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Problems beyond dimpled chads

FLORIDA, the "sunshine state," may just be casting clouds into its own forecast. With one of the closest gubernatorial races in the country reaching its climax in the polls today, we can't help but be reminded of the slight discrepancies in Florida voting that took place two years ago in the 2000 presidential election.


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No merit badge of courage for Scouts

S'MORES, campfires, God and merit badges: Pick the word that does not belong. If you, gentle readers, chose God, you apparently are more perceptive than the Chief Seattle Council of the Boy Scouts.


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Cast your ballots

Tomorrow is a big day. Public schools and government offices get to have the day off. University students, however, will continue to have classes, and more likely than not, a small percentage of us will realize why Tuesday, Nov.


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Failings of discussion sections

Mandatory graded discussion sections must go. Although there are many wonderful, caring and intelligent TAs out there, the discussion section serves only as an unnecessary bridge to the small and focused classes of high school.


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A tax to end traffic woes

The Washington, D.C., Metropolitan area has the third worst traffic of any area in the United States, according to the Texas Transportation Institutes 2002 study.


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A black president?

Bill Clinton is black. Well, not really. However, just last month, on Oct. 19, former president Bill Clinton was inducted into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame.


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Poor choices in Chechnya

"The Chechens knew there was no escape for them, and to avoid any temptation to run, they had strapped themselves together, knee to knee, and had their guns ready, and were singing their death song." So wrote Tolstoy in his 1863 novel, The Cossacks, wherein a young Russian officer travels to the Caucasus to take part in his country's long, fruitless effort to subdue Chechnya. Last week, Russia's Chechen conflict flared again in similar fashion.


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An economically unworkable idea

ACCORDING TO LAG, the Labor Action Group and Living Wage Campaign at the University of Virginia, the "simple principle" of living wage activists is to make sure no one who is employed full time at the University is in poverty.


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The SEC's odd pick

You wouldn't trust a general who'd never seen war to lead an army into battle, or a defensive end to quarterback your football team.


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