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Survivor: print edition

UPON BEING elected the 121st chief financial officer of The Cavalier Daily, I knew the most difficult thing I would have to do on the job would be the inevitable parting shot I would have to write.


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Outside the lines

There was widespread disappointment when it was revealed that nationally only about 21 percent of eligible voters between the ages of 18 and 29 voted in the 2010 congressional midterm elections, according to The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts University.


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Straight to the point

THE LIVING Wage Campaign at the University - represented in part by Workers and Students United - hosted a rally last week to raise awareness of its agenda and attempt to pressure school administrators to consent to instituting an artificial minimum wage for all University employees.


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Taking the lead

The cruel twist of succeeding in a campaign for elected office is that after weeks of stumping and advertising the real work is yet to come.


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A laissez-faire wage

With regard to your lead editorial "Taking care of our own" (Feb. 25), on what grounds can you justify your claim that the dining hall and janitorial employees at the University of Virginia are underpaid?


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A FEW WEEKS ago, the winner of "Best Album" was announced at the Grammy Awards. The winner wasn't your standard pop diva starlet or king of hip-hop.


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A loan by any other name

MANY COLLEGE students around the country are very aware of the high cost of a college education. This expense is the result of not only the cost of tuition, but also the cost of living during those four memorable years.


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Differential equations

When the Board of Visitors met last week, one of the issues it addressed was maintaining the Commerce School's prestige at a time when its faculty salaries and technological infrastructure are falling behind those at peer institutions.


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Taking a stand

WE'VE ALL seen "I stand with Planned Parenthood" status updates on Facebook in the past week. These statements are not about abortion or being pro-choice; they refer to recent legislation passed in the House of Representatives to cut Title X of the Public Health Service Act, a government program that provides family planning aid.


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A private solution

I WRITE in response to a column published Feb. 25 in The Cavalier Daily titled "Acts of Tree-Son." At the heart of the call for ever-growing regulation by the Environmental Protection Agency is a narrative of exploitation: The poor, underdog environment is constantly under assault by an evil army of human corporations. Yet nothing could be further from the truth.


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A good return

THIS IS one of the great things about newspapers. Last Wednesday, a column appeared in The Cavalier Daily that said a college education isn't really worth as much as common wisdom says it is.


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Taking care of our own

University students and administrators are presently coping with a host of challenges, from studying for midterms to poring over thousands of admissions applications.


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Abusing the system

ALICE Everette had three young daughters who she loved immensely. She was often at their school, walking them through the door each morning and fixing their hair along the way.

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