Opinion

Opinion

Keeping special interests out of student loans

By Brandon Possin | November 7, 2003

What is the best reason to not vote Republican?Republicans favor the private interest over the public good.An example?The Bush Administration's attempts to undermine the federal direct loan program to benefit special interest tells a story of who is running the government. Within this story lies disturbing venality, campaign contributions influencing legislation, and a scam to enrich corporations at the expense of taxpayers. What Republicans are striving to kill is the federal government direct-loan program from the Clinton era that loans students money for college.

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Opinion

A closer look at forest thinning

By Whitney Blake | November 7, 2003

With the recent forest fires that have blazed through California and destroyed 740,000 acres and 3,600 houses and killed 22 people, an issue that had been put on the back-burner (no pun intended) has now resurfaced: the practice of forest thinning.

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New boss, same as the old boss

By Preston Lloyd | November 6, 2003

THOUGH generally frowned upon in journalism, this column begins with a personal anecdote. This past Tuesday was election day in Virginia.

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The ills of mandatory vaccines

By Eric Wang | November 6, 2003

WHILE our generation is often said to be apathetic and oblivious to the fine points of grand political theory, the recent pot bust at the University rekindled a healthy skepticism of government paternalism over self-respecting behavior.

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Standing up for beliefs

By Chris Kiser | November 6, 2003

THE GRAVEYARD for the victims of the monster known as political correctness is filled with corpses.

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In Iraq for the long haul

By Maggie Bowden | November 5, 2003

SIXTEEN American soldiers were killed in Iraq on Sunday when the Chinook helicopter they were traveling in was downed just outside of Baghdad.

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A mixed bag for Republicans

By Daniel Bagley | November 5, 2003

MAINTAINING the status quo is in the best interest of the Republican Party in our fine Commonwealth, and that is just what happened last night.

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Berzerk ratings for Berkeley

By Kristin Brown | November 5, 2003

LAST WEEK, University of Maryland President C.D. Mote, Jr. caused quite a stir down in these parts by describing the University's number one public university ranking as "ridiculous." Specifically, what's ridiculous, according to Mote, is our tie for the coveted spot with the University of California-Berkeley, apparently a far better school and Mote's own alma mater. Well, I've decided I agree with you, Mr. Mote.

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Opinion

Making the most of a moral victory

By Alec Solotorovsky | November 5, 2003

THE ONLY thing quieter than downtown Richmond last night was Virginia's Democratic Party headquarters.

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Miniseries, major inaccuracies

By Joe Schilling | November 4, 2003

AN ACT of intolerable cruelty is about to take place. In two weeks, CBS is set to air a shameful, slanderous, smear job of a miniseries that inaccurately portrays one of America's greatest presidents.

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Opinion

Won't you be our neighbor?

By Jim Prosser | November 4, 2003

WE UNIVERSITY students don't know anything about Charlottesville. This is a fact that struck me when I was voting on my absentee ballot for a county election back home.

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Safety first

By Amey Adkins | November 4, 2003

IT IS FAIR to say that most Americans during their daily routines have more personally pertinent things to think about other than national security.

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A disturbing trend

By Emily Kane | November 3, 2003

IT IS DISHEARTENING to find that plagiarism again found its way to the pages of The Cavalier Daily.

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Protesting capitalism

By Daniel Bagley | November 3, 2003

COMMUNISM doesn't quite have the scary undertone to it today that it did during the Cold War. Socialists and communists, like everyone else, have been busy redefining themselves into kinder, gentler, socially acceptable groups.

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Opinion

No room for bigotry in war on terror

By Blair Reeves | November 3, 2003

TODAY, there are roughly 1.3 billion Muslims in the world. Islam is the fastest growing religion worldwide, both in terms of converts and sheer birth rates among the populations and in the countries where it is most prevalent.

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Sending more Wahoos south

By Brandon Possin | October 31, 2003

Heart is pronounced corazon, not corathson. Empanadas are more filling than tapas. Samba excites more than flamenco.

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Voting Brown up or down

By Whitney Blake | October 31, 2003

Liberals like to embrace the idea that their party is emblematicof open-mindedness and acceptance of all viewpoints.

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Terrorism's tangled roots

By Laura Parcells | October 31, 2003

When discussing recent suicide bombings of the Red Cross in Baghdad earlier this week, President George W.

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Opinion

Success on the ground

By Alec Solotorovsky | October 30, 2003

"THE MORE successful we are on the ground, the more these killers will react." So said President George W.

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The road less taken

By Chris Kiser | October 30, 2003

WILL THOSE Maryland Terrapins ever learn? Almost a year ago, during the week leading up to the Terps' visit to Scott Stadium, a careless insult led to the visiting team's demise.