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Real diversity

IN THE past, the University of Virginia has shown its reluctance to adjust to outside social dynamics.


Opinion

Politics as usual

IT?S BEEN just a few weeks since Barack Obama took office as President of the United States, but judgment on his presidency is hardly premature.


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TeRminAtor

THE SIREN wails, traffic slows, your eyes lock on our worst nightmare: blue and red flashing lights.


Opinion

Reforming voter apathy

ELECTION week, the annual exercise in the much-cherished and highly-touted act of student self-governance,? comes to an end for most of us on Sunday.


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Screening for content

I HAVE A love/hate relationship with the Amazon Kindle.If you don?t know what the Amazon Kindle is, Amazon describes it as ?a wireless reading device.? It?s about the size and shape of a book, but it functions like a handheld computer to which you can wirelessly download magazines, newspapers, ?e-books,? and other forms of electronic media.


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Necessary research

IF I WERE to reluctantly put on my patronizing fourth-year hat for one column and advise undergraduates to do one thing at the University, it would unquestionably be undergraduate research.


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Honor deserves better

AS A CANDIDATE last year to represent the College of Arts and Sciences on the Honor Committee, I stated that I believed it was time to consider alternatives to the single sanction.


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Informed voting

PROPONENTS OF the honor system in its current form are getting desperate, resorting not only to scare tactics in recent weeks, but also to blatantly lying about what the new referendum will do.


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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.