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A public mission

THROUGHOUT his term, Gov. Mark R. Warner has confronted educational policy with an innovative approach that says making a better future for society means creatively rethinking policy and then aiming it at emerging needs.


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Three years later

THIS PAST weekend marked the third anniversary of Sept. 11. While time has mitigated our pain and grief, nothing will ever diminish our memories of that day of infamy.


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Reinventing the Democratic Party

JOHN KERRY is getting beat up because he is obsessing over swing voters. Indeed, it is the abandonment of ideals in search of a wholly unobtrusive middle ground that has constricted the candidate into such dire straits.


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Strong arguments, weak scheduling

COLLEGE reporters rarelyget the opportunity to cover national events on the scene, instead settling for getting student reaction on campus. Associate News Editor Shannon Sturcken, however, took advantage of being in New York as a media intern during the Republican National Convention to write an article for the Sept.


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An orange shade of victory

IT'S THAT time of year again. As students are finally getting settled into life back at the University, we are now faced with what may very well be one of the biggest events of the semester.


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A blind offense

AT THE Republican National Convention last week, former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani explained President George W.


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A Republican review

LAST WEEK, the Republican National Convention provided an entertaining and diverse set of speakers who each represented a different movie genre.


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Moving on (finally)

AS THIS year's presidential election edges closer, it has become increasingly evident how worried many Americans are about its outcome.


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Value of the humanities

WATCHING my friend aimlessly scroll through the course offering directory's hundreds of intriguing courses and interdisciplinary departments, I realized that students are becoming less interested in undergraduate humanities courses.


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A lack of conventional wisdom

WHILE Newsweek andTIME released polls conducted during the Republican National Convention showing Bush up by 11 percentage points, one has to wonder what the Republicans did right and how the Democrats managed to get a bounce essentially equivalent to a big fat goose egg.


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Indieheads is one of many Contracted Independent Organizations at the University dedicated to music, though it stands out to students for many reasons. Indieheads President Brian Tafazoli describes his experience and involvement in Indieheads over the years, as well as the impact that the organization has had on his personal and musical development.