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Opinion

Clarification

By Cavalier Daily Staff | February 9, 2006

The lead editorial Feb. 7 ("For serious") described the honor trial standard of seriousness as "if 'open toleration of such an act impairs the community of trust enough to warrant permanent dismissal from the University.'" While that phrasing is sometimes cited, that is not how the standard is written in the Honor bylaws, which read, "An act is considered to be serious if open tolerance thereof would be inconsistent with the community of trust."

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Opinion

Committed to honor

By Matthew Miller | February 9, 2006

ADDING Honor Committee members to the jury would substantively improve our current system. That has been my belief since this summer, and that is why I formed an ad hoc committee on the issue last fall.

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Accessing UVa

By Rajesh Jain | February 9, 2006

PUBLIC institutions of higher learning enroll only 12 percentof their students from the bottom quarter of income in the United States.

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The paradox of racial affiliation

By Eric Wang | February 8, 2006

THE RECENT passing of Coretta Scott King and Rosa Parks reminds us that collective action is as indispensable to social change as is the courageous leadership of a few.

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A political odd couple

By Whitney Blake | February 8, 2006

WHEN FACTIONS at the opposite ends of the political spectrum join forces to promote an issue, one can't help but take notice.

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Cooperative coal

By Zack Fields | February 8, 2006

IN 1912 coal miners in the Paint Creek and Cabin Creek fields of the Kanawha coal district went on strike for company recognition of the union.

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Revolutionizing honor

By Cari Lynn Hennessey | February 7, 2006

STUDENT elections have a reputation for being largelyinconsequential to the student body. Voter turnout is notoriously pitiful, and each year's elected representatives seem to produce little more than lines on their own resumes.

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A crime in the blood

By Sina Kian | February 7, 2006

THREE years ago, the Virginia General Assembly followed New CarHampshire's lead banning "internal possession" of alcohol.

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A plan for prosperity

By Allan Cruickshanks | February 7, 2006

PRESIDENT Bush's State of the Union address last Wednesday struck at the heart of the potential problems for America's economic future, and it offered the solutions necessary to generate both strength and prosperity in the future.

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Opinion

The cartoon heard 'round the world

By AJ Kornblith | February 6, 2006

BACK IN my glory days as the founder and editor of the opinion page of my high school newspaper, the monthly-published "Fox Tales," I dabbled in the art of editorial cartooning.

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Opinion

New priorites for the BOV

By Catherine Neale | February 6, 2006

AFTER every meeting of the Board of Visitors, I try to let my fellow students know more about the Board's activities. If I were to sum up the theme of the recent meetings, they would be "challenges ahead." Two weeks ago, all the committees of the Board met in Charlottesville to discuss their agendas and plan for the meeting of the full Board that took place last Thursday and Friday.

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Opinion

Bush's empty promise

By Noah Peters | February 6, 2006

BASED on President Bush's past advocacy of democracy across the globe, one might have expected that he would pledge in his recent State of the Union address to topple what he has repeatedly characterized as the antidemocratic government of Iran and replace itwith a "true democracy." After all, way back in 2002, Bush named Iran as a part of the "axis of evil," along with Iraq and North Korea, and since that time Iran has pledged to wipe Israel off the map and has continued in its quest to develop nuclear technology.

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Opinion

Looking for the roots of racism

By Dan Keyserling | February 3, 2006

THE ISSUE has been thoroughly and thoughtfully debated, and it turns out most University students agree: racism is a bad thing.

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Thinking seriously about honor

By Matthew Warring | February 3, 2006

A CONTROVERSIAL Honor proposal made news on Monday. Offered last semester by a support officer, it would have created a separate panel of three Honor Committee members to vote on seriousness after a jury had convicted a student on act and intent.

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Staying the faulty course

By Stephen Parsley | February 3, 2006

WHEN GEORGE W. Bush was elected president in 2000, his platform was based on two clear approaches: one foreign, and one domestic.

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Negotiating freedom

By Adam Silverberg | February 2, 2006

THE RADICAL and violent Hamasparty has recently been votedinto power in the Palestinian elections, creating new tension with Israel while Iraq, as always, operates as a continuous quagmire with no end in sight.

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Sex offenders on the street

By Whitney Blake | February 2, 2006

SIXTY DAYS. That's the jail timeout of a possible life sentence thata child rapist was sentenced to on Jan.

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A dishonorable proposal

By Rajesh Jain | February 2, 2006

STUDENT self-governance is built on the idea of the student body judging others accused of an offense.

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A lesson from Hamas

By Zack Fields | February 1, 2006

IN A distant nation the ruling party's corruption added to the misery of the impoverishedpopulace.

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The student loan shakedown

By Cari Lynn Hennessey | February 1, 2006

LAST WEEK, our fearless president stunned the nation when he offered to take unscripted questions from an audience of college students at Kansas State University in front of CNN cameras.