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Going public

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act is a federal statute about which most students know very little, despite dealing with it on a regular basis.


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Fossil fuel Fukushimas

THERE are several epiphanies that have made me sit up from mental slumber in my modern physics class this semester, but I suppose the one I should talk about here is the fact that the neutron was discovered only in 1932.


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Borderline insanity

When Virginia legislators convened several weeks ago to redraw the lines of the state's House and Senate districts, there was hope the state finally would escape its endless cycle of partisan gerrymandering.


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Bailout or dropout?

FOR THE Class of 2015, the University received 23,942 applications. This figure represents a 6 percent increase from the number of applications submitted for the Class of 2014.


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Feeding frenzy

University Dining announced last week the results of the "Share Your Bowl" food donation program that it implemented jointly with Kellogg's earlier this semester.


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Leaning left

THERE is nothing better than being a conservative at the University. Just enough like-minded individuals are present on Grounds to make one's political life bearable, while sufficient opposition exists to fully vet one's worldview by graduation.


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The killing floor

MAHATMA Gandhi once said, "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." By these standards, the United States is not the great nation it claims to be, but instead a nation vested in unsound morals and barbaric agricultural practices. Every year in the United States, 10 billion animals are slaughtered to meet Americans' meat consumption demands.


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Getting what you pay for

In March, the Center for College Affordability and Productivity released a report titled "Who Subsidizes Whom?" that asserts "between 52% and 76% of all [college] students attend institutions where educational payments exceed educational spending." In other words, most students are paying more in tuition than they are receiving in instruction. This is a claim that is likely to spark an outcry among students who have seen their tuition rates increase repeatedly in recent years.


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What

THE OXFORD English Dictionary published its most recent edition on March 24. As always, in addition to revisions of its words, several new entries were enshrined in a respected lexicon of the English language.

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Since the Contemplative Commons opening April 4, the building has hosted events for the University community. Sam Cole, Commons’ Assistant Director of Student Engagement, discusses how the Contemplative Sciences Center is molding itself to meet students’ needs and provide a wide range of opportunities for students to discover contemplative practices that can help them thrive at the University.