Opinion

Opinion

Thank yous, shout-outs and goodbyes

By Erin Perucci | April 23, 2002

WELL THIS is it. This is the last time that I will be enlightening the University community with my insightful prose and the last time that I will be writing an opinion column for The Cavalier Daily. It is still sinking in that four years have gone by since I wrote my first piece on a computer requirement for first-year students, but those four years have taught me more than I ever could have imagined.

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Opinion

Ineffective International Criminal Court

By Joe McMurray | April 22, 2002

THE DAYS of U.S. global leadership are coming to an end. Unless something is done immediately, the planned International Criminal Court will provide a forum for anti-American elements around the world to turn their grudges into an attack upon U.S.

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Opinion

Cracking down on Foxfield debauchery

By Alex Roosenburg | April 22, 2002

THE COUNTDOWN has begun. Less than one week until the well-celebrated day full of drunken debauchery.

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Final thoughts on The Cavalier Daily

By Matthew Branson | April 22, 2002

I READ an interesting article a week ago in The Washington Post. It focused on how a fairly ordinary task - riding the bus - had become a dangerous activity for many people around Jerusalem.

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Mentor's solutions to women's woes

By Laura Parcells | April 22, 2002

IT SHOULD be no secret that the female community at U.Va. faces many problems. What is most upsetting about the situation of women here is that what is most lacking, as a friend of mine so aptly put it, is, "U.Va.- women's' concern for other women [on Grounds]." In recognition of this problem, the women of this university need to come together and make fostering a stronger and more cohesive female community at the University a priority.

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Opinion

Affirming the need for diversity

By Megan Moyer | April 19, 2002

AS A HIGH school junior, I attended a school assembly on affirmative action. Given that I went to high school in a liberal college town in the 1990s, the assembly was not all that notable.

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Opinion

The war on Israeli academia

By Harris Freier | April 19, 2002

EUROPEAN professors are petitioning for a boycott of Israeli cultural and research institutions, because of Israel's military actions in the West Bank.

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Too stiff for prime time

By Mark Jensen | April 19, 2002

IMAGINE someone who has run for Honor, University Judiciary Committee and class representative, and lost three times.

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Opinion

Virtual pedophilia trumps alternative

By Kimberly Liu | April 19, 2002

IMAGINE children having sex. It's repulsive, it's immoral and the mental image is both painful to the head and nauseating to the stomach.

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Opinion

Colleges' claim on lottery revenue

By Preston Lloyd | April 18, 2002

THE CHANCES are greater that you will be struck by lightning twice tomorrow than have bought a winning lottery ticket for the Big Game, as of last Tuesday afternoon.

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Opinion

Bubble of celebrity worship

By Brad Cohen | April 18, 2002

YOUR LIFE is validated in America when your chewed gum makes headlines and sells for $10,000. For star baseball player Luis Gonzalez, the sad reality of what it means to be a celebrity in America finally was realized this week when a piece of gum he chewed was part of an auction and ensuing scandal.

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Opinion

Legitimate living wage laws

By David Swanson | April 18, 2002

I GOT A Masters degree in philosophy from the University in 1997 and had learned so little that I stuck around and foolishly helped the Labor Action Group push for a living wage for University workers.

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Opinion

A poor choice for graduation

By Matt West | April 18, 2002

AS IS CUSTOMARY, the Board of Visitors invited Gov. Mark R. Warner to speak at this year's graduation ceremonies.

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Opinion

Good intentions, bad consequences

By James W. Lark III | April 18, 2002

THE SUBJECT of living wage campaigns has gained prominence in many communities (including Charlottesville) during the past five years.

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Opinion

Constructive criticism for Israeli peace

By Elizabeth Managan | April 17, 2002

AFTER the horrors of Sept. 11, it was comforting to hear expressions of support from around the world.

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Opinion

Sensible functions for student center

By Stephanie Batten | April 17, 2002

AS PLANS for the new proposed student center continue to take shape, the question of what services and programs specifically should be included in the center is a top concern.

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Choices for graduates in a jobless world

By Alex Rosemblat | April 17, 2002

MAKE NO mistake, spring is finally rolling in. As students shed off bulky winter clothes, and rediscover forgotten activities, such as frisbee and the ever popular sunbathing, one thought pervades through the collective student psyche: There is less than a month to go until school is out.

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Opinion

Cloning toward better humanity

By Anthony Dick | April 17, 2002

THE AMOUNT of promise human cloning holds for the future of humanity is exceeded only by the immense confusion and misleading rhetoric that surrounds it.

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Opinion

Moral authority for a ban

By Seth Wood | April 17, 2002

O N WEDNESDAY, April 10, President Bush strongly encouraged the Senate to adopt a blanket ban on human cloning.

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Opinion

Equal-opportunity computer labs

By Kevin James Wong | April 16, 2002

STARTING next fall, Information Technology and Communication, or ITC, will change their computing labs to a setting unfamiliar to many current students.