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​BERMAN: Teach the Latin American controversy

Current high school curricula fail to adequately incorporate this critical component of U.S history into class discourse, which is a disservice to students and certainly to the hundreds of thousands of individuals whose lives were forever altered by United States foreign policy in Latin America.


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​IMAM: The importance of watching Canada

With a three-party election involving a party (the NDP) whose views could have a major impact on our relations with Canada less than a week away, this election warrants more attention than it is currently receiving.


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​RUSSO: Expanding the role of professors

The argument that professors play no role in our lives other than an educational one is problematic because it treats education as something that only occurs within the confines of the classroom. It is the responsibility of professors to acknowledge and engage with the experiences of their students both inside and outside the classroom.


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​Provide sex ed for U.Va. students

University students may begin their college careers with anything in-between a comprehensive sex education or none at all. And this should certainly trouble us, as colleges are understood to be sexually active places where students may have multiple partners.


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​DOYLE: Polling or trolling?

While polls might not be accurate enough to predict a winner this early on in the race, they can create losers and end up turning the race into a media grabbing circus. Candidates can easily be forced out of the race as their polling numbers drop and public confidence in them vanishes.


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​ADAMES: Sailing the ocean red

In the same vein as the University's veneration of Thomas Jefferson, our observance and laudation of Columbus and his holiday testifies to the majority culture's disregard for the values and experiences of various minority groups.


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​KHAN: Don’t harp on Halloween

The Halloween costume debate fits into the larger context of a resurging wave of political correctness sweeping across American colleges, a wave indicative of cognitive distortion problems present in our collegiate generation.


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​WALLS: Blame Big Pharma

Few people have stopped to consider that this outrage is made possible because we live in a country where a business tycoon can purchase control of a vital drug and do what he pleases with it.

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The University’s Orientation and Transition programs are vital to supporting first year and transfer students throughout their entire transition to college. But much of their work goes into planning summer orientation sessions. Funlola Fagbohun, associate director of the first year experience, describes her experience working with OTP and how she strives to create a welcoming environment for first-years during orientation and beyond. Along with her role as associate director, summer Orientation leaders and OTP staff work continually to provide a safe and memorable experience for incoming students.