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Opening doors, closing others

WHEN I had my first boyfriend in high school and was waiting for him to pick me up to go to the movies, my dad asked me if I had money on me. "He'll probably pay," I remember my father saying, "but you should still offer." He did pay.


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Cut to the core

In the latest installment of what has become a disturbing public policy trend, House Republicans last week released a budget proposal for fiscal year 2012 that includes significant reductions to federal spending on higher education.


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Trial and error

LET US get this part out of the way early. Even if they are not editing the stories they are quoted in - and they are not, so far as I know - the editors at The Cavalier Daily who faced or are facing charges related to an editorial about plagiarism ("Taking action," Sept.


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Plagiarism update

The Cavalier Daily regrets to inform readers that it has discovered an instance of plagiarism that occurred in an April 21 opinion column, "A Walkway to Remember." Exact phrases were lifted without attribution from a post titled "Come on Down to the Crossroads


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Seeing over the bar

SAM NOVAK'S Sept. 21 Viewpoint column, "Bottling the message" presents a reasoned perspective on the issue of underage college drinking and the University's response to this serious problem.


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A false sense of security

IN THE Cavalier Daily's Sept. 29 article "Three men rob fourth year at gunpoint," fourth-year College student Danny Schmidt expresses disbelief and agitation about the "lack of security" in the "area immediately surrounding the University." After having been robbed at gunpoint near Rugby Road, Schmidt finds it "preposterous" that a student "should feel unsafe walking along a highly populated, well-lit area on a Tuesday night." What I find preposterous is Schmidt's complete ignorance of the reality of our community.


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Crowd control

Following last week's 30-24 loss to Southern Miss, the Virginia football team has faced a number of questions from disappointed fans.


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Don

BACK IN 2008, President Obama exclaimed at a town hall meeting, "I don't speak a foreign language. It's embarrassing!" That statement could go on a long list of things that have not changed since 2008.


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Broadening the Disney dialogue

YESTERDAY, The Cavalier Daily ran an article titled "The Lion King: Hakuna matata?" which I had written in response to the questions, conflicts and controversies raised by Disney's persistent re-release of animated films, both in home-viewing formats and in theaters.


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A common cause

HISTORY can tell us a lot. It gives us an idea of who we are by showing where we have been. Its trajectory provides a rough idea of where we are going. But most importantly, history answers our questions.


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Finding the right forum

"GOEBBELS was in favor of free speech for views he liked. So was Stalin. If you're really in favor of free speech, then you're in favor of freedom of speech precisely for views you despise.


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Lending a hand

A report issued Tuesday by a subsidiary of the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce concluded that a shocking 29.1 percent of the City's families either are living below the poverty line or are not earning enough money to be self-sufficient.


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Giving credit

Thanks to The Cavalier Daily for your coverage of discussions on Grounds regarding local, national and international policymaking issues. In particular, we in Garrett Hall appreciated having The Cavalier Daily's Monday front-page story about the recent visit to the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy by Rudy deLeon.


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A bounced fact check

It is outrageously difficult to get a Jewish engineering student with unfinished problem sets to write something on the eve of one of the holiest days of Jewish calendar.


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O-blaming Obama

AS THE economy deteriorates further and the stock market remains in constant fluctuation, more Americans are laying blame upon President Obama.


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Game theory

REPORTS of schools breaching National Collegiate Athletic Association rules have become quite commonplace.

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Latest Podcast

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.