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BERNSTEIN: Power to the people

By Dani Bernstein | November 25, 2013

It is likely that Republican candidate Mark Obenshain will demand a recount; since only 165 votes decided this election, this demand would be entirely reasonable. But there is also the possibility that after a recount Obenshain will contest the race, in which case it will be subject to review by Virginia’s General Assembly. In Virginia, a losing candidate can contest a race if there was some irregularity in the management of the election that possibly changed the election’s outcome.

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KELLY: Academic roulette

By Conor Kelly | November 25, 2013

I caution users of sites such as StatFuse to view its predictions skeptically, even though the site may relieve prospective college students of some of the stress of the application process.

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SPINKS: In defense of the ‘selfie’

By Ashley Spinks | November 25, 2013

Sometimes you feel cute, handsome, excited, silly or any other conceivable emotion, and you have a desire to capture yourself in that moment. This is neither shameful nor revolutionary.

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RIPLEY: You better not cry

By Katherine Ripley | November 24, 2013

I’m going to come right out and say it: I hate the holidays.

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BERGER: No laughing matter

By Meredith Berger | November 24, 2013

Eating disorders are not something to be taken lightly.

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ALJASSAR: Science is not optional

By Nazar Aljassar | November 21, 2013

The University must assume a greater responsibility in educating a scientifically informed citizenry.

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FOGEL: One is not the loneliest number

By Jared Fogel | November 21, 2013

Scrapping the policy would cause a resurgence in population growth in urban areas, increasing the difficulty involved in solving problems such as famine and pollution. Part of China’s original reasoning for the policy was that uncontrolled population growth was leading to the depletion of natural resources, including land fertility for crops.

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BROWN: Counting your blessings

By Forrest Brown | November 21, 2013

As Christmas shopping, finals and holiday travel lead to us all stressing out, it’s easy to lose track of how lucky we are as students at the University.

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CONNOLLY: Preparing for the future

By John Connolly | November 21, 2013

Natural disasters tend to affect poor areas much more than rich ones. Haiti’s poor infrastructure exacerbated the effects of the devastating 2010 earthquake that struck the country: collapsing buildings and other structures caused thousands of deaths. In contrast, the earthquake that struck California in 1989, which recorded about the same magnitude as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, killed just 63 people.

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BOGUE: A false hero

By Russell Bogue | November 21, 2013

As soon as we allow for agents of the state or even citizens of our nation to exempt themselves from common laws on the basis of moral conviction, we allow each person to become, as Justice Brandeis once put it, “a law unto himself.”

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YAHANDA: Hunting for trouble

By Alex Yahanda | November 19, 2013

Even the most worthwhile cause can be disregarded if a certain group imprudently promotes its views. Such is the case at the University of Texas at Austin, where a student club’s desire for discussion and dialogue has been overshadowed by its own idiocy.

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WHISNANT: Moderately deceiving

By Gray Whisnant | November 19, 2013

After years of Tea Party-led trench warfare in Washington, such a message is understandably relieving for liberals looking for an opposition party willing to govern. It is Christie’s brand as a “moderate dealmaker,” however, that ultimately makes him so dangerous to everything liberals claim to value, especially to the New Deal vision of social democracy that liberals have been building for generations.

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KNAYSI: The virtues of e-debating

By George Knaysi | November 19, 2013

With social media providing a ready-made forum for friends and acquaintances to engage, why wouldn’t we take advantage of it?

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KELLY: Between liberty and safety, a middle ground

By Conor Kelly | November 19, 2013

Any attempt to reform the NSA and other such agencies should not be so impassioned as to render the agencies themselves ineffectual. Instead, we should attempt to eliminate impermissible invasions of personal privacy while allowing reasonable intelligence-gathering for national defense purposes.

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BERNSTEIN: A conflict of interest

By Dani Bernstein | November 19, 2013

Under orders from current Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, who recently lost his bid for governor, Fairfax County, which leans blue, had to retroactively change the rules so that legal proxies are no longer allowed to advocate for ballots if the voters themselves are not present. Voters had until last Tuesday to come back to the polls to defend their ballots.

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BERNSTEIN: Primary colors

By Dani Bernstein | November 11, 2013

Since New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s sweeping victory last week — and before it — many pundits consider Christie the likely GOP nominee for president in 2016.

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SPINKS: Not so pretty in pink

By Ashley Spinks | November 11, 2013

October, with its endless midterms, interminable stress and great parties, has finally ended. With it came the end of another source of angst: Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

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KNAYSI: Home on the range

By George Knaysi | November 11, 2013

About 99 percent of U.S. meat comes from industrial farms. I am by no means a vegetarian, but I propose there are significant moral, environmental and health costs associated with these contemporary methods.

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News

Marriage equality

By Meredith Berger | March 18, 2013

Wednesday, cardinals clustered in the Vatican to select a new pope: Jorge Bergoglio from Buenos Aires.

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Unfit to outfit

By Ashley Spinks | March 18, 2013

College students are often looking to make a statement. Sometimes, such statements are political and manifest themselves through a boycott of a company or product.