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Where idealism goes to die

YOU MAY have seen posters around Grounds or have gotten an e-mail about an exciting summer job working for progressive causes, including an opportunity to work for an environmental advocacy group.


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Contentious convention

IT WAS late August, 1968, and the streets of Chicago had the look of a war zone. Protesters, police, and the Illinois National Guard clashed everyday for a week, resulting in hundreds of injuries.


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Towards equal pay

ASIDE from telling us that the Darden Dean makes more money than the entire media studies department combined, the published salaries of our faculty can tell us what trends we can expect in the future.


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Changing our ways

LATE LAST weekend, the University community heard rumors of an alleged abduction of a student by individuals who pulled him into a vehicle, took his money and phone, and left him somewhere in Albemarle County.


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Debacle on the Lawn

YESTERDAY hordes of admitted high school seniors and their overly enthusiastic parents obstructed sidewalks, clogged dining halls dishing out artery-clogging food and formed tours that tormented anyone walking to class.


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Banish the sanction ad hoc committee

THE HONOR Committee is locked in an endless cycle of self-destruction. Governed by students, a large majority of those whom come to the Committee completely new for one-year terms, the Committee has virtually no institutional memory and is destined to make the same mistakes repeatedly.


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The plank in our own eye

IN ANCIENT Greece, the Oracle at Delphi was known for the ability to predict the future; at the entrance to the Delphic temple read a simple inscription: Know thyself.


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Science rules

AS SECOND semester begins to wind down, first-year engineering students enrolled in the Science, Technology, and Society 101 course are beginning work on "Katrinasim." Katrinasim is a culminating project that engages students with a real-world example of the effect of technology on society, and vice-versa.


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Thinking about the big picture

IN RECENT weeks, the University has exhibited a disturbing trend of measures and ideas that provide benefits to small numbers of students while curtailing or interfering with the rights of other students.


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The new face of disenfranchisement

VIRGINIA has a long history of denying its citizens the right to vote. Today, there are still more than 300,000 disenfranchised men and women in this state, whose entire adult population in the 2000 census was about 5.6 million.

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Since the Contemplative Commons opening April 4, the building has hosted events for the University community. Sam Cole, Commons’ Assistant Director of Student Engagement, discusses how the Contemplative Sciences Center is molding itself to meet students’ needs and provide a wide range of opportunities for students to discover contemplative practices that can help them thrive at the University.