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Pot o

Early last year Glenn Beck stated that people do not realize "how much money we're printing at the Federal Reserve." Huh?


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Color blind

Sometimes it is about race. The topic is impossible to cover in a column that is less than half a page, so some legitimate points will be omitted due to length restrictions.


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Hands in the air

The kind of movies they show on airplanes are sentimental bits: microwavable pop-corn, ready made with explosions at the push of a button.


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Monday morning quarterbacking

As Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear dominated the news and South Park debuted a ridiculed retrospective reporter, Captain Hindsight, a steady focus on the media's ability to control narratives and impact public opinion emerged.


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The new McCarthyism

Out of all the sensational and frightening campaign ads released during the 2010 election cycle, one distinguished itself from the rest by being especially crazy.


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Smoke signals

The livelihoods of researchers in higher education institutions oftentimes depend on grants. It is not unusual for professors to spend a considerable amount of time applying for these grants to further their research.


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Separation anxiety

"One nation, under God." These are words we have all grown up saying. We recited them every day for 12 years in grade school and we often recite them before meetings.


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A bad wager

A prominent group pushing for a living wage at the University, dubbed "Workers and Students United," has renewed its calls for the University to adopt an inflation-indexed wage of $11.44 for both its contracted and direct employees.


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Giving thanks

Thursday was Veterans Day - a day to remember and thank those who have so valiantly served our nation.


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Visit the Visitors

This may sound like an echo, but repetition is good way to help someone absorb a new idea. You should go to a Board of Visitors meeting. The Cavalier Daily's Managing Board wrote that last week.


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Rekindling the flame

Too many days are forgotten that should be remembered. The Berlin Wall fell Nov. 9, 1989, heralding the end of global Communism and the birth of the modern world.


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UVa Sustainability has recently launched its campaign for students to individually pledge their commitment to "consider the social, economic, and environmental impacts of their habits and to explore ways to live more sustainably during their time here at U.Va.


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Our town

The Honor Committee and Board of Visitors are two entities many students know little about, but each plays a critical role in upholding the ideals of the University and determining the institution's future.

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Parker Sims, president of Outdoors Club and fourth-year College student, discusses her presidency, the club's student self-governance and its diversity and sustainability. She highlights breaking down barriers to the outdoors and the importance of not only getting outside as a student, but doing so with a community, such as the Outdoors Club.