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Lessons on freedom

"DEMOCRACY is a process,not a project." Mohammed Khatami, former president of Iran, spoke these words last Thursday in a speech at the National Cathedral.


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Securing social security

LIKE SO many students, and indeed, like so many Americans, I got a job this summer. I was paid by direct deposit, and every two weeks I watched a significant portion of my salary disappear into the gaping maw of Social Security and income taxes.


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Living in the present

MUCH OF the talk about reform at the United Nations leaves out two key players that are not even part of the Security Council: Germany and Japan.


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A manipulative media

WE KNEW it would only be a matter of time before movies portraying the events of Sept. 11, 2001, were eventually placed on big and little screens alike.


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Critiquing the critique

I am shocked and saddened by the opinions offered Monday by two readers who condemn Stephanie Garrison and her successful appeal of her honor conviction ("Honor's self-enforced silence" and "An appropriate sanction," Sept.


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Finding equilibrium

IF THERE is one term that pops up again and again in college courses, it's equilibrium. From economics to physics, there is always some natural point of stability and balance.


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Comic controversy

THE COMICS page, maybe the most controversial section of The Cavalier Daily last year, has caused another flare-up, giving me plenty to write about as I start my second year as the paper's ombudsman.


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Hosting a tyrant

LAST THURSDAY, former Iranian President Mohammed Khatami to speak at the University. The debate leading up to his speech was hollow.


Opinion

Into the wireless generation

YOU ARE sitting in a classroom and happen to glance over to the person to your immediate left. On a laptop, she is chatting with four different people over AIM.


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Money laundering

COLLEGE students are used to getting ripped off. Between housing, parking andtextbooks, it seems like we are always being asked to empty our pockets.


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A unilateral problem

THE BUSH administration has had a rough time in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee with its attempt to reconfirm unilateralist John Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations.


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A political prosecution

LAST WEEK, the final big mystery in the Valerie Plame leak case was finally solved. Casual political observers can be forgiven for not being familiar with this case, which has taken numerous twists and turns over the past two and a half years.


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Ignoring sexual assault

MANY YOUNG women today grow weary of their chronic victim status, constantly told to be on guard against the ubiquitous male predator.


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On the wrong road to diversity

The road to hell, so a parable runs, is paved with good intentions. At a university so saturated with racial tensions, any attempt to mitigate them must be, at least initially, greeted eagerly.


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The high price of education

SUPERFLUOUS CDs in "bundled texts," new editions differing only by a sentence or two, and spending upwards of an average of $900 every year has prompted a nationwide debate about textbook pricing.


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Cracking crime

JUST A few days ago, I picked up this newspaper and learned that Charlottesville is enjoying the highest job growth in the entire state of Virginia.

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Latest Podcast

The Organization of Young Filipino Americans is one of many cultural Contracted Independent Organizations at the University, and their mission is to create a supportive community for Filipino students. Danella Romera, the current president of OYFA and fourth-year College student, discusses the importance of OYFA as a cultural organization and how OYFA plans for this year’s Culturefest, an annual multicultural showcase. 

Listen to the episode here.