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No pay, no play

While many fourth-year students are still stressed out about post graduation plans, first-, second-, and third-years are trying to line up prestigious summer jobs and internships.


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The best kind of teachers

In these weeks of course registrations and major declarations, of commencement celebrations and graduating frustrations, our future slowly unravels.


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Apathy is not an option

Apathy is the enemy of progress. Thus the political apathy that affects far too many Americans, and specifically university students, is disconcerting.


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Corking cashflows

The Federal Appeals Court ruled on Monday that Virginia's alcohol regulatory board can ban alcohol advertisements in college newspapers, as noted in yesterday's article ("Court upholds ban on alcohol," April 13). This is a breach of the first amendment rights of these newspapers, such as The Cavalier Daily, as well as alcohol companies and local bars.


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Rolling out the pork

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives recently released their earmark requests for the fiscal year of 2011.


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Lawn Etiquette

As the weather begins to warm, University students start to recognize all the things that they love about Grounds.


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Rock the vote in 2010

If you've spent any time outside of a cave - or more appropriately, the stacks - in the last year, you've likely heard something about the economy, health care, or education.


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Analytical aspirations

I've found that one of the advantages of resuming my university studies while working in the business world is that I appreciate school a lot more the second time around. In particular, I enjoy being immersed in the optimism and desire to do good that are a natural part of college life, especially here at the University. Even better, the optimism is warranted.


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Show me the money

Today, as annual tradition dictates, The Cavalier Daily exercised its legal right to publish the salaries of the University's faculty members.


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Rebel yell

The Confederacy. That word is loaded with meaning, evoking different emotions from different people in Virginia, the South and America as a whole.


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A historical reminder

I follow Larry Sabato on Twitter. (Doesn't everyone?!) That's where I learned that while he was lecturing in Kansas, he was repeatedly questioned about Virginia's Confederate History Month.


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Between the lines

Most potential problems give warning before they appear in plain sight. The Navajo proverb, "There is nothing as eloquent as a rattlesnake's tail," speaks to that effect.


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Off to the races

To promote student safety at the 2010 Foxfield Races, the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Team and the Center for Alcohol and Substance Education are helping to provide six University Transit Service buses to transport students back and forth from the races.


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An oily slope

On March 31, President Obama stood before an F/A-18 bio-fueled fighter jet at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland and unveiled his administration's strategy for the future of the United State's energy policy.


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Budget burdens

During the recent economic downturn, states have been forced to slice programs and numerous other expenses from their budgets.


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i-Control

This past weekend, the iPad was released by Apple and greeted with multiple articles from almost every news site.


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Common fortunes

President Richard Nixon once remarked "If there is anything I want to do before I die, it is to go to China." Thirty years ago, President Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger fulfilled this vision by visiting the Middle Kingdom.


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Suiting up

Student Council's new administration officially transitioned into office yesterday night. President Colin Hood and company will attempt to build on the relative success of John Nelson's term. Many of Council's activities during the past year focused on adjusting its internal functions, making its operations more efficient.


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Blue-biased conspiracy

There has to be a conspiracy. A political conspiracy. A vast, biased, media conspiracy. I mean, what other possible explanation could there be.


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The great depression

There is no cure for the third leading cause of death among people our age. Nor is there a clear understanding of why it is especially prevalent among college students.

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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.