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Doting on voting

TWO WEEKS. In fact, exactly two weeks from this very moment. That's right, everyone. In just two weeks, it is not only the responsibility, but the obligation of every eligible student at this University to go out to the polls and vote for the bond referendum.


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Diversity in discussion section

BY NOW, first years have gotten a good grasp on what life is like here at the University. They're used to their enormous introductory lecture classes, dining in O-Hill without silverware and riding UTS to and from each and every destination.


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Grounds for early housing

It's October and we have now been in school for almost two full months. Despite the 2002-2003 school year barely being in full swing, many students have already signed off-Grounds leases and committed to rooming situations for next year, thus eliminating on-Grounds housing from their list of housing options.


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A man's right to choose

Americans believe that they are entitled to certain freedoms. Among these are freedom of speech, religion, the press and, more recently, freedom of choice.


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Conflict of interest impedes fair journalism

Last week, The Cavalier Daily lost its executive editor. Jeffrey Eisenberg stepped down from his position after the rest of the paper's Managing Board decided that he could not serve as both executive editor and counsel for University student Adam Boyd, who was charged with an honor offense.


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Dismiss Boyd's case

The Honor Committee at the University identifies its sole objective as the pursuit of truth. Its treasured poem and motto, "The Honor Men," assures its readers that members of the system are dedicated to "track no man to his undeserved hurt." Despite the dissent of many of my peers, I have trusted in the legitimacy of these claims for my last three years at this University.


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Or dedicated Richards?

CITY Councilwoman and Charlottesville's Vice Mayor Meredith Richards is the clear choice to represent University students in Virginia's fifth district of the U.S.


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Misplaced Peace Prize

Former President James Earl Carter is a quiet Southerner with a peanut-eating grin. In the last 20 years, he has amassed a record of not offending certain nations and criticizing the United States on a regular basis.


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Fuzzy GPA math at Gardner-Webb

All is not well at Gardner-Webb, a small Baptist university in North Carolina. Last Friday, the president of the university, Christopher White, also an ordained minister, resigned after admitting to authorizing an

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