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A violation of trust

WE AT THE University are supposed to operate within a community of trust, but over the past few months my trust in the University has been broken.


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Real deal on the economy

A RECENT poll released by ABC News revealed that 70 percent of Americans feel that the economy is in "bad shape" and only 42 percent of Americans approve of President Bush's handling of the economy.


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Ending honor apathy

APATHY is the biggest threat to the University's honor system. Cheating, lying or stealing pales in comparison to the incredible indifference the student body displays towards the system they are supposed to run.


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Citizens with benefits

SITTING next to me as I write this column is a check made out to the United States Treasury for my quarterly estimated income tax payments.


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The Democrats' silent majority

THE SHOCK and disgust which the Bush administration's actions over the last three years have caused used to be relegated to the sophisticated, highly educated classes, who predominantly fall squarely on the left side of the political spectrum.


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Stop popping the pill

The morning-after pill (MAP) should be called the Mendacity Anytime Pill because of the fabric of deception supporting MAP coming from frat house playboys, the FDA, MAP promoters, and politicized doctors in the University's Student Health clinic.


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After all the cookies crumble

MY BEST friend and I were pulled over to the side of the road by a traffic cop, again. Of course it's not the first time this has happened, but this time we sat confounded by the notion that we were getting stopped while cars zoomed passed us on the highway.


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A matter of personal choice

SINCE LAST spring, Manassas Del. Bob Marshall has led a crusade to deny Virginia students their rights as patients within their own student health clinics.


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Giving the Pep Band one last hurrah

HEY, DID you hear the Pep Band took the field at the South Carolina game this weekend and made that joke about their mascot being the... oh, wait. The Pep Band seems to be the source of much controversy again, and they didn't even do anything this time.


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Bush's well-spent billions

FOLLOWING the Monica/Gennifer/Paula scandals during the last administration, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton was toted as the modern day Tammy Wynette -- she stood by her man.


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Opening more doors for a safer Iraq

THIS WEEKEND, President George W. Bush made a televised announcement to the nation that he would request an additional $87 billion from Congress to fund further military action in Afghanistan and Iraq.


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Busting the filibusters

HE EMIGRATED from Honduras to the United States as a teenager who knew little English but worked hard throughout school, graduating from Columbia and then later with honors from Harvard Law School.


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