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Community accountability

THE UNIVERSITY'S honor system is strong. It is staffed by over a hundred enthusiastic students who sacrifice hundreds of man hours every year to ensure its upkeep.


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The cost of education

THIS WEEK most University students have one thing in common: We pay too much for textbooks. Nowadays, students are forced to shell out $300 to $1,000 per semester on top of tuition, school supplies, housing, daily maintenance and the like, an excessive and unfair obstacle on the road to a good education. Books, of course, are a necessity.


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Self-critical strategies

EVENTS in the Middle East this summer demonstrated onceagain, five years after the attacks on our country, just how flawed the West's understanding of the world actually is.


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Hardcore distortion

APPARENTLY, what sinful little things you choose to do in the privacy of your own hotel room aren't just your business anymore.


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Know thine enemy

IN ERROL Morris' documentary, "The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara," the first and perhaps most important lesson was to empathize with your enemy.


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In defense of the Daily Show

C'VILLE Weekly's front page this past week featured a picture of Jon Stewart with the headline "IS THIS MAN KILLING DEMOCRACY?" The article went on to explain that researchers at East Carolina University had studied and documented a phenomenon known as "The Daily Show Effect." Exposure to the show, according to the study, causes college-aged individuals to be more likely to have negative perceptions of candidates and to be cynical about politics in general, thereby possibly decreasing their involvement in politics.


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A new direction for the OAAA

DEAN of African-American Affairs Rick Turner's surprise retirement is an embarrassment to the University, but offers two important opportunities for the Office of African-American Affairs.


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Pay it forward

HERE YOU are, a student at one of the greatest universities in the country, in a town steeped in tradition and Southern charm.


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Salvaging Mid-east peace

ON WEDNESDAY, President Bush vetoed a bill that would have allowed federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, claiming that "murder" is wrong and that the lives of embryos should not be sacrificed for a chance to develop life-saving cures for a number of deadly diseases.


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Stemming good science

THE BUSH Administration may be trigger happy in its foreign policy, but it cravenly shrinks away from scientific progress. On July 19, President George W.


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Deficit bending

THE ALMOST uncontrollable smirk plastered on President Bush's face as he stood before a Republican audience last week was roughly akin to that of a man who has been wasting his money on the lottery for years and has finally gotten his hands on a winning ticket.


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Rewarding volunteers

WITH THE summer well under way, I can't help but think back to the summer before my first year. Amid all the nervousness and excitement a few things get lost, namely students' volunteer efforts.


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