Opinion

Opinion

A stand against senility

By Noah Peters | April 18, 2005

WHENEVER the subject of judicial reform is brought up, people start getting nervous. Some falsely believe that every procedural aspect of our nation's judiciary is spelled out in the Constitution, and that any interference is thus "unconstitutional." Others resist court reform on the strength of the old adage, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." However, there is one aspect of our court system that is fundamentally flawed: life tenure for Supreme Court justices.

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Lost in translation

By Katie Cristol | April 18, 2005

EVERY student has at least a second-hand story of GPA-wrecking miscommunications. There are plenty of variations on the same tale: The teaching assistant who holds an advanced degree in political theory in his native tongue yet is incapable of explaining "separation of powers" in English, the students forced to create a Statistics-TA-to-English dictionary, or the entire Calc III class that doesn't realize until November that, "Aha!

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Moving on, looking back

By Jeremy Ashton | April 18, 2005

ONE OF the major problems with writing for a student newspaper is that every once in a while, that little thing called "schoolwork" interferes.

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An Iraq for the Iraqis

By Allan Cruickshanks | April 15, 2005

ON THURSDAY, April 7, Jalal Talabani was sworn in as Iraq's interim president. This week, his government plans to fill the remaining Cabinet positions, most importantly the defense minister, who will help coordinate the transition of security responsibilities from U.S.

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Disgraceful nominations

By Cari Lynn Hennessey | April 15, 2005

SCREW you, world. This is the message that President Bush has conveyed in his selection of nominees to fill high-level intelligence and security positions.

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When good men do nothing

By AJ Kornblith | April 15, 2005

WHEN YOU think about it, the human capacity for inaction in the face of violations of the principles we say we cherish most is quite astounding.

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Ensuring equality on Grounds

By Sophia Brumby | April 15, 2005

WHEN it comes to guaranteeing equality for its citizens, the Virginia General Assembly fails dismally.

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Reporting racial incidents

By Shamim Sisson | April 14, 2005

RECENT community discussions and several articles about racial incidents at the University have suggested that many students don't know how the University responds, where to report incidents or where to turn for support.

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Liberal media strikes again

By Whitney Blake | April 14, 2005

WHEN GOVERNMENT officials misbehave, the media should report on it. This is a no-brainer. However, when our beloved Fourth Estate decides to cover one side of the story, instead of seeking out all the facts, it moves from being a news dissemination business to a propaganda spin machine.

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Trading books for bombs

By Sina Kian | April 14, 2005

AS I WAS enjoying the beautiful weather last Sunday, it was the simple click of a link that brought down the proverbial rain on my day.

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Endorsing gone too far

By Todd Rosenbaum | April 14, 2005

THE NATIONAL Cherry Blossom Festival came to a head in Washington, D.C. this weekend with the blooming of the trees surrounding the Tidal Basin.

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Racism, sexism and fetishism

By Elizabeth Chu and Julie Chen | April 13, 2005

LAST WEEK marked a week of awareness for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence with Take Back the Night programs at the University.

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Waiting to be sued

By Eric Wang | April 13, 2005

IN 2003, the Supreme Court upheld but restricted the University of Michigan's use of race-based affirmative action.

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Protecting journalism from corporate objectives

By Michael Behr | April 13, 2005

PUBLIC relations and journalism are intertwined in today's capitalist-driven media industry. Media products, like newspapers, rely on paid advertisements for financial support.

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The primary progressive

By Zack Fields | April 13, 2005

AFTER 24 years of service to the 57th District, Del. Mitch Van Yahres, D-Charlottesville, is retiring.

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The Supremes

By Joe Schilling | April 12, 2005

WARREN, Burger, Rehnquist -- just three men representing fifty-three years of jurisprudence while over the same time span ten men have filled the Oval Office.

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A taxing choice

By Sam Leven | April 12, 2005

FOR US political junkies, there is no state quite like Virginia. It is a rare place in America that never has an off year in politics.

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I heart reform

By Herb Ladley | April 12, 2005

IT SEEMS the Rock the Vote people have decided to make it their perpetual task to take something old and decrepit and pass it off as cool to America's youth.

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Sticking to basics, not brandnames

By Anthony Dick | April 12, 2005

JUST WHEN you thought the practice of collegiate branding had been forever buried in the dingy frat-house basements of the past, our Board of Visitors has brought it back.

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Think globally, act fairly

By Adam Keith | April 11, 2005

FROM THE abandoned factories of the American rustbelt to the neglected fields of the developing world's unemployed farmers, globalization's losers are clearly on display.