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Generally failing

ON PAPER, Gen. Wesley Clark should be leading the Democratic pack. His resume is impeccable: Decorated veteran, Rhodes Scholar, NATO Supreme Commander.


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What kind of 'diversity' center?

EARLY next winter, Newcomb Hall's informal lounge will be transformed from a drab, empty space into a bustling diversity center where students of all cultural backgrounds can mingle in a mutually inclusive environment.


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In defense of marriage

FOR THOUSANDS of years, marriage between a woman and a man has been a bedrock of civilization with cultural, legal, religious and historical underpinnings that provide the foundation for society's most basic social unit: the family.


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Lundy: The first 100 days

IN NATIONAL politics, it is customary for the press to evaluate the president after his first 100 days in office to see where he has been effective and ineffective, and where challenges still remain. This week will see Student Council President Daisy Lundy's 100th day in office since the beginning of the fall term, and I see no reason not to bring this tradition to the University.


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Serial logistics, serial typos

FOLLOWING on the heels of an impressive fall tabloid-size supplement on the football team, the Sports section last week treated readers to an equally noteworthy enhancement to daily coverage.


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Dissecting the diversity center

WHEN THINKING about the planned diversity center to be located on the third floor of Newcomb Hall, one of the first things to come to mind is Derek Zoolander's "center for kids who can't read good and want to do other things good too." While the planned center will obviously not have Ben Stiller teaching children to read, it will equal the fictitious Zoolander center in general uselessness. This plan is indicative of the growing perceived need for general political correctness within our society.


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Maryland: An unworthy adversary

RIVALRIES between schools are curious things. They can be based on regional schisms (the University of Georgia and Florida, for example)or on the close proximity of two highly visible schools, like Stanford and Berkeley.


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Saying 'I do' to gay marriage

Well, apparently we're all going to Hell in a handbasket. A rainbow-colored handbasket. This week, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that same-sex couples had a legal right to marry and effectively ended the state's ban on same-sex marriage.


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Stress-free job, stress-free search

As I stand about to forever sign off from The Cavalier Daily in the name of general fourth-year debaucheries, thesis writing and -- dun-dun-dun -- job searching, I would like to take this last opportunity to offer some words of encouragement to my fellow classmates. Walking around Grounds, it's hard to miss everyone's favorite breed of student: The suit-clad, briefcase-toting Commie -- Comm schooler, that is.


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A Source of contention

I DIDN'T even turn on the television this year. Commercials promoting this year's Source Awards Show televised on the Black Entertainment Network spoke to me loud and clear: This establishment is going nowhere, fast.


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Doing good while doing well

Even when colleges and universities are not facing budget cuts and imposing massive tuition hikes, the salaries of those in charge have always been a sensitive topic.


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A culture of fear

WE CAN fill these columns with accounts of recentviolent attacks in the Charlottesville area -- yet, I choose to express faith in the non-violent nature of this community.

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