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Diversity from the top down

DIVERSITY. This word immediately emits a sound of exasperation and an accompanied eye roll with the comment, "Are we talking about this again?" Whether it is frustration due to the lack of progress, or whether it is an apathetic annoyance to this issue, diversity always generates some kind of response.


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Homophobia v. heterosexism

IT'S BECOME a matter of course for liberals, particularly unabashedly blue-state liberals, to lament one of the greatest ironies of this election: that in an election framed by the GOP to be about the dual threats of terrorism and gay marriage, those areas most threatened by both voted overwhelmingly against the president.


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Taking good SHOTS

THIS YEAR, the University's Athletic Department has adopted a new policy for student attendance at basketball games.Under the new system, students can request seats at basketball games and have a spot guaranteed when they arrive.


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An ill-advised health requirement

AS ISIS prepares to shepherd us through another exhilarating season of online course registration, many students find themselves preoccupied by the seemingly disparate issue of health insurance.


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Questioning the charter

AS THE University community struggles with a disturbing lack of socioeconomic diversity within the student body, the administration is pursuing two very different policies that could have conflicting effects on UVa affordability.


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An alcoholic society

THE UNIVERSITY has a drinking problem. The impact of unhealthy attitudes toward alcohol usage affect every University student, whether or not they abuse the substance.The implications of the University's problems with violence and alcohol abuse were the subject of a discussion which kicked off Substance Abuse Awareness Week this past Monday.


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Prescribing ethics

IMAGINE walking into your local pharmacy one afternoon, expecting to pick up a prescription that your doctor had called in for you the night before.


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Holding Student Council accountable

ADD ONE to the list of secret societies on Grounds. Shrouded in a sea of contradictions, Student Council continues to operate with the opacity of a black hole. As students may know, Council voted down a measure this week that would have recorded members' votes, along with members' own explanations of those votes, on its public Web site.


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Hope is on the way

ALMOST all of us Democrats watched faithfully on that fateful Tueday night, and as the hours passed, a noticeable strain developed in our eyes and, more importantly, in our hearts.


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The United States of Morality

DO YOU hear that? It's the sound of thousands of liberals across America scratching their heads, wondering where they went wrong. Last Tuesday's re-election of President Bush clearly came as a shock to many liberals, as indicated by the waves of still-stunned Democratic commentators in both print and on television -- not to mention the collection of angry away messages posted by nearly every liberal student at the University in the past week. NBC conducted a survey during exit polls that asked voters to identify the most important issue, to them, in this election.The economy, terrorism, Iraq and health care all followed behind the number one issue: "moral values." Moral Values?


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Senate superiority

FOR THE past three years the U.S. Senate has been a black hole for President Bush and Senate Republicans, gobbling up everything from judicial nominees to comprehensive energy legislation.

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