Affirmative action by GPA

Public universities in Texas do not practice "affirmative action." They'd love to, but a federal appeals court decision in 1996 gave them the negative.


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On claims of racism

Is the Cavalier Daily racist? In a word, no, though the accusation is levied annually by the black community. This year's episode began with an Oct.


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Trials in Follywood

Star Treatment. Many celebrities are given this luxury and thus they do not have to pay for their mistakes in the ways us commoners often do.


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To exclude or not to exclude?

Recently, at Central College in Iowa, Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship forced one of its members, Brad Clark, to step down from his leadership position due to his newly publicized homosexuality.


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Smaller, fairer discussion sections

Attending a large,public university has its advantages and disadvantages. Students at the University are able to choose from a wide array of courses and majors and take classes from professors who are experts in their fields.


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Secrets and lies

EVER SINCE the University was founded nearly 200 years ago its storied traditions have prospered with each new generation, and one particular urban legend about secret societies merits attention.


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No victory for moral outrage

New Brunswick, New Jersey Frank Lautenberg is on his way back to the U.S. Senate tonight, defeating his Republican opponent Douglas Forrester by 64 to 36 percent of the vote in a truncated campaign defined more by legal and ethical questions than any issues of substance. Lautenberg, who replaced the ethically challenged incumbent Robert Torricelli a month ago, fought a lengthy court battle to get his name on the ballot and Forrester has made the legality of his candidacy a campaign issue much as he did Torricelli's ethical lapses. But if there is any lesson to be drawn from Forrester's defeat, it is that a campaign of moral indignation is sufficient only to defeat an opponent who is already thoroughly discredited.


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Oregon's loony labeling scheme

Being the progressive humanitarians that they are, the citizens of the great state of Oregon had the opportunity yesterday to save our country from the evil aspirations of both greedy moneymaking corporations and dangerous gene-splicing scientists, just by making a quick trip to the voting booths.

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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.