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Good aim

Virginia Attorney General and University alumnus Ken Cuccinelli issued a written opinion last summer stating concealed carry permit holders were not bound by the University's policy prohibiting firearms from University facilities and events.


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Coming clean

In her recent visit to the University's Law School, Carol Browner, former director of the Environmental Protection Agency, made clear that when it comes to combating global warming, the enemy is not carbon but our own apathy.


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System of a letdown

THE SCANDAL at Penn State has taken up a lot of space in The Cavalier Daily - the dead tree version, as well as online - and in a lot of other media.


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Data mining for solutions

IN HIS Nov. 9 opinion piece, "Data mining from clean sources," Sam Novack critiques the Sierra Student Coalition's Beyond Coal campaign as not being realistic and not taking into account the financial costs of the transition to clean and renewable energy. The concerns raised about the directions and goals of Beyond Coal suggest that we are not getting our message across in the manner that we had hoped.


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Gaining steam

Throughout the fall semester, the Sierra Student Coalition's Beyond Coal campaign has picked up momentum in its quest to shut down the University's coal-fired power plant within a decade and replace it with renewable sources of energy.


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Missing the extra points

I refer to the Nov. 10 column, "Beware the Paterno witch-hunt," in which Fritz Metzinger says he is not defending Joe Paterno, but rather questioning the ferocity of public judgment.


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If we can

AS USUAL, the Virginia Film Festival has come and gone with only one possible complaint: It was physically impossible to make all of its features, and although this annual proceeding brought certain disappointments, it also provided a number of pleasant surprises.


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The best you can is good enough

DURING a weekend of shot gun shooting, fishing from a canoe and miscellaneous brotherhood mayhem, I pondered why, from a utilitarian perspective, my priority at school is studying rather than doing the things I love, such as enjoying camaraderie.


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Actionable intelligence

The New York Times reported yesterday that Princeton had received 3,547 applications through its new single-choice early action admissions option. This applicant pool is roughly three times the size of its current freshman class, indicating that many prospective students remain drawn to the opportunity to receive accelerated admissions decisions from schools in which they are particularly interested. This is especially true now that Princeton and a few other elite private institutions have implemented single-choice early action, which does not commit prospective students to attend the school to which they apply.


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A star pupil

What a pleasure to read an article in your paper written by one of my former students! The article is titled "When the Goins Gets Tough" (Nov.


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An untimely cause

THE ACADEMICAL Village is without a doubt a historic part of the University grounds, and has been deservedly praised since its establishment.


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Maintaining our history

EARLIER this year, residents of the Lawn and the Range were informed that they are forbidden to use their fireplaces because of structural problems with the chimneys of some rooms.


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A class of their own

First-time international student enrollment in U.S. graduate programs spiked 8 percent from 2010, according to a report released yesterday by the Council of Graduate Schools. This dwarfed every single-year increase since 2006, when first-time international graduate student enrollment rose 12 percent. Politicians, administrators, faculty and present and future students should react positively to this news, which indicates the U.S.


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Waging peace

Tomorrow, the Board of Visitors will be meeting to continue its stewardship of our University. With this comes the duty to make sure that the University operates in a manner that is consistent with the core values of our community.

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The Organization of Young Filipino Americans is one of many cultural Contracted Independent Organizations at the University, and their mission is to create a supportive community for Filipino students. Danella Romera, the current president of OYFA and fourth-year College student, discusses the importance of OYFA as a cultural organization and how OYFA plans for this year’s Culturefest, an annual multicultural showcase. 

Listen to the episode here.