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The young and the hopeful

By Cavalier Daily Staff | January 29, 2008

MOST AMERICANS are familiar with the homily, "when God closes a door heopens a window." At the moment, many young people who have seen the door to good jobs closed by the economic mayhem stemming from the subprime mortgage crisis probably feel like jumping out of that window. Although prospects may appear dim to many young people whose job hunts have been frustrated by a sputtering economy, in this time of great need, young people have a unique opportunity to disprove the cynics who decry our generation as selfish and materialistic.

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Reflecting on Dixie

By Cavalier Daily Staff | January 29, 2008

IN "LITTLE Gidding", T.S. Eliot reflects, "We shall not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time." Although we're technically still below the Mason-Dixon Line, any true Southerner feels like an expat in Charlottesville.

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Falling stars

By Lindsay Huggins | January 28, 2008

IN THE eyes of Hollywood, nothing is quite as tragic as the death of one of its young stars. Heath Ledger died at the age of 28 last week from causes still unknown.

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A truly representative council

By Sam Shirazi | January 28, 2008

AT ITS first meeting of 2008, Student Council reviewed possible amendments to its constitution. The most controversial of the proposed changes include removing the voting power of the transfer student liaison and the First-Year Council president.

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Ready to rumble

By Erald Kolasi | January 28, 2008

THE MEDIA'S love affair with the Hillary-Obama slugfest is approaching the heights of total stupidity.

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The fraternity life

By Josh Levy | January 28, 2008

IT'S THE end of January, which means we're right in the middle of Inter-Fraternity Council Rush. For hundreds of students this means lots of fun and the start of lifelong friendships.

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Connecting Council

By John Nelson | January 25, 2008

EACH TUESDAY evening, Student Council holds its weekly meeting in Newcomb Hall. There, representatives and committee chairs address students' concerns, listen to administrators' presentations and discuss University issues.

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Like what you see?

By Alexander R. Cohen | January 25, 2008

DO YOU think The Cavalier Daily isn't meeting your needs? Is it not covering the issues that affect your life?

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O-headache

By David Infante | January 25, 2008

I ONLY had about 20 minutes until my next class, and on the walk back from the AFC the other day, O-Hill seemed like a perfect option for a quick bite to eat.

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Faking it

By James Rogers | January 25, 2008

IN THE movie Superbad, the character Fogell (aka McLovin) claims to be 27 years old, a resident of Hawaii, 5-foot-10, and 150 pounds, not an ounce of which is true.

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A beautiful democracy

By Robby Colby | January 24, 2008

THE PRESIDENTIAL election and the tumult surrounding it has become just about the easiest thing in the world to complain about, to point out flaws and gripe about the candidates and their relative stances on the whole gamut of issues.

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Road blocks to the White House

By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins | January 24, 2008

IN PHYSICS, the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle states that merely by observing a particle, one changes its position.

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Searching for Bobby Kennedy

By Andrew Winerman | January 24, 2008

I HAVE asked myself many times in the past two weeks whether the politics of this country will be tolerable for the next ten months if Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic presidential nomination.

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Coming over to Clinton

By Marta Cook | January 23, 2008

IN ORDER to understand which candidate will be the true "change agent," look at how the people who actually need change in their lives have voted so far. According to CNN exit polls, of the 23 percent of primary voters with postgraduate degrees in New Hampshire, 43 percent of them support Sen.

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A dishonest remembrance

By Christa Byker | January 23, 2008

LAST WEDNESDAY, the first day of class, many professors began discussing their syllabi by remarking that it is under revision because they were unaware until very recently that class would be cancelled for Martin Luther King Day.

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Political reality check

By Prashanth Parameswaran | January 23, 2008

WE HARP on about how Barack Obama isn't really black, and how Hillary Clinton isn't even human. So, it befuddles me when the headline story on CNN rambles on about the "tough choice" black women face between an African American and a woman in the South Carolina Democratic primary.

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In defense of partisanship

By Josh Levy | January 21, 2008

"THE AMERICAN people are hungry for something different," declared Sen. Barack Obama in a speech last Saturday.

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Home is where the dough is

By Erald Kolasi | January 21, 2008

THE 2008 presidential election was supposed to be about Iraq, following the midterm election trend in 2006.

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Stemming economic hysteria

By Sam Shirazi | January 21, 2008

THE RECENT subprime mortgage crisis and the slump in the housing market are starting to take their toll on the American economy.

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Get a first life

By Lindsay Huggins | January 21, 2008

AFTER a long day of classes and work, I usually follow the same routine. I grab a snack, catch up with my roommates, check my e-mail, and finally, peruse Facebook.