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Hagel’s dialectic

As President Barack Obama has begun his second term, he has been working toward reforming his cabinet after several first-term members have stepped down.


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Droning on

Charlottesville City Council Monday evening approved a resolution, 3-2, against unmanned police spy drones.


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Class Action

If I asked you to picture a lecture in your head, it would probably look like this: 200 of your closest friends in a hall somewhere on Grounds, all listening — or, at least, pretending to listen — to a professor as he gesticulates wildly.


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In America

President Barack Obama has decided to make immigration reform a priority for his second term. Illegal immigration has been tackled several times at the state level, but unsuccessfully.


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Fed Up

WHEN it comes to reforming American schools, the debate rightly focuses most consistently on improving academics.


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A MOOC misstep

The word falling constantly from the lips of higher-education experts, techies and digital-media junkies is a nonsensical-sounding acronym: MOOC.


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Love in this club

Last fall, the club golf president submitted a budget proposal to Student Council. I do concede that such proposals often ask for more than what can be expected.


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The law won

In these first few weeks of his second term, President Barack Obama is poised to make a terrible mistake: flawed immigration reform.


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Can less mean more?

Call me a cynic, but I doubt anyone who says cutting back on something is going to make it better. So I was more than skeptical when I read about The Cavalier Daily’s “comprehensive plan to shift focus from the traditional daily newspaper to a digital-first newsroom,” that would replace the nearly daily newspaper “with a revamped biweekly newsmagazine and expand online and mobile content offerings.” The newsmagazine, we’re promised, will “offer extensive analysis, informative graphics and an increased focus on features, local entertainment and weekend previews.” Matt Cameron, in his last days as the paper’s editor-in-chief, said the newsmagazine will have “more of the in-depth, investigative journalism that our readers crave.” Meanwhile, the new digital emphasis will bring “mobile and tablet apps, a daily e-newsletter, high-quality multimedia content and an increased emphasis on social media and web graphics.” In a memo to the staff, the managing board declared itself “confident about the benefits this plan will produce.” Managing board members said of the restructuring: “It will expand our coverage opportunities by allowing us to afford sending reporters to out-of-state events.


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Personal foul

The Super Bowl may be the most important football game of the year, but for some it is a day just to enjoy the commercials.


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Feeling the rush

The bids are in. Fraternity and sorority rush is over. This year the revelry got out of hand after Inter-Sorority Council recruitment ended Jan.


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YouTube Sensationalists

IT’S EASY to disparage social media. Facebook can make us feel alienated and detached from our friends just as often as it can connect us to them.


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Confronting history

Charlottesville in recent years has tried to confront its troubled racial history. Like many Southern towns, Charlottesville inherits a painful legacy of slavery and Jim Crow.


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The Apple doesn't fall

Last Wednesday, Apple Inc. reported its quarterly results to investors, and though revenues and profits set new company records, the stock sunk nearly 12 percent during trading the next day.


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Scouting out equality

THE BOY Scouts of America are an iconic organization. For generations, young men have learned about leadership, the outdoors and public service by spending their time with the Scouts.


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Curtain call

The Dragas denouement has arrived. Earlier this month The Cavalier Daily predicted University Rector Helen Dragas would survive her confirmation process to serve another four years on the Board of Visitors.


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Virginia is for lovers

The Virginia Senate Friday voted 24-16 to approve a bill protecting gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer state employees from workplace discrimination.

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