Opinion

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Gaffes from the week before Break

By Matthew Branson | March 19, 2002

FEW THINGS are as difficult to deal with as an unexpected death or a life-threatening injury. These occurrences and their causes are often newsworthy, especially in a small community like that of the University student body. The March 7 story "Student's condition critical after car accident" provoked criticism from one reader, who felt the article reduced the injured student to drunk driver X.

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Merits of gay parenting

By Kevin James Wong | March 19, 2002

EVER SINCE Rosie O'Donnell came out as a way of showing her support for Steve Lofton and Roger Croteau, their plight has been in the national spotlight.

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A father's negligence

By Erin Perucci | March 19, 2002

IT IS NOW confirmed. Andrea Yates is a murderer and will spend the rest of her life in prison for systematically drowning her five children last year.

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Judging who is fit to adopt

By Becky Krystal | March 19, 2002

A LOT OF people will argue about the qualities of a good parent, and now riding the celebrity coattails of Rosie O'Donnell's public acknowledgement of her homosexuality, the issue of gay adoptions has received heightened attention.

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Looming specter of past racism

By Pallavi Guniganti | March 19, 2002

SEPARATE but equal has achieved its highest point - or, arguably, its lowest point - in higher education.

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Save schools with sales tax hike

By Preston Lloyd | March 7, 2002

PURE COWARDICE has seized the General Assembly in Richmond. As the work of this year

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Racist revelry

By Tim Lovelace | March 7, 2002

THIS PAST Friday night, I, along with several other University students, attended an off-Grounds party held by three Architecture school students.

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No need for first-year wheels

By Stephanie Batten | March 6, 2002

PICTURE THIS: An endless line of traffic headed down route 29; anxious pedestrians trying to cross the street; no available parking spaces at University Hall.

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Filthy business

By Anthony Dick | March 6, 2002

YOU CAN see them coming down I-95 through northern Virginia, spewing putrid clouds of diesel exhaust and garbage fumes behind them.

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Dishonest from the start

By Elizabeth Managan | March 6, 2002

PEOPLE who can't write their own admissions essays don't deserve to be here. Getting your mom, your best friend or your English teacher to look it over is fine, and makes sense.

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The bright side of booze

By Alex Rosemblat | March 6, 2002

MOST SOCIAL activities on weekends around Grounds would not be complete without what many consider to be a vital ingredient: alcohol.

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Going spineless on tax referenda

By Seth Wood | March 6, 2002

VIRTUALLY every week, a new medical procedure makes the front page of America's newspapers. Some procedures purportedly may correct birth defects in the womb, while others promise vaccines for horrible diseases such as AIDS.

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Executive exclusion

By Becky Krystal | March 5, 2002

THE EVENTS of Sept. 11 came as close to a doomsday scenario as the world has ever seen. Since then, from the average American living room to the typical network newsroom, even more disturbing "what if" situations have become a part of the nation's collective conscience, among them anthrax, smallpox and other coordinated attacks on government buildings or airplanes.

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Poor choice in score choice

By Kevin James Wong | March 5, 2002

THE COLLEGE Board recently has announced new rules for their famous, and sometimes infamous, standardized tests.

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Leap out of tanning bed

By Alex Roosenburg | March 5, 2002

THE FINAL countdown has begun. In less than a week, students across Grounds will fall into the paradise of Spring Break.

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Cold tactics in a

By Pallavi Guniganti | March 5, 2002

THE WAR is dead. Long live the war. This appears to be the attitude of the current Bush administration.

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Bridging the town-gown gap

By Austen Givens | March 4, 2002

Today, just as at the time of the University's founding in 1819, communication between city residents and students remains pathetically rare.

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No laughing matter

By Laura Parcells | March 4, 2002

"I'M GOING to f*** you hard." Wow, what? Did you just read that? Yup, you did. Seems pretty offensive and senseless, doesn't it?

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Calling foul onsports coverage

By Matthew Branson | March 4, 2002

L AST WEEK was an interesting one at the University. Student officer elections, the informed retraction proposal, and the start of a new capital campaign.

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Candidate Face-off

By Cavalier Daily Staff | March 4, 2002

Reinemund and Schwartz debate their merits as potential Student Council presidents. Steven Reinemund Micah Schwartz Candidate Profiles Steven Reinemund 1.