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Choosing his role

ON FEB. 28, 1969, Lt. John Kerry led three Navy patrol boats up the Dong Cung River, delivering a group of local fighters to a dangerous region at the southern end of Vietnam's Ca Mau Peninsula.


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Misplaced fears of limitless spending

LAST WEEK saw the kick-off of another season of student elections at the University. Posters went up, messages were chalked on the ground and Web sites were launched. And if it seems like there are more of these media in this election cycle than in previous ones, it might be due to the lack of a campaign spending cap, a rule incorporated with the ratification of the University Board of Election's constitution. Leaving aside the debate on the normative ideals of student elections and campaigning, the no-limit spending policy for student elections overseen by the UBE isn't something to worry about, even for its most ardent critics. For those who do not like the new policy, the situation is clear: It pits students from the "two Universities" (to borrow part of presidential candidate John Edwards' stump speech) against each other in an unfair manner. One University's students come from well-off backgrounds and have cash to spend on extra things like campaigns.


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Critiquing the critics

THE LAST pages of The Cavalier Daily's first section aren't the only places in a newspaper where readers can turn to find a heavy dose of opinion.


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Noble cause, wrong approach

UNIVERSITY graduates Andrew Bond and Andrew Borchini made a splash last week when they announced a campaign, centered around the Web site www.DontGiveToUVA.com, which encourages patrons to withhold donations to the University until administrators agree to provide domestic partner benefits to gay and lesbian employees.


Opinion

No benefit in gay benefits

ANEW WEB site,DontGivetoUVA .com, has recently attracted news around Grounds for its attempts to "end the discrimination" of homosexual faculty and their life partners.


Opinion

Political correctness bites back

I'M STARTING to like this whole political correctness thing. Don't get me wrong, I certainly don't admire its tendency to put a damper on the vitality of open debate by setting up arbitrary parameters on what can and cannot be said.


Opinion

Gearing up for election season

AT FIRST glance, the playing field for student elections seems quite fair this time around. The rules and regulations have been publicized, and problems we have witnessed in the past seem to have been alleviated for the time being.


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Pulling the purse strings

THE ISSUE of whether or not to grant same-sex couples employed by the University the same benefits as heterosexual couples has long been an issue on Grounds.

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