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John Nelson


Connecting Council

EACH TUESDAY evening, Student Council holds its weekly meeting in Newcomb Hall. There, representatives and committee chairs address students' concerns, listen to administrators' presentations and discuss University issues.

Taking action too early

THIS FALL, thousands of high school seniors applied early to their colleges of choice. They sent applications to Duke, Maryland, Yale, and other schools across the country that accept early applications.

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ON THE Friday before Thanksgiving break, hundreds of high school students from around the country arrived on Grounds.

Fighting faith

STANDING before Iran's parliament earlier this year, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad asked his countrymen one question: "Who are our enemies?" His answer: godless America.

Invisible victims

Thousands of female college students have been victims of sexual assault. According to a study by the U.S.

The other side of the tracks

RECENTLY, several students crossing the railroad tracks encircling Charlottesville have received an unwelcome surprise: a ticket and a court date.

Unfounded Trust

IN 2001, physics professor Louis Bloomfield put the University's acclaimed community of trust to the test.

Safety off-Grounds

IN THE last two weeks, three students were robbed at gunpoint, one was stabbed and another was sexually assaulted in off-Grounds areas where many students live.

An inevitable path to failure

AN UNCOMPROMISING belief in the equality of opportunity lies at the heart of the "American dream." Horatio Alger's rag-to-riches stories perhaps best captured this conviction that working-class Americans could achieve success through hard work and determination.

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