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Blowing smoke

China is rapidly becoming a global power. It already has the world's largest population, and now the world's second largest economy - second only to the United States). China will undoubtedly play an important political and economic role in the twenty-first century both regionally and internationally.


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Getting to know NuRide

The University's Department of Parking and Transportation today unveils its contracted program with NuRide, an online firm that allows registered users to receive awards for using environmentally friendly transportation options.


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Silence of sound

Five minutes following, you've already forgotten the name of the opener. Although the main band has prepared these songs for months and are currently preparing on stage, they look like they do not want to be there.


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Chalk

"Tippecanoe and Tyler too!" "Hoos for Billy!" How do these slogans really compare? American election slogans go back all the way to the 1840s when presidential candidate William Henry Harrison discovered the key to campaigning: swaying masses.


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Courting all comers

The Supreme Court ruled this summer in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez that student associations that violate a school's "all-comers" policy should not be entitled to university funds.


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Behind the veil

The French Senate - by a vote of 246-1 - passed legislation forbidding individuals from covering their faces in public last week.


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Cyber criminals

The Internet has always carried a stigma of lawlessness and amorality, but for good reason. In the case of our generation, the Internet represents a space in which normalized ethical expectations do not apply.


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Continuing the dialogue

The Day of Dialogue may have ended Friday, but the discussions about the issues at hand should not. The event, which came in the wake of Yeardley Love's murder last May, appears to have been successful in drawing attention to the University community's strengths, shortcomings and each of our individual responsibilities.


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Not our cup of tea

The Democrats are in trouble. The economy still isn't booming, and an NBC poll shows that only 53 percent of Americans support President Obama's healthcare reform policies.


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A round of applause

Friday, Sept. 17, a crowd of nearly 700 Virginia fans, largely students, gathered to watch the women's volleyball team take on Virginia Tech in what was to be a five set nail-biter ending in a 15-13 loss for the Cavaliers.


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Putting honor in focus II

This editorial is part two of a two-part series. Please see yesterday's Cavalier Daily or our website for part one of the feature, which focused primarily on the 2008 Semester at Sea trials and the issue of plagiarism.


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Great expectations

According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, a private non-profit organization that monitors American business cycles, the Great Recession, which began in December 2007, officially ended in June 2009.


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Looking both ways

Our neighborhood streets need the help of the University family - students, faculty and staff - to maintain a safe environment for all who travel them.


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Athletic Harassment

John Wooden, Basketball Hall of Famer as a player and coach, once said, "Sports do not build character - they reveal it." I believe this is a wise assessment; however, I can say that for the first time, I was not proud of the character revealed by several of my peers this past weekend at the men's soccer game against Wake Forest. I was a little more than surprised as I perused a letter to the editor entitled "Soccer HOO-ligans" (Sept.


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