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Governor

With election day fewer than six weeks away, the Virginia governor's race is making more and more headlines.


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Pearls before swine

Mad cow. SARS. Avian flu. Swine flu. What's next? The never ending saga of epidemics has played out repeatedly in the media to the deep chagrin of the American public.


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Unequal treatment

First, I would like to state that I was not in a fraternity at U.Va. I knew SPE brothers during my time at the University, but anyone who knows me would say that I had a very diverse social circle. Yes, SPE would throw bottles off of their roof, break things, cause a ruckus, and liked to fight a lot.


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School pride

As an alumna and current graduate student, I was dismayed to read the Sports section on Tuesday and see Dan Stalcup's article ("Hokie for a weekend," Sept.


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Just not right

As a fan of Virginia Athletics since birth, I was incredibly disappointed in Dan Stalcup's article "Hokie for a weekend". It was truly disheartening to read about "a Wahoo at heart" who had no problems with donning a maroon shirt, cheering for our arch-rivals, and storming Worsham Field after a Virginia Tech victory.


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Risky business & Easy money

Risky business University fraternities must actively deter hazing to avoid the threat of disbandment Two long-standing fraternity chapters recently disappeared from the University.


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Sticking to ideals

When Thomas Jefferson first founded the University, the institution served as America's only beacon of secular learning in a sea of theologically based higher-education.


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Dining hall diet

Welcome to purgatory, more commonly known as the second floor of the AFC, where girls make an art of torturing their cardiovascular systems without breaking a sweat or replacing a single hair clip.


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Partisan politics

AFTER witnessing the antics from members of both major parties during the last election, more Americans are now familiar with the ways partisan politics play a part in American government.


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Rewriting plagiarism

In the weeks ahead, the Honor Committee will discuss and decide on a proposal to change its definition of plagiarism.


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The third president

What would Jefferson do? In my previous article, I concluded that the presidential search was in the hands of the wealthiest alumni.


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Two-way street

Never before has finding news and information about the University been so easy. In recent years, there has been a proliferation in both the quantity and breadth of new media outlets used by administrators and Public Affairs staffers. The scope of these new media publications is exhaustive.


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The libelous line

Lawyers can be so much fun. Take Kyle Miller, who describes himself as "a skilled writer, holder of a journalism degree, and an attorney." Miller wrote to The Cavalier Daily recently to take issue with, insult, and, arguably, threaten Reed Arnold, author of a letter to the editor that appeared in The Cavalier Daily. Miller also wrote a short, accusatory and threatening e-mail to the editors of The Cavalier Daily. Arnold's subject was football


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Overbooked and understaffed

Student Council issued an executive report on its new Contracted Independent Organization consultant program Tuesday night.


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Fourth-year worries

Stress. For many fourth-years, this insidious word has already crept much farther into their daily lives than they could have anticipated after three years of relatively care-free living at Mr. Jefferson's University. "Job," "graduate school," and "interviews" have become dirty words while formerly harmless letters have taken on new meaning when strung together in certain dreaded sequences ("LSAT," "MCAT," and "GRE"). It's as if, suddenly, without warning, somebody flipped a giant switch in the basement of the rotunda sometime over the summer and the fourth-year class collectively came to remember that we will have lives outside of the University next year. Stress. Yes, it is hunting season again - the season of hunting for jobs (or even careers if we're lucky) and applying to graduate, law, and medical school.


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No shows

For three hours yesterday morning, the University's Office of Emergency Preparedness and the Albermarle County Emergency Management Office held an evacuation drill in Scott Stadium.


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Problems with parking

How many of you have received a ticket from University Parking and Transportation? How many of those were, on your honor, factually incorrect tickets?

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The University’s Orientation and Transition programs are vital to supporting first year and transfer students throughout their entire transition to college. But much of their work goes into planning summer orientation sessions. Funlola Fagbohun, associate director of the first year experience, describes her experience working with OTP and how she strives to create a welcoming environment for first-years during orientation and beyond. Along with her role as associate director, summer Orientation leaders and OTP staff work continually to provide a safe and memorable experience for incoming students.