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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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Missing links of the DOE Web site

The issues facing public education in America are virtually endless. With policymakers and teachers being pulled in so many directions, it seems odd that controversy focuses on the Department of Education's Web site. A current overhaul of the site, in an effort to make it more user-friendly and updated, is also making sure that visitors view research and statistics aligned with the Bush administration's education philosophy.


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Extreme, unfair affirmative action

At the University of Michigan, according to their affirmative action policy which uses a "plus-factor" system, in which points are added to application scores in order to give certain applicants advantages, minority applicants receive an overly generous 20-point addition to their application scores based solely on their minority status.


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A taxing decision

EVEN AT MIDNIGHT! Interstate 64 through Newport News this past Monday night went from four lanes down to one lane for construction, thereby slowing traffic to a crawl for a good mile or two.


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Give Jersey a choice

THE GREATEST aspect of being an American is the ability to alter one's political and social decisions solely on the basis of the perceived benefit.


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Speak never, forever hold your peace

IN HER Oct. 1 letter to the editor, "UJC's protection of free speech," University Judiciary Committee chairwoman Katie Graney attempts to defend two grave injustices perpetrated against students and faculty here at the University.


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Keep trials closed

THE UPCOMING open honor trial has generated a lot of interest in the community, and it has raised questions about the merits of confidentiality within the honor system.

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Latest Podcast

As this year’s newest Meriwether Lewis fellows wrap up their summer session, Julie Caruccio, a MLI director and assistant vice president for research on the student experience, discusses the goals of the fellowship. Caruccio shares the history of the program and how it has evolved to continue to fit students' needs and expectations. Additionally, she describes the cohort’s summer project, where they were tasked with finding ways to build connectivity and foster relationships between people in various areas across Grounds.