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True to our colors

ALTHOUGH admissions decisions were sent to the Class of 2012 barely three weeks ago, the University's Office of Admission is already gearing up for next year's applicant pool.


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Spencer's simplified Islam

LAST MONDAY, Students Defending Democracy and TheBurke Society hosted Robert Spencer, the author of "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (And the Crusades)," at an event intended to spark discussion of the "jihadist threat." We -- a Muslim, a Christian, and a Jew -- attended the talk; we would like to offer some correctives to what we heard. We agreed with many points -- with Spencer's reminder that jihad, "struggle," often appears in peaceful contexts and with his condemnation of the Bush administration's foreign policy toward Muslim countries.


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Succeeding by degree

THIS WEEK, a Cavalier Daily news story explored the E-School's new policy to guarantee admission to VCCS students who complete certain requirements.


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A manipulated media

SUSPICIONS about the Bush Administration's secrecy and behind-the-scenes dealings have always been rampant, but now we have some concrete evidence that this government was seriously fiddling with the dissemination of information about the Iraq war.


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Pep banned

IMAGINE if tomorrow morning when the U-Guides show upat Pavilion VIII, they find that the locks have been changed.


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Where idealism goes to die

YOU MAY have seen posters around Grounds or have gotten an e-mail about an exciting summer job working for progressive causes, including an opportunity to work for an environmental advocacy group.


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Contentious convention

IT WAS late August, 1968, and the streets of Chicago had the look of a war zone. Protesters, police, and the Illinois National Guard clashed everyday for a week, resulting in hundreds of injuries.


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Towards equal pay

ASIDE from telling us that the Darden Dean makes more money than the entire media studies department combined, the published salaries of our faculty can tell us what trends we can expect in the future.


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Changing our ways

LATE LAST weekend, the University community heard rumors of an alleged abduction of a student by individuals who pulled him into a vehicle, took his money and phone, and left him somewhere in Albemarle County.


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Debacle on the Lawn

YESTERDAY hordes of admitted high school seniors and their overly enthusiastic parents obstructed sidewalks, clogged dining halls dishing out artery-clogging food and formed tours that tormented anyone walking to class.


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Banish the sanction ad hoc committee

THE HONOR Committee is locked in an endless cycle of self-destruction. Governed by students, a large majority of those whom come to the Committee completely new for one-year terms, the Committee has virtually no institutional memory and is destined to make the same mistakes repeatedly.

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