Opinion

Opinion

Missing links of the DOE Web site

By Stephanie Batten | October 15, 2002

The issues facing public education in America are virtually endless. With policymakers and teachers being pulled in so many directions, it seems odd that controversy focuses on the Department of Education's Web site. A current overhaul of the site, in an effort to make it more user-friendly and updated, is also making sure that visitors view research and statistics aligned with the Bush administration's education philosophy.

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Opinion

Myths of equality and affirmative action

By Kazz Alexander Pinkard | October 15, 2002

At institutions of higher education across the country, students have challenged the use of affirmative action in admissions policies.

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Early to decide, early into school

By Becky Krystal | October 15, 2002

Let's take a little trip back in time -- to high school. And you thought you'd never have to think about it again.

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Propagandistic percentages

By Patrick Harvey | October 14, 2002

Cynicism and politics go together like peanut butter and jelly. A good citizen questions every word that comes out of a politician's mouth.

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The need to ask the hard-hitting questions

By Masha Herbst | October 14, 2002

If someone were to ask me what I like least about my job, I would say that I'm becoming far too jaded for someone so young.

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Extreme, unfair affirmative action

By Kate Durbin | October 11, 2002

At the University of Michigan, according to their affirmative action policy which uses a "plus-factor" system, in which points are added to application scores in order to give certain applicants advantages, minority applicants receive an overly generous 20-point addition to their application scores based solely on their minority status.

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Opinion

Clarify terror detainees' legal status

By Alec Solotorovsky | October 11, 2002

In an OCT. 7 editorial, The Washington Post reported that Yaser Esam Hamdi has been detained in the United States for 187 days without access to a lawyer and with no charges filed against him.

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Opinion

Capital punishment on trial

By Laura Parcells | October 11, 2002

Picture this: A woman is standing alone at night on the side of the road. She flags down a man passing by, and offers herself to him in prostitution.

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Exposing anti-Semitism on college campuses

By Harris Freier | October 11, 2002

Last month, Harvard University President Lawrence H. Summers caused quite a stir when he linked anti-Semitism with the movement to get colleges in the United States to divest from companies who do business with Israel.

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Opinion

A taxing decision

By Preston Lloyd | October 10, 2002

EVEN AT MIDNIGHT! Interstate 64 through Newport News this past Monday night went from four lanes down to one lane for construction, thereby slowing traffic to a crawl for a good mile or two.

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Opinion

Give Jersey a choice

By Brad Cohen | October 10, 2002

THE GREATEST aspect of being an American is the ability to alter one's political and social decisions solely on the basis of the perceived benefit.

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Opinion

The ethics of breaking news

By Masha Herbst | October 10, 2002

AMONG the duties most highly prized by journalists is that of holding influential and powerful people accountable for their actions.

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Speak never, forever hold your peace

By Anthony Dick | October 10, 2002

IN HER Oct. 1 letter to the editor, "UJC's protection of free speech," University Judiciary Committee chairwoman Katie Graney attempts to defend two grave injustices perpetrated against students and faculty here at the University.

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Calling out Hooligan football fans

By Brad Cohen | October 3, 2002

YOU KNOW what Cavalier football games have been missing lately? More cretinism and insolence, of course!

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Or open system to light of day?

By Erich Wasserman | October 3, 2002

DURING my third undergraduate year at the University, I decided that a wonderful activity to put on my resume for law school was to work as counsel for the Honor Committee.

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Opinion

Keep trials closed

By Christopher Smith | October 3, 2002

THE UPCOMING open honor trial has generated a lot of interest in the community, and it has raised questions about the merits of confidentiality within the honor system.

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Beyond criticism, effecting change

By Preston Lloyd | October 3, 2002

THE CAVALIER DAILY is circulated among approximately 10,000 readers within the University community, and is likely read online by a similarly significant population, making it arguably the most influential of student publications on Grounds.

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Opinion

The Declaration of incoherence

By Anthony Dick | October 2, 2002

They're usually a harmless bunch over at The Declaration, and it's generally understood that anything that appears on the pages of their publication is written in good fun, not to be taken too seriously.

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Opinion

Reigning in record companies

By Alex Rosemblat | October 2, 2002

As peer-to-peer file sharing becomes more popular among Internet users, recording companies are increasingly trying to lobby Congress to allow them to partake in active online sabotage.

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No exceptions for Torricelli

By Maggie Bowden | October 2, 2002

Down 13 percentage points, Sen. Robert Torricelli dropped out of his re-election bid for U.S. Senate on Monday.