Opinion

Opinion

Saving honor, again

By AJ Aronstein | August 29, 2006

THIS YEAR, the Honor Committee finds itself in a tough spot. Again it must consider the effects of increasing distance between faculty and the Committee; between students and Committee; and between the community as a whole and the idea of honor once again. The Committee has to address concerns about diversity, lengthy and burdensome case processing, and concerns about a lack of professionalism once again. And it must face the imposing dilemma of the Single Sanction.

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Opinion

Equal opportunity for involvement

By Dan Keyserling | August 29, 2006

IGNORANT though they may be, there are still those who describe college as a place of "equal opportunity." Certainly, ambitious programs like AccessUVA help lessen the burden of the swelling costs of education.

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Opinion

Lions and tigers don't mix

By Prashanth Parameswaran | August 28, 2006

THE INTERMINABLE conflict between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the Sri Lankan government has claimed the lives of over 70,000 people, is the longest running armed conflict in South Asia, and one of the 20 deadliest wars ever fought in world history.

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Opinion

Lessons from the war against Hezbollah

By Josh Levy | August 28, 2006

On Aug. 14, a ceasefire was agreed upon for the Israel-Hezbollah War. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert declared victory, a sentiment which was echoed by George W.

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Opinion

I wish I were an embryo

By AJ Kornblith | August 28, 2006

EMBRYOS have never had it so good. Much to the chagrin of the great majority of the American public, embryos can sleep soundly at night knowing that the Bush administration is vigorously defending them against the ethically challenged stem cell researchers.

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Opinion

Reading Orwell in Tehran

By Dan Keyserling | August 25, 2006

AS I WRITE, highly civilized human beings across an ocean are trying to kill each other. George Orwell began one of his essays similarly; only then, he was referring to the swarms of Luftwaffe bombers besieging his beloved London.

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Opinion

Community accountability

By Josh Hess | August 25, 2006

THE UNIVERSITY'S honor system is strong. It is staffed by over a hundred enthusiastic students who sacrifice hundreds of man hours every year to ensure its upkeep.

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Opinion

The cost of education

By Christa Byker | August 25, 2006

THIS WEEK most University students have one thing in common: We pay too much for textbooks. Nowadays, students are forced to shell out $300 to $1,000 per semester on top of tuition, school supplies, housing, daily maintenance and the like, an excessive and unfair obstacle on the road to a good education. Books, of course, are a necessity.

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Opinion

Self-critical strategies

By Stephen Parsley | August 25, 2006

EVENTS in the Middle East this summer demonstrated onceagain, five years after the attacks on our country, just how flawed the West's understanding of the world actually is.

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Opinion

Fighting extremism

By Allan Cruickshanks | August 24, 2006

NUMEROUS menacing phone calls to your home. Threatening strangers approaching your wife and children.

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Hardcore distortion

By Rajesh Jain | August 24, 2006

APPARENTLY, what sinful little things you choose to do in the privacy of your own hotel room aren't just your business anymore.

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Opinion

Know thine enemy

By Sina Kian | August 24, 2006

IN ERROL Morris' documentary, "The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara," the first and perhaps most important lesson was to empathize with your enemy.

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Opinion

In defense of the Daily Show

By AJ Kornblith | August 24, 2006

C'VILLE Weekly's front page this past week featured a picture of Jon Stewart with the headline "IS THIS MAN KILLING DEMOCRACY?" The article went on to explain that researchers at East Carolina University had studied and documented a phenomenon known as "The Daily Show Effect." Exposure to the show, according to the study, causes college-aged individuals to be more likely to have negative perceptions of candidates and to be cynical about politics in general, thereby possibly decreasing their involvement in politics.

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Opinion

A new direction for the OAAA

By Daniel Colbert | August 23, 2006

DEAN of African-American Affairs Rick Turner's surprise retirement is an embarrassment to the University, but offers two important opportunities for the Office of African-American Affairs.

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Opinion

Pay it forward

By Marta Cook | August 23, 2006

HERE YOU are, a student at one of the greatest universities in the country, in a town steeped in tradition and Southern charm.

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Opinion

George Allen's monkey business

By Adam Silverberg | August 23, 2006

GEORGE Allen has put himself in a messy situation, as many political pundits, and YouTube viewers know.

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Integrating East Asia's forgotten half

By Prashanth Parameswaran | August 23, 2006

THE UNIVERSITY'S East Asian Studies Program and its interdisciplinary East Asia Center provide students with a vast array of academic courses, useful resources on grant programs, and interesting study abroad offers.

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Opinion

A plan for protecting higher education

By Rajesh Jain | August 19, 2006

AS MORE and more studies conclude that Americans are being passed by better educated foreigners, higher education is being placed under the microscope.

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Dean Turner's legacy of divisiveness

By Karen S. Ramirez | August 19, 2006

Former Dean of African-American Affairs, M. Rick Turner, as usual, got a free pass from the University of Virginia, which has closed the investigation into his agreement to testify for the U.S.

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Opinion

A ceasefire for the "War on Drugs"

By Dan Keyserling | July 27, 2006

WE WERE somewhere around the 1970s on the edge of the Acid Wave when the drug war began to take hold.