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Necessary numbers

HONESTLY, no one likes taking the SATs. Sitting in a classroom for hours on a Saturday with a calculator, a couple pencils and 30 other jittery high school juniors isn't anybody's idea of a good time.


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Run-off reform

WHEN THE election results were counted, one person was in the lead. After a second vote, the underdog was named president.


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Scared silly over Middle East

MCINTIRE School of Commerce professor Neil Snyder published a column entitled "Reading off the Scripture" in the March 21 issue of The Declaration, in which he argued frankly for America's unilateral support of Israel in the Middle East.


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Restricting writers

THE MARCH 20 lead editorial, "A declaration of policy," clarified The Cavalier Daily's "policy prohibiting its staffers to write for other news gathering publications on Grounds." The paper came under attack the week before Spring Break in The Declaration's letters to the editor section ("Writer wrong," March 7) when "Trudy Verdad" asked, "As a Cav Daily writer, can I write for the Dec too?" The Managing Board of The Cavalier Daily made the right move in addressing this issue in its proper lead editorial format.


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Trustees' poor timing

I LOVE the Class of 2002, my class, at the University. I really do. But a phone call I received the other night made me think twice about supporting my class by giving to the class giving campaign, something I was most likely going to do.


Opinion

Fliers' failings

NONE OF us who spend our free time in the basement of Newcomb Hall at The Cavalier Daily office expect the rest of the student body to fully agree with our coverage and opinions.


Opinion

Will the real Jesse please stand up?

JESSE Helms has gone and lost his mind. Thank God. The Republican senator from North Carolina and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, known for his opposition to foreign aid, wants to add half a billion dollars to the American contribution to a fund for fighting AIDS in the developing world. Perhaps AIDS activists should have seen it coming.


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Accolades, for a price

EVERY year University students are targeted by honor societies that offer membership based on supposed academic excellence in exchange for a fee.


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Supreme importance in redistricting

JUST when Virginia thought the debate over redistricting had finally simmered, a circuit court decision last week invalidated last year's organization of legislative seats throughout the Commonwealth.

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