Opinion

Opinion

The guns must go

By Blair Reeves | September 22, 2003

SOCIETIES, like the laws that govern them, necessarily change and evolve over time. In America at least, those changes have tended to be positive ones over the last two hundred years, as the onward march of Western liberal progressivism has abolished slavery and child labor, granted universal suffrage, extended civil rights to all racial groups and set up a welfare system to assist those in need.

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Taxation without representation

By Patrick Harvey | September 22, 2003

THERE are three groups of Americans who do not have voting representatives in Congress: felons, children, and the 500,000 residents that live in the District of Columbia.

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On cash, Isabel, policy and correctly used hyphens

By Emily Kane | September 22, 2003

THANK you, Brett Meeks, for using your Life section column space to celebrate the life of Johnny Cash.

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No qualms with WUSA folding

By Kimberly Liu | September 22, 2003

REMEMBER that movie from "A League of Their" Own? Geena Davis and Madonna portray members of a professional women's baseball league fighting to be kept open by their corporate sponsorship, Harvey's Chocolate.

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A losing grade for Virginia

By Preston Lloyd | September 18, 2003

THERE was a time in Virginia when "debt" was more a political taboo than "tax." Today, as schools and other state services wilt under the burden caused by the recent series of heavy budget cuts, the burning anti-tax sentiment of Virginians has tied the hands of legislators.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.