Opinion

Opinion

A University of character

By Katie Cristol | September 26, 2005

IT'S DEPRESSING to imagine what they must think of us. The outside world, Virginians unaffiliated with our school and folks as far north as Boston, who read about the University over their morning coffee, clucking their tongues at news stories about, as the Washington Post phrased it "at least nine racist incidents -- slurs shouted from cars, ugly words written on message boards, a racist threat scrawled on a bathroom wall." It's disheartening that this is the face of Mr. Jefferson's grand project to those outside our community -- not the architectural glory of the Lawn, not the top ranked academic programs, but the shameful acts of a handful of cowards.

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Robed rascals and lousy law interpretation

By Allan Cruickshanks | September 23, 2005

THERE is a recent trend in the United States of federal judges more and more often abandoning their proper roles and allowing personal beliefs to interfere and influence rulings in the absence of a clear and established legislative precedent.

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Working on the railroad

By Sophia Brumby | September 23, 2005

ANYONE who has ever attempted to travel between Charlottesville and Washington, D.C. without a car knows that it is far more difficult than one might think.

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One nation, under judicial tyranny

By Whitney Blake | September 22, 2005

AMID the wall-to-wall media coverage of Hurricane Katrina and John Roberts' Supreme Court nomination, one secondary news item merits significant attention: The declaration by a federal judge that the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional.

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Moving beyond the shadows of racism

By Sina Kian | September 22, 2005

NATIONALLY, Katrina's winds have, without a doubt, blown the stubborn blanket off of race relations, exposing the lingering racism in America. Locally, the racist incidents at our University have also without a doubt stripped the same blanket off of local race relations, exposing the racism in Charlottesville.

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Mandates in their own minds

By Todd Rosenbaum | September 22, 2005

FOR POLITICIANS, posturing is just one aspect of the political game. But one must wonder if they indeed feel as silly as they sometimes look and sound.

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Beta Bridge bigotry

By Krystal Commons | September 22, 2005

I CANNOT express the disappointment that I felt as I read the front-page headline of The Cavalier Daily on Sept.

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A clear choice for delegate

By Zack Fields | September 21, 2005

SINCE entering the Virginia House of Delegates in 2002, Rob Bell, (R) who represents all of Greene and parts of Albemarle, Fluvanna and Orange Counties, has consistently prioritized tax cuts at the expense of the University and our community.

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Conundrum upon conundrum

By Eric Wang | September 21, 2005

AS THE University grapples with the recent outbreak of racial intolerance, we are confronted with conundrum upon conundrum.

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More than skin deep diversity

By Herb Ladley | September 20, 2005

Last week University president John T. Casteen, III announced the choice of William Harvey to be the University's Chief Diversity Officer.

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A hokie regulation

By Cari Lynn Hennessey | September 20, 2005

AMERICAN college students must frequently contend with puritanical legislators who wish to control their behavior long past the point where such control is necessary or realistic.

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Acknowledging the roots of racism

By Adam Keith | September 19, 2005

AT THE start of a new year, a series of hate incidents have once again exposed the seedy underbelly of hatred at the University, bringing about a cycle of demonstrations and vociferous condemnations against intolerance.

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Utilizing all sections for a big story

By Lisa Fleisher | September 19, 2005

THIS WEEK provided some wonderful reading material -- an academic soap opera of sorts. That which seems antithetical to emotion has created a fantastic outpouring of rage, love, bewilderment and hope.

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Politics and the pledge

By Noah Peters | September 19, 2005

YET ANOTHER federal judge has struck down the Pledge of Allegiance as unconstitutional. U.S. Judge Lawrence Karlton's decision from last week has once again become the occasion for condemnations and outrage leaders across the political spectrum.

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Building links to heritage

By Allan Cruickshanks | September 16, 2005

THE ULTIMATE endeavor at this University is without a doubt to be more like Thomas Jefferson. From student to professor to administrator, all hear and echo the cry "What would Mr. Jefferson do?" Sure enough, this is one of the central tenets of the current debate on the University's architectural plan and the effort by many of the Architecture School's faculty to have it reanalyzed.

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Forty years later, still blocking ballots

By Sophia Brumby | September 16, 2005

FORTY years ago, the Voting Rights Act was passed to secure the voting rights of all Americans by preventing disenfranchisement by local, state and federal governments.

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Preserving heritage, promoting vision

By John Clark | September 16, 2005

FOR CENTURIES, underpaid, rarely celebrated, but nevertheless highly trained architects have tended to wealthy and powerful laypersons.

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We failed the fallen

By AJ Kornblith | September 16, 2005

ON THE previous three anniversaries of Sept. 11, 2001, we claimed to honor the victims through a mix of memory, resolve and a commitment to make sure that this never happened again.

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Lessons from Innes

By Sina Kian | September 15, 2005

"I CONSIDER a lecture to be a success if I'm asked so many questions that I can't finish." Many students of the late Stephen Innes will recognize these words to be his.

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The interdisciplinary option

By Todd Rosenbaum | September 15, 2005

HAVING trouble choosing a major? Perhaps, like many other University students, you've bounced a lot of ideas around: first psychology, then English and maybe you're experimenting in art history while you desperately try to figure out what to fill in on your major declaration form due this spring.