Opinion

Opinion

No victory for moral outrage

By Alec Solotorovsky | November 6, 2002

New Brunswick, New Jersey Frank Lautenberg is on his way back to the U.S. Senate tonight, defeating his Republican opponent Douglas Forrester by 64 to 36 percent of the vote in a truncated campaign defined more by legal and ethical questions than any issues of substance. Lautenberg, who replaced the ethically challenged incumbent Robert Torricelli a month ago, fought a lengthy court battle to get his name on the ballot and Forrester has made the legality of his candidacy a campaign issue much as he did Torricelli's ethical lapses. But if there is any lesson to be drawn from Forrester's defeat, it is that a campaign of moral indignation is sufficient only to defeat an opponent who is already thoroughly discredited.

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Opinion

Democrats' unnecessary loss in Maryland

By Amey Adkins | November 6, 2002

Baltimore, Maryland There is absolutely no way that Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, the Democratic candidate for Governor, should have lost last evening's election.

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Cantor over Cooter in a campaign that didn't matter

By Becky Krystal | November 6, 2002

Call the campaign of the indifferent, where the only issues have been non-issues. Call it David versus Goliath.

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Tasteless transformation of memorial service into political rally

By Harris Freier | November 6, 2002

Former St. Paul Mayor Norm Coleman will most likely be the new Republican senator from Minnesota after defeating the Democratic candidate, former Vice President Walter Mondale.

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Do away with streaking laws

By Alex Rosemblat | November 6, 2002

Of the many traditions this University holds dear, none gets the heart pumping and adrenaline racing like streaking the Lawn.

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Oregon's loony labeling scheme

By Anthony Dick | November 6, 2002

Being the progressive humanitarians that they are, the citizens of the great state of Oregon had the opportunity yesterday to save our country from the evil aspirations of both greedy moneymaking corporations and dangerous gene-splicing scientists, just by making a quick trip to the voting booths.

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Opinion

Empty rhetoric, no real solutions

By Patrick Harvey | November 6, 2002

Baltimore, Maryland. A Republican revolution struck Maryland tonight. Too bad the revolution had little to do with the ideologies of the GOP.

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A vote for leadership in D.C.

By Kazz Alexander Pinkard | November 6, 2002

Some parts of the city of Washington, D.C., have changed greatly in the past four years. The streets are cleaner.

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Opinion

Problems beyond dimpled chads

By Amey Adkins | November 5, 2002

FLORIDA, the "sunshine state," may just be casting clouds into its own forecast. With one of the closest gubernatorial races in the country reaching its climax in the polls today, we can't help but be reminded of the slight discrepancies in Florida voting that took place two years ago in the 2000 presidential election.

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Opinion

No merit badge of courage for Scouts

By Becky Krystal | November 5, 2002

S'MORES, campfires, God and merit badges: Pick the word that does not belong. If you, gentle readers, chose God, you apparently are more perceptive than the Chief Seattle Council of the Boy Scouts.

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Opinion

Bye-bye to bilingual education?

By Kevin James Wong | November 5, 2002

IN MASSACHUSETTS and Colorado, voters today will have the chance to determine how students who have no English background will be taught in the public schools.

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Opinion

Cast your ballots

By Alex Roosenburg | November 4, 2002

Tomorrow is a big day. Public schools and government offices get to have the day off. University students, however, will continue to have classes, and more likely than not, a small percentage of us will realize why Tuesday, Nov.

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Opinion

Praising diversity of the mind

By Kimberly Liu | November 4, 2002

A recent survey by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies reports an increase in the percentage of black Americans that identify themselves as Republican.

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Opinion

Education in the balance

By John T. Casteen III | November 4, 2002

Most news in Virginia's public colleges and universities this year has not been about the real work here and in other colleges.

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Opinion

Swim and dive coverage lacking

By Masha Herbst | November 4, 2002

I use this week's column to address a perennial complaint levied at The Cavalier Daily: coverage of the swim and dive team.

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Opinion

Failings of discussion sections

By Brad Cohen | November 1, 2002

Mandatory graded discussion sections must go. Although there are many wonderful, caring and intelligent TAs out there, the discussion section serves only as an unnecessary bridge to the small and focused classes of high school.

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Opinion

Major support for commerce minor

By Harris Freier | November 1, 2002

The idea of a commerce minor has been around for the last few years, but has been more of a tease than anything else.

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Opinion

A tax to end traffic woes

By Kate Durbin | November 1, 2002

The Washington, D.C., Metropolitan area has the third worst traffic of any area in the United States, according to the Texas Transportation Institutes 2002 study.

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Opinion

A black president?

By Amey Adkins | November 1, 2002

Bill Clinton is black. Well, not really. However, just last month, on Oct. 19, former president Bill Clinton was inducted into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame.

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Opinion

Poor choices in Chechnya

By Alec Solotorovsky | November 1, 2002

"The Chechens knew there was no escape for them, and to avoid any temptation to run, they had strapped themselves together, knee to knee, and had their guns ready, and were singing their death song." So wrote Tolstoy in his 1863 novel, The Cossacks, wherein a young Russian officer travels to the Caucasus to take part in his country's long, fruitless effort to subdue Chechnya. Last week, Russia's Chechen conflict flared again in similar fashion.