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Read first, then criticize

I DON'T expect all of you to like all my columns. What makes me mad is when people criticize me without bothering to understand my arguments. Being a columnist has taught me to actually read or listen to people's arguments before criticizing, even if I know we have different perspectives.


Opinion

Prejudice and pom-poms

WE'VE ALL seen it. We've all stood in the stands and watched as athletic trainers knelt by the side of a 250-pound lineman who had been reduced to a scared boy who can't move or feel his legs.


Opinion

Porn point and click

BY MAY, circuit court judges in Philadelphia will have made a decision on the federalgovernment's newest attempt to restrict Internet pornography available to the public.


Opinion

Fliers' fairness

IF THIS University is subjected to yet another Cavalier Daily column that points out the "unfairness" of some of the fliers posted around Grounds, I may just be sick.


Opinion

Book critics' overreaction

SEX SELLS. In the case of Judith Levine's new book "Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children From Sex," sex is not so much selling as it is surrounding the book with scandal. Levine's book argues that America's youth isn't receiving proper sex education and that parents and educators alike are striving to present an unrealistic view of the horrors of having a sex life.


Opinion

No more room for middle ground in Middle East

I AM NOT a pessimist by nature, but now that President Bush is sending Secretary of State Colin Powell to the Middle East to "help quell" the escalated Israeli-Palestinian conflict, I must implore you all to not give a crap, and go about your everyday lives.


Opinion

Put away the plastic cups

IT SHOULD be simple enough, right? Your band director or debate team coach hands you a little plastic cup, you fill it, a few minutes later you're back to practice, and a few days later, everyone knows you're clean.


Opinion

Nonsensical suit

AMERICAN history is littered with frivolous lawsuits. A Virginia inmate once sued himself for $5 million because he got drunk and violated his religious beliefs, causing him to commit a crime.


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Rugby Road's unfair advantage

FROM BEING allowed to form their own judiciary committee, to being treated leniently by police, fraternities and sororities always have received special treatment.

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