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Follow the money & Slow-brewed success

Follow the money The University's recent efforts to increase transparency are a welcome response to outside concerns With the rapid growth of technology in modern times, the expectations for transparency have risen.


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Health care hurdles

The health care debate is still in full swing, with the Affordable Health Care for America Act moving to the Senate after passing through the House with a vote of 220 - 215.


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Mending the military

The number of estimated gay troops in the United States armed forces is 65,000. The optimal number of openly gay troops under the "don't ask, don't tell" policy is 0.


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The right kind of reading

An online comment about last week's ombudsman column gives me an opportunity to repeat one of my favorite rants about opinions and who they belong to.


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Divisive stereotypes

RE "Gender Bender," Nov. 11: Most of the people who read this article have no idea who I am, but you may have seen me walking down McCormick Road in jeans, a t-shirt, and Converses.


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False reality

Abby Costner, as you tie "the paragon of all things female" to a faddish sandal brand, you construct your reality exactly the way that patriarchal consumerist society wants you to in order to maintain rich white heterosexual male power - or the status quo.


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By the numbers

80: as of publication time, the approximate number of hours since Charlottesville last saw the sun 1,500: the number in dollars that Virginia football players donated to the Hoos for Herzlich campaign, with proceeds benefitting Uplifting Athletes, a non-profit that works within the college football community to raise awareness about rare diseases 11: the Virginia men's basketball team's predicted finish out of 12 teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference, according to the preseason ACC media poll 1,500,000: the dollar increase in Charlottesville's business and professional license tax revenues since last fiscal year, due in large part to the audit of one new large financial company that "did exceedingly well," Charlottesville Director of Economic Development Aubrey Watts said 6: the number of hybrid and fuel-efficient Zipcars the University's Department of Parking and Transportation will introduce for its new car-sharing program on Grounds 6: the number of times The Cavalier Daily has published an editorial criticizing The Honor Committee's ambiguous intent clause this semester 0: the number of proposals the Honor Committee has put forth to consider changing the intent clause this semester 0: the number of Virginia men's basketball players included on the all-ACC preseason team, much to the chagrin of sophomore guard Sylven Landesberg 3: the number of regular season games center Assane Sene will miss because of a suspension for conduct detrimental to the team 647,155: the number of students already on the waiting list for that American Politics class you want to take by the time you can enroll on SIS 638: number of votes as of last night for Speak Up UVA's most popular student-proposed initiative: increasing Internet speed at the Lambeth Field Apartments 19,000: total number of attendees at the 22nd annual Virginia Film Festival during its four-day run last weekend 200: approximate number of nominations that the University's Special Committee on the Nomination of a President has received to consider for President John T.


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Recognizing sacrifice

I am a retired Army officer and alumnus of U.Va.'s Army ROTC program, but wanted to share with all of you an event that occurred Nov.


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Open communication

As a member of the executive board of Sustained Dialogue, I worked in the fall to recruit participants for the 2009-2010 school year.


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A bright idea

A YEAR ago, Student Council launched a new initiative called the "Lighten' Up" Campaign. This initiative aims to provide more lighting for off-Grounds housing to alleviate safety concerns voiced by students.


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Straight to the SOURCE

Sometimes small organizational changes can have significant effects on how a system operates. Not all projects undertaken at the University need to be especially ambitious in scope to foster positive results. For example, improvements could be made to the SOURCE, the University's online system for making reservations and searching events.


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Have a heart

Your life is a living hell. Your kidneys have failed and your blood is pumped out of your body and filtered through a dialysis machine almost every day of your life.


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Don

Emily Kuhbach's column ("No mandate," Nov. 11) tried to downplay the significance of the 2009 elections but missed the bigger picture.


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Invisibility cloak

Five hundred, 400, 200, 100, and one more 500 - these are the approximate class sizes of the five classes I'm taking this semester.


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Simply mistaken

When reading their letters to the editor, I really have to wonder if Blaire Hawkins ("Upholding honor," Nov.


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Freedom from harm

The United States is a nation free from the notion of George Orwell's "Thoughtcrime." In America, one may think whatever one likes, however bigoted, misinformed, or absurd it may be.


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All talk

The University has something of a troubling history with racial and ethnic integration. The University's first black student graduated 56 years ago, though there were only a marginal number of black students on Grounds until the 1970s.


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