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Muppets and HIV do not an issue make

FOR A LITTLE while, it looked like Oscar might not be the only grouch on "Sesame Street." This week, the South African version of the highly-acclaimed children's television program debuted a new Muppet -- Kami, an HIV-positive furry orphan.


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To write or not to write?

FOR MORE than five years, I have been able to dodge a bullet headed my way. Bob and weave, I told myself time and time again, but even the fastest man alive can't escape life's ultimate burdens, let alone the burdens of U.Va -- where everyone knows that if you don't speak up, you won't be heard.


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Abreast of airline's prospects

HOOTERS Air Inc. What a wonderfully lucrative idea. Entrepreneurs are always looking for new money-making ideas and this time, Robert Brooks, Chairman of Hooters of America Inc., has livened up the game.


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Need for media balance

BABIES are being kissed. Mud is being slung. And that can only mean one thing: It's election time again.Politicians seeking election or re-election have various media at their disposal, including campaign ads in broadcast and print forms, Web sites, and of course, news outlets. The content of campaign ads and candidate Web sites are almost completely up to the individual campaigns, and thus don't always tell the whole story.


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Don't deprive first years of rides

ON TUESDAY, Student Council discussed a proposed resolution to eliminate on-Grounds first-year parking privileges starting in the 2003-2004 school year. This is a bad idea and Council should vote against it. If the resolution passes, the Student Council Parking & Transportation Affairs Committee will send it along with recommendations from the University Transportation and Parking Advisory committee to Leonard W.


Opinion

Raise in-state students' fees...

MY DAD is a teacher. My mom is a teacher. I have a little sister who is a senior in high school and getting ready to go off to college in a few short months, and I live in a part of the country where the cost of living is at nearly its peak.


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Or tighten belts on all sides?

THE SEMESTER has begun on a seemingly depressing note. Classes are swollen, faculty are complaining and students have returned to find services that used to be taken for granted are now costing money.


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Coast-effective sexual assault prevention

If you've spent anytime in a first year hall or suite bathroom recently, you may have noticed the helpful hints and thrilling reading known as the "Stall Seat Journal." If you're particularly lucky, you may also have received a rape whistle courtesy of the Parents Program.


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Enlightenment and the DMV

I am in the debt of the state of Virginia. This past Saturday morning, at 8:30 a.m., I had the exhilarating opportunity to attend a driver improvement clinic in a luxurious conference room of the Holiday Inn on Route 29.


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Some options, please

Cavalier Computers, the University-affiliated computer store, presumably likes customers. Tragically, only one model of laptop is offered for law students.


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Venus and Mars in the classroom

BOYS ARE better at science and math. Girls' strengths lie in the humanities. Although many would immediately refute such blatant gender stereotypes, a growing number of single-sex classes in public schools are helping promote them.


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Bush's empty rhetoric

LESS THAN a week ago, we saw one of the most tragic anniversaries in our nation's history come and go quicker than many anticipated it would just one year ago.

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Latest Podcast

In this episode of On Record, Allison McVey, University Judiciary Committee Chair and fourth-year College student, discusses the Committee’s 70th anniversary, an unusually heavy caseload this past Fall semester and the responsibilities that come with student-led adjudication. From navigating serious health and safety cases to training new members and launching a new endowment, McVey explains how the UJC continues to adapt while remaining grounded in the University's core values of respect, safety and freedom.