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Get smart

The lead editorial "Book Smart" (Feb. 1) was a blatantly inaccurate debasing of the Commerce School curriculum.


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A loss for words

ONE OF my friends just started a semester abroad in Antwerp, Belgium. Aside from getting used to all the nuances of living in a new culture, one of the biggest surprises she found was that "most people don't speak English." While English is the lingua franca or international language of the world, many people still do not speak it well enough to have more than a basic conversation.


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Fast fruit

The conclusions reached by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services in their new policy document "Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010" hardly seem surprising: Americans should consume less sugar, saturated fat and sodium while scaling up their intake of fruits and vegetables.


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Finding federalism

ACROSS the nation, states are facing increasing fiscal pressure, resulting both from long-term liabilities like unfunded pension plans and from an unsustainable dependence on infusions of federal money.


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Uncommon classes

WHILE the Commerce School is not perfect, The Cavalier Daily should leave the non sequiturs about the Commerce School on the comics page.


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A degree of controversy

COMMENCEMENT is a time to celebrate and for many the time to breathe a huge sigh of relief. The all-nighters have finally paid off and we, the college graduates, are on our way to pursuing our childhood dreams.


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No laughing matter

NOT SURPRISINGLY, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell was chosen as the commencement speaker for the Class of 2011.


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Choking on sound bites

EVERYONE loves local news stations. Maybe part of that is from the culture of "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy," but who doesn't love the fun banter and painfully forced earnestness of reporting on fluff pieces as if they were apocalyptic calamities?


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Book smart

The aftershocks from the January release of a book by Asst. Sociology Prof. Josipa Roksa and New York University Prof.


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Window of opportunity

As a member of The Cavalier Daily, one quickly discovers that despite the paper's central role in University life it is physically cut off from the outside world.


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Grilling the chicken

I was distressed to learn that Chik-fil-A's charitable arm, the WinShape Foundation, funds and praises anti-gay organizations like Focus on the Family and Pennsylvania Family Institute.


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Coming to a boil

LAST Tuesday night, President Obama delivered the annual State of the Union Address, which was followed by the traditional response from the opposing party, given this year by Congressman Paul Ryan from Wisconsin.


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Last call

For all the longevity of The Cavalier Daily as an institution, its staff transitions are anything but drawn out.

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