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​REIMER: Students should take a look at Kasich

Gov. John Kasich of Ohio, who is currently running for the Republican nomination for president and is polling consistently in second place in New Hampshire, has shown he is the one capable of being a champion for all Americans and especially for young people.


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​MINK: Divestment alone isn't the answer

That is the weakness of divestment: It frames climate change as a moral crusade when it is in reality a scientific and public policy one. The world desperately needs energy in huge quantities that only fossil fuels can fully provide.


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​JACKSON: What is Divest U.Va.?

Divestment signals to the world that the actions of companies that extract and combust fossil fuels do not reflect the values of our University, such as honorable conduct, data-driven science and the creation of a better future.


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​PATEL: Gentrification hits home

It says a lot about the distribution of political power and socioeconomic class in the United States when the city of Florence spends money to revitalize an area that then excludes many of the poorer residents from being able to shop, eat or live there.


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​PILNIK: Sing it right

The fact that after so much conversation, years of action and an uphill battle to make the LGBTQ community feel comfortable at the University, our president has to release a statement on “not gay” after Lighting of the Lawn in 2015 is incomprehensible.


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