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Football faux pas

Unlike most everyone else, I remained in Scott Stadium as the final seconds trickled off the clock and the score became official: 26-14, in favor of William and Mary.


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Right-wing reflex

The lead up to President Obama's speech to the nation's schoolchildren this past Tuesday was riddled with outbursts from leaders and pundits of America's right-wing proclaiming that Obama was planning on indoctrinating the nation's youth.


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Right on the money

AS THE hunt to replace President John T. Casteen III begins, the search committee should keep three priorities in mind: intellectual capital, human capital, and financial capital.


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Correction

Due to a production error, yesterday's Opinion page featured several outdated pieces of content, including the lead editorial and the day's letters to the editor.


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Life lessons 101

WHAT DO you want to be when you grow up? Since kindergarten, this question has been pushed by parents and teachers alike to instill some sense of life goals to achieve and strive for.


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Sailing through jail

AN INTERESTING article by Time magazine's Amanda Ripley regarding the September 11 attacks outlines how much a life is worth after death.


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Clarification

Yesterday's letter to the editor by Danny Navarro was inappropriately titled "Tyranny in Colombia." The title was intended to refer to Venezuelen President Hugo Chavez's interference in Colombian affairs.


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Presidential roulette

This is big news. Big, slow-moving news. The University is beginning its search for a new president. The main responsibility falls to the Special Committee on the Nomination of a President, which Rector John Wynne appointed and will chair - though I suspect that much of the work will be done by the search firm R.


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Going international

WHETHER Charlottesville is a two-hour drive from your house or a two-hour flight from the nearest airport, going away to college seems like enough of a journey in itself.


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Mixed messages

On August 21, all active undergraduate and graduate students at the University received a pointed e-mail from studentsystem@virginia.edu.


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Paying for piracy

THE INEVITABLE has come for BitTorrent tracker site The Pirate Bay. Black Internet has ceased providing bandwidth to the files-sharing site (or information theft site, depending on your point of view). The Pirate Bay is in serious trouble; it is the most recent big name peer-to-peer site that is facing opposition from civil lawsuits joining the now infamous Napster and others. Although operators of TPB are still fighting their battle in hopes of providing the world with free movies and music, their fate is already determined.


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Big shoes

Today the University's Special Committee on the Nomination of a President will host the first two in a series of six forums designed to give students the opportunity to comment about the selection process for President John T.


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Taking it all in

IT'S MID-AUGUST on the University Grounds, and you know what that means: Soul-smothering heat, bumper-to-bumper traffic on Route 29 for three straight days, and - of course - a whole new crop of fresh-faced first-years. Oh, first-years.


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Riled up on Ritalin

THE SCENE is all too familiar. You?ve just walked out of your second midterm of the day on two hours of sleep from the night before, and now you?re going to have to go right back at it for another test tomorrow.


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Jeffersonian ideals

AS THEIR academic careers here at the University come to an end, fourth-years reflect on their fondest memories and what those experiences have taught them.


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Public property

Sometimes it?s OK to brag.Last week, The Cavalier Daily bragged about a former editor-in-chief winning a Pulitzer and a former managing editor being part of a team that was a Pulitzer finalist.

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Latest Podcast

The Organization of Young Filipino Americans is one of many cultural Contracted Independent Organizations at the University, and their mission is to create a supportive community for Filipino students. Danella Romera, the current president of OYFA and fourth-year College student, discusses the importance of OYFA as a cultural organization and how OYFA plans for this year’s Culturefest, an annual multicultural showcase. 

Listen to the episode here.