Opinion

Opinion

It's a thug's life

By Kazz Alexander Pinkard | September 18, 2003

I NEVER thought I'd see the day when designer "wife-beaters" were in season. But then again, I shouldn't be surprised. The poor man's cloth has now become a fashion statement from street thugs to the suburban preppie set, and with the advent of hip-hop's heralded 50 Cent sporting Calvin Klein's stylized version of what only used to be seen on the backs of drunken spousal abusers on reruns of "COPS," we should all take note.

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Opinion

Fighting voter apathy

By Maggie Bowden | September 17, 2003

"JAYWALKING" has by far always been my favorite part of Jay Leno's "The Tonight Show." In the bit, Leno wanders the streets of Burbank, California asking ordinary citizens simple questions all Americans should know the answers to -- such as "Who is our vice president?" and "Who were the Allies in World War II?" The answers are always wrong, and typically the lack of knowledge is hilarious.

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Opinion

Superficial barriers to underage drinking

By Alex Rosemblat | September 17, 2003

A WEEKEND visit to nearly any undergraduate institution in the country will reveal that underage drinking is a widespread phenomenon.

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Opinion

A violation of trust

By Mollie Sledd | September 17, 2003

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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Opinion

A vigil, not a rally

By Kristin Brown | September 17, 2003

TODAY I am angry. I am angry becausetwo years ago, our country was viciously attacked by terrorists who hated us.

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Opinion

School in a material world

By Amey Adkins | September 16, 2003

REMEMBER back in the day when your school teacher would bring in something fun, something new for the class?

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Opinion

Real deal on the economy

By Joe Schilling | September 16, 2003

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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Opinion

Has Dubya lost his luster?

By Alec Solotorovsky | September 16, 2003

FROM ANDOVER to Yale, to the governor's mansion and now the White House, the career of President George W.

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Opinion

Important supplemental material

By Emily Kane | September 15, 2003

THE CAVS lost a football game against South Carolina last weekend, 31-7. That's a 24-point margin.

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Opinion

Ending honor apathy

By Patrick Harvey | September 15, 2003

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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Opinion

Fixing public education

By Kimberly Liu | September 15, 2003

LAST TUESDAY, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the nation's first federally funded voucher program by a margin of a single vote.

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Opinion

Citizens with benefits

By Daniel Bagley | September 15, 2003

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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Opinion

The Democrats' silent majority

By Blair Reeves | September 15, 2003

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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Opinion

Forgetting the Old South

By Laura Parcells | September 12, 2003

Our nation has come a long way in the last hundred years in regard to practicing an equal view of its citizens instead of just preaching one.

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Opinion

Stop popping the pill

By Bob Marshall | September 11, 2003

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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Opinion

After all the cookies crumble

By Kazz Alexander Pinkard | September 11, 2003

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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Opinion

A matter of personal choice

By Katy Shrum | September 11, 2003

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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Opinion

Giving the Pep Band one last hurrah

By Kristin Brown | September 10, 2003

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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Opinion

Bush's well-spent billions

By Maggie Bowden | September 10, 2003

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

By Alex Rosemblat | September 10, 2003

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.