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Financing distinction

The University's honors programs must continue to improve their budget outlooks in the wake of declining funds to remain competitive and to continue attracting high-caliber students.


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Read all about it

The printed page is the life of public discussion at any institution. For all the revolutionary impact of the Internet, only The Cavalier Daily and The Declaration can truly steer the common conversation of the whole University.


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A degree in debt

The College Board released an intriguing report Sept. 21 indicating that the value of an American college degree is steadily increasing.


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By the numbers

1: The Spanish department's graduate program ranking by the National Research Council 352,874.76: Amount in dollars Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has cost the University in litigation fees after filing two civil investigative demands looking into former Prof.


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A meatless proposal

When Henry David Thoreau wrote "I have no doubt that it is a part of the destiny of the human race, in its gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals," in "Walden," it seems unlikely that he could have anticipated the situation in which his native country presently finds itself.


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Lost in translation

I OVERHEARD two Spanish majors discussing their Spanish class as I was walking down the Lawn today. Toward the end of the conversation one exclaimed, "One more semester and I'm done!" This sort of attitude seems prevalent among members of the student body.


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Somos Americanos

The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks caused a fundamental shift in the immigration policy of the United States, destroying the efforts of Vicente Fox and George W.


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Legacy treatment

Richard Kahlenberg, a senior fellow at the Century Foundation, recently penned an op-ed for The New York Times suggesting that the supposed benefits of giving preferential treatment to legacy students in the undergraduate admissions process are not as prominent as some have speculated and may not actually affect the rate of alumni giving at universities.


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Power grab

It seems that The Cavalier Daily is focusing more of its stories on the Honor Committee and rightfully so.


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Sticky situation

Carrie Filipetti's column "The Israel story" (Oct. 5), would have been far more effective if it acknowledged the truth behind repeated worldwide condemnations of Israel's behavior.


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Fired up and ready to go

The repetition of a Hillary Clinton Iowa caucus ad in the heat of the 2008 Democratic presidential primaries comes to mind as I consider the obstacles of getting to the polls this November.


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Respecting religion

In the Oct. 4 edition of The Cavalier Daily, I came across the "Featured online reader comment" and could not help but feel the need to express my own opinion concerning James Wong's comment.


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Hats off

The U.Va. School of Nursing is delighted to report that we were ranked among the top ten nursing Ph.D.


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The unexamined ideology

Years ago in the land of togas and marble columns, Socrates made the claim in "The Apology" that, "The unexamined life is not worth living." As a Political Philosophy, Policy & Law major, I believe I am legally obligated to make some sort of vaguely philosophical quote in pretty much everything I write, lest I be ostracized from civilized society.


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Humor out of sorts

This is an interesting time for race relations in America. To many Americans, the election of President Obama symbolized seminal moment in racial progress, a refreshing departure from our past and a renewal of our commitment to tolerance.

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