Opinion

Opinion

Testing the limits of free speech

By Dan Keyserling | March 15, 2006

I NEVER dreamt I'd be defending a holocaust-denier. But then again I never thought I would need to.The "denier" in question, David Irving, a precocious British historian (aren't they all?), was jailed recently in Austria for denying the Holocaust -- a crime that in Austria, along with 9 other European countries warrants years of prison time. A rather toadish looking fellow, Irving claimed that the number of Jews murdered at Auschwitz might be lower than originally claimed.

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An adequate apology

By Lisa Fleisher | March 14, 2006

For the second time this school year, The Cavalier Daily has run into trouble by printing a cartoon lambasted as racially or religiously offensive.

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Educating illegal immigrants

By Todd Rosenbaum | March 14, 2006

IMAGINE that you're a 20-year- old University student -- this should be a relatively easy exercise for many of you.

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Rethinking drug control

By Allan Cruickshanks | March 14, 2006

LAST SATURDAY, Bolivian President Evo Morales gave Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice a guitar decorated with leaves from the coca plant.

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Exercising spring break caution

By Thomas Gibson | March 2, 2006

INSTEAD OF catching your attention with a unique and clever introduction, I am just going to say what I need to say in the first sentence: Be safe over spring break. You may think that I am simply going to list a series of guidelines for your wild and crazy spring break, but before I offer some helpful advice, I want all University students traveling this break to recognize that you are an important component of the University of Virginia community.It is of the utmost concern that you stay safe over spring break.

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A rough voyage ahead

By Adam Silverberg | March 2, 2006

THE UNIVERSITY'S faculty is upset about a new program, and with good reason. The administration recently adopted Semester at Sea, a study abroad program that makes a cruise ship a "floating campus" as students tour the ocean.

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Ending neo-con stereotypes

By Whitney Blake | March 2, 2006

BLACK NEO-CONSERVATIVES want to "undermine and undo the civil right movement." Such a statement was just one of the many conclusions presented at a lecture titled "Inciting the Counter-Revolution: Race and Black Neo-conservatism in the Post-Civil Rights Era." LaTasha Levy, a 2000 College graduate, is currently writing her master's thesis on the topic at Cornell University's African Studies and Research Center.

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Agitating for activism

By Dan Keyserling | March 1, 2006

IT'S TOO bad that the Living Wage Report, which was released last week, didn't come with a copy of Henry David Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience." For those who aren't familiar with the living wage campaign, it's that sinister plot --perpetrated by communists and tree-embracing humanitarians -- to ensure that workersat the University can afford Bacchanalian indulgences like food and clothing.

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Putting Arts Dollars to work

By Rajesh Jain | March 1, 2006

SEVENTY-FIVE dollars are put to waste every year by an innumerable number of students -- most of whom don't even realize it.

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Rethinking Semester at Sea

By Cari Lynn Hennessey | February 28, 2006

THE SEMESTER at Sea program might sound like every student's dream: Starting this summer, students can literally go on a cruise and receive academic credit for it, a concept that would no doubt make Thomas Jefferson proud. According to a former participant's letter to The Cavalier Daily, the program has been nicknamed "The Booze Cruise" and "Kindergarten at Sea" in honor of low academic standards and heavy drinking.

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The best port in a storm

By Allan Cruickshanks | February 28, 2006

WITH NEARLY 12,500 miles of coastline and 300 ports, including more than a dozen major ports such as New York City and Hampton Roads, the United States faces an extremely difficult task in ensuring the safety of its borders.

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Testing the test

By Sina Kian | February 28, 2006

THE DISCUSSION of Advance Placement tests has become more prominent as even President Bush found time in his State of the Union address to herald the increasing number of students enrolled in AP programs.

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Democrats discharge

By Eric Wang | February 27, 2006

NOT SINCE Aaron Burr shot Alexander Hamilton has a vice president taken so much flak for discharging a firearm.

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Localizing abortion

By Noah Peters | February 27, 2006

THE ABORTION issue, ever controversial, is reaching a new crisis, with the Supreme Court set to hear arguments on the federal ban on so-called "partial birth" abortions in the fall.

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A well considered consensus

By Karin Agness and Josh Hess | February 27, 2006

ABOUT a year ago, opponents of the single sanction demonstrated the depth of their resolve to eliminate the organizing principle of our honor system.

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Effective coverage of elections

By Lisa Fleisher | February 27, 2006

THERE has been a lot of very complicated stuff going on at the University these past few weeks. The Opinion pages, for one, have been on fire with people sounding off about the consensus clause up for consideration in this week's election.

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Marketing obesity

By Christa Byker | February 24, 2006

AMERICAN indulgence and overabundance are most concentrated in the food industry. In an article published in Healthy Day, Dr. David L.

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Seven reasons against "consensus"

By John Clark | February 24, 2006

UNIVERSITY students have energetically debated the single sanction for decades. Yet never have single sanction critics come close to repealing or mitigating the requirement of expulsion upon findings of an honor violation. Nonetheless, die-hard sanction supporters feel compelled to permanently insulate the sanction from current and future debate.

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Trade without morals

By Josh Levy | February 24, 2006

TRADE PREVENTS wars, they say. This guiding prinicple has become the cornerstone of the United Nations and World Trade Organization (W.T.O.), especially under the Clinton Administration.

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A recipe for greener dining

By Prashanth Parameswaran | February 24, 2006

IF THERE is one similarity between Cheney's Quail-Gate episode and the dining hall's response to Green Dining's "No Tray Tuesdays" initiative, it is the rank smell of scandal and Dining's initial unwillingness to assume responsibility for its actions.