Opinion

Opinion

Pointless to point at media flaws

By Timothy Duboff | February 8, 2001

HI, I'M JOHNNY Knoxville and this is Extreme Irresponsibility. It happens far too often in our society that parents will seek to shift the blame for their own incompetence from themselves to the media, or even more obnoxiously, to "society." You and I know how absurd this is, but it makes for an interesting story, so most news outlets will continue to publish this plea no matter how ridiculous it gets. By now, most of us are familiar with the planned lawsuit on behalf of Jason Lind, a Connecticut 13-year-old who set himself ablaze while mimicking a television stunt.

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Opinion

Seeing sense in proposed changes...

By Thomas Hall | February 8, 2001

IN ABOUT three weeks, the student body will have the opportunity to vote on four packages of amendments to the Honor Committee constitution.

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Making the skies friendlier, more efficient

By Brian Cook | February 8, 2001

LITTLE things bother me. A hamburger with too much ketchup. A desk that wobbles. Sitting on an airport tarmac for six hours.

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Fighting society's misguided blame

By Bryan Maxwell | February 7, 2001

DATE RAPE drugs. Those may be the three scariest words I've ever read. But never in my wildest dreams did I think that phrase could ever become more than words on a page - that it would jump out of a book to touch my life.

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Opinion

Crowded classes impede learning experience

By Emily Harding | February 7, 2001

PICTURE this: a board meeting. The new recruit, fresh out of U.Va., is busily scribbling, taking note of everything important.

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Clinic locale proves threatening

By Seth Wood | February 7, 2001

AS OFFICIAL North Grounds Goodwill Ambassador to this newspaper's readership, it only seems appropriate to alert those in the University community to the arrival of a new neighborhood resident.

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Chit-chat changes community dynamic

By Kelly Sarabyn | February 7, 2001

WALKING down Main Street late Tuesday night, I was stopped by the mumblings of a man. "I'm angry," the man muttered as he stumbled past.

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Opinion

Rush debate: It's Greek to me

By Michelle Drucker | February 6, 2001

RUSH. THE word kind of makes your stomach turn, doesn't it? Associated with it are images of black pants, small talk and hard core partying.

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Spotting areas for improvement despite an overall smooth start

By Brent Gartland | February 6, 2001

THE 112th Managing Board is off to a strong start. I suspect by now they are mostly stunned by the amount of work and time they will have to put in on a daily basis, and so I was pleased to see such a good job this first week.

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Opinion

Council's actions fend off student apathy

By Elizabeth Managan | February 6, 2001

BETWEEN the continuing ethical lapses of the Clintons and the hoopla over whether or not President Bush is living up to his promises of bipartisanship, most University students -- like the country as a whole -- have become skeptical about government.

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Opinion

Finding family in an unexpected place

By Ed Hock | February 5, 2001

I am writing my farewell column for an organization I never thought I would join. And reflecting now on my last three years with The Cavalier Daily, I would not change a thing. I left high school with an intensely bitter taste for school publications.

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Now my heart is full

By Nicola White | February 5, 2001

In high school, I felt the wonder of writing fiction for the first time. I marveled at the way words and images came together, the way it helped me figure out my life as an Irish immigrant and a kid growing up in Queens.

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The greatest

By Brian Haluska | February 5, 2001

The middle of June 1997, sitting under the bright lights of a football stadium in southeastern Virginia.

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Opinion

Local boy does good

By Tom Bednar | February 5, 2001

WRITERS write like dogs bark. We do it because of nature and instinct. We do it because something makes us, because we're compelled to express ourselves in a certain way, at a certain volume. I'm at the end of one line in a short career of writing.

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Not now, honey, I'm on deadline

By Lindsay Wise | February 5, 2001

AT LEAST there never was a dull moment. Whether I was wiring my modem to a pay phone to file an election night story from Texas, escaping from the office to go sledding on dining hall trays, experiencing the thrill of being named one of the best college newspapers in the nation or getting my own office door slammed in my face and blue pens thrown at me, working at The Cavalier Daily was a priceless education. In nearly four years at the CD, I've discovered that when you work more than 60 hours a week without pay, carry a full course load, manage your peers and still love your job, you've chosen the right profession. I turned down one of the top-ranked journalism schools to come to the University, and what I found here instead was a cluttered, windowless place in the basement of Newcomb Hall that tested the limits of who I am and pushed me farther than I ever thought possible.

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Opinion

This is a headline...y

By Michael Gillespie | February 5, 2001

(You need a strong start. Something flashy to catch the reader's eye before you hit them with the hard facts...) So, my girlfriend had this dog.

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E-mails eliminate classroom barriers

By Pallavi Guniganti | February 1, 2001

PERHAPS the best discussion section I have ever had here at the University was that for ENGL 381, History of Literature in English I, during the first semester of my second year.

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Don't jettison 'Jackass' for stupidity

By Brian Cook | February 1, 2001

COMMON sense tells us a lot of things. It tells us not to buy overpriced clothes. It tells us not to drink too much on a school night.

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No catchall answers in combating drug culture

By Tim DuBoff | February 1, 2001

THERE'S a war on, in case you didn't know. We don't get too many reports from the front lines, but it is a war nonetheless.

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Fight tightening of inner circle in Washington

By Bryan Maxwell | January 31, 2001

AFTER a brief hiatus, the royal family is back in Washington, D.C. Now that coronation week is over and George II's seat on his father's throne is warm, we can step back from the situation to examine the lamentable trend he demonstrates - the gradually but steadily narrowing circle of political involvement.