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Embryonic cell research poses no moral dilemma

I AM BOTH pro-life and diabetic. Until now, these two perspectives did not come into contact with one another to any significant degree. However, the accelerating controversy over whether to provide federal funding for embryonic stem cell research has forced me - much as it has forced others across the country - to consider a number of philosophical and practical questions.


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Treat D.C. fairly

WHEN IN the course of human events, it becomes necessary for Washingtonians to dissolve the Political Bands ... Not being a Washingtonian - except by sympathy and affection - I don't have a right to declare the District's independence.


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Calling for consistent policies on China, Cuba

SINCE December, five U.S. professors traveling in China have been detained. The Chinese have held them on counts ranging from divulging "state secrets" to espionage, giving their families and the United States little information about their whereabouts or the charges they face.


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Equality despite differences at core of feminism

HOW SAD it is when women trade in their pedestal in order to become the butt of men's jokes." This quote, spoken by modern - and unconventional - feminist Wendy Shalit in her book A Return To Modesty, may seem absurd and ungrounded in our age of "liberated," independent women.


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Pushing GOP patients' rights bill

TURN ON the television, and one thing is clear: America wants a Patients' Bill of Rights. Numerous surveys show overwhelming support for a Patients' Bill of Rights and overwhelming hatred of health maintenance organizations.


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Trash talking environmentalist movement

THE ENVIRONMENTALIST movement is a modern hoax. Its substance is nothing more than a sense of self-righteousness, similar to the complacency found in religious fanaticism. Environmentalists would be free from attack if they were more sensible, for example, by acknowledging that there is a tradeoff between preservation of nature and modern convenience.


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Death penalty inconsistency

AFTER the execution of Timothy McVeigh last week, it looked like the best death penalty opponents could hope for was another 38 years without a federal execution.


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Pressed for integrity

A COUPLE of weeks ago many of the major reputable news sources of this country found themselves in a rather embarrassing game of limbo with much of the American public standing idly by wondering, "How low can they really go?" The lure of a story about President Bush's underage twin daughters attempting to purchase alcohol at a local Austin, Texas restaurant using a fake ID was more than most editors and anchormen could resist.


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All University students are required to live on Grounds in their first year, but they have many on and off-Grounds housing options going into their second year. Students face immense pressure to decide on housing as soon as possible, and this high demand has strained the capacities of both on and off-Grounds accommodations. Lauren Seeliger and Brandon Kile, two third-year Cavalier Daily News writers, discuss the impact of the student housing frenzy on both University students and the Charlottesville community.