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Waiting on the Democrats

Every politico knows an attack unanswered is an attack justified. We've heard it all summer: The White House has not performed well with messaging.


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A Jeffersonian education

Upon founding University of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson proclaimed in a letter to an acquaintance, "This institution of my native state, the hobby of my old age, will be based on the illimitable freedom of the human mind, to explore and to expose every subject susceptible of it's contemplation." This Jeffersonian ideal underpinned higher education at the University for many generations, inculcating within students a broad set of values that shaped the personal and social decisions that they made throughout their lives.


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In the money

According to articles published in The Daily Progress and Richmond Times-Dispatch during the past few days, the University's endowment has recovered more than half of the $1.1 billion lost because of the financial crisis in fall 2008.


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Class selection 101

Students in the College received an e-mail Sept. 3 from "College of Arts Sciences & Advising," reminding them that the add/drop deadline for College students would soon be approaching.


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Big brother is watching

Where is the easy button? I have been searching Grounds to find it but have not yet caught sight of that bright red button that promises to solve all of life's problems.


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A new beginning

Different cultures begin counting a year's days at different times. In academia, the year begins with the fall semester.


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Beck in action

He stole the spotlight during this slow summer news season. You can read dozens of articles criticizing the speakers, estimating the true attendance numbers, and commenting on the racial undertones of the setting.


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Going the distance

The Virginia football team will take the field for its first game of the year Saturday. The start of a new season always draws predictions from fans and a degree of suspense about how the team will fare, but the uncertainty is particularly high this year.


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Fair speech

This past week, The Cavalier Daily launched the newest edition of its website. In the coming months, we will be exploring ways to integrate new features and include more opportunities for interaction with our readers. Soon after our previous website launched last year, we published an editorial outlining a relatively laissez-faire approach to regulating user comments for the online edition.


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What mama don

In a move sure to draw the ire of students at two of the state's largest universities, administrators at both Virginia Tech and James Madison University recently enacted policies to notify parents about their child's first alcohol offense - even for students older than 18 years of age. In an open letter to JMU students, President Linwood Rose cited his concern for "the abuse and underage use of alcohol by some of our students" and indicated that new drinking policies are aimed at changing perceptions of a "negative drinking culture" at JMU.


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Tea party politics

One of the most fascinating recent phenomena in merican politics has been the rise to national prominence of the right-wing conservative force known as the Tea Party.


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Blurring the line

Today, The Cavalier Daily features a Focus piece about the University's authority over its online network as it relates to student privacy concerns.


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Banding together

Every now and again I find myself dumbfounded by trends. Trends that have appeared on my questionable-trends list include Furbies, Tickle Me Elmos, Beanie Babies and most recently, Silly Bandz.

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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.