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A change of pace

Not all young people want or have the resources to take four years to graduate, and they may be attracted to the potential advantage in the job market.


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WHISNANT: Reform is required

It also appears the majority of Honor’s focus this year has been on creating programs or policies which extend off-Grounds, such as those to deal with Corner merchants and rent disputes.


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Setting the record straight

Rather than taking a blanket approach to exclude all applicants who have felony convictions — regardless of whether the convictions were expunged — college admissions offices ought to carefully consider these applications on a case-by-case basis.


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PATEL: Hoos got your Yak

However, anonymous posting, even for apparently trivial reasons, is still useful because it allows opinions that would have not otherwise been made public to be made public.


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KNAYSI: Enemies at the door

If University students fear for their personal well-being, certainly safe sex, protection from assault, and responsible alcohol consumption take precedence over the remote threat of Ebola.


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KELLY: Polling prejudice

Beyond the fact that minorities and the poor face disproportionate difficulties in obtaining such identification, in practice voter ID laws are rarely — if ever — about fraud.


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The 47 percent

Everybody knew. The football coach knew. The football team’s lead academic counselor knew. A senior associate dean knew.


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WARNER: Making college better

Too many young people are being forced to put off decisions about starting a family, launching a startup business or buying a home because of the burden of student debt.


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In need of SAVE-ing

Taking away anonymous advertising opportunities will make it more difficult for them to run their businesses and more likely for law enforcement to apprehend and prosecute perpetrators.


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EDEL: Against Adderall

Another’s use of Adderall doesn’t make me worse at math or biology, but another’s use of Adderall can make me look worse at math or biology, and that’s nearly as bad.


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RUSSO: Honorable eats

Perhaps more importantly, it will serve as a reminder that the honor system exists to benefit the community rather than to act as a strictly disciplinary force.


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CONNOLLY: Life on the brink

I would argue that the lack of diversity on The Cavalier Daily Life section staff impedes its efforts to present a full range of student life experiences to its readership.


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HUMOR: Dry spell

I went through a two-year dry spell in college. For longer than a root canal procedure but less than the time it takes to adequately learn Japanese, collective reality pitched a no-hitter.

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