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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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Finding faculty

I RECENTLY received and filled out a survey from the Office of the Provost regarding several aspects of student life at the University ranging from the first year to the final semester.


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A matter of honor

AS THE Honor Committee made motion after motion to extend debate on the topic of referendum validity at Sunday?s Committee meeting, it was clear that the decision of whether or not the proposed referendum to the Honor Committee?s constitution should establish a binding amendment was far from cut and dry.


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High standards

MICHAEL PHELPS is a disappointment. Forget the 16 Olympic medals he has won over his career or the record-breaking eight gold medals he won in the 2008 Olympics alone.

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Latest Podcast

In this episode of On Record, Dr. William Brady, professor of emergency medicine and co-founder of U.Va. EMS, discusses the creation of the University's first student-run emergency medical service. From improving emergency response times and working alongside local first responders to providing hands-on experience for student EMTs, Dr. Brady explains how U.Va. EMS is enhancing campus safety while preparing the next generation of healthcare professionals.