Opinion

Opinion

Unfairly challenging individual choice

By Wes Kaupinen | October 21, 1999

"THE UNIVERSITY of Virginia maintains a strong tradition of student self-government ..." These words, the first words scrolled across the University's Web site, are read by thousands of prospective students who are misled to believe that students at the University are allowed to govern themselves fully.

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Unnecessary patents stifle Internet innovation

By Nick Lawler | October 20, 1999

I'VE FINALLY figured out how to make a million dollars. Wait, scratch that - make it a billion. I've decided to patent online banking, or maybe online newspapers.

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Would-be voters shirk civic duty

By Bryan Maxwell | October 20, 1999

THIS COLUMN isn't about politics at all. Well, that's not exactly true, but I didn't want you to stop reading after the first sentence.

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Making most of autumn experiences

By Amy Startt | October 20, 1999

UNIVERSITY students often seem to rush through their days, living in constant anticipation of the next hurdle, the next major event.

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Chewing the fat over dining hall food

By Diya Gullapalli | October 20, 1999

WAH, WAH, wah. College food stinks. Wah, wah, wah. My mommy's food is better. Complaints about campus food at the University are as stale and redundant as the pasta and tomato sauce that always are served in the dining halls.

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Opinion

Chewing the fat over dining hall food

By Diya Gullapalli | October 19, 1999

WAH, WAH, wah. College food stinks. Wah, wah, wah. My mommy's food is better. Complaints about campus food at the University are as stale and redundant as the pasta and tomato sauce that always are served in the dining halls.

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Opinion

Making most of autumn experiences

By Amy Startt | October 19, 1999

UNIVERSITY students often seem to rush through their days, living in constant anticipation of the next hurdle, the next major event.

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Opinion

Lefties have rights, too

By Jennifer Schaum | October 19, 1999

I'M NOT black, I'm not poor, I'm not disabled -- but I face discrimination. It isn't because I'm female, either.

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Enough about Big White Tent already

By Kelly Jolley | October 19, 1999

SO FAR this year, I have turned a blind eye to the "Big White Tent" both on the patio and in the pages of The Cavalier Daily. I assumed that the supposed issue was really being treated as a joke by the newspaper staff and, while something I saw as a waste of space and totally pointless, had little effect on the general community's opinion of the paper.

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Opinion

Unnecessary patents stifle Internet innovation

By Nick Lawler | October 19, 1999

I'VE FINALLY figured out how to make a million dollars. Wait, scratch that - make it a billion. I've decided to patent online banking, or maybe online newspapers.

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Opinion

Politics sabotage nuclear security

By Sparky Clarkson | October 19, 1999

AS ONE might well expect, the Senate's rejection of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty last week prompted an explosion of anger both here and abroad.

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Would-be voters shirk civic duty

By Bryan Maxwell | October 19, 1999

THIS COLUMN isn't about politics at all. Well, that's not exactly true, but I didn't want you to stop reading after the first sentence.

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Opinion

Evolution law doesn't test well

By Bryan Maxwell | October 13, 1999

MOST STUDENTS at this University would agree that more knowledge is better than less. After all, we are all pursuing a college education.

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Letting go of game-time pretention

By Nick Lawler | October 13, 1999

ONE MIGHT have expected a packed stadium. After all, just last week an e-mail was sent to all students, warning that the available student seats might fill up quickly.

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Limiting Web makes surfing safer

By Diya Gullapalli | October 13, 1999

HELPING my 10-year-old cousin with her fifth-grade final project was not the breeze I had anticipated it to be.

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Traversing the 'appellation' trail

By Kiki Petrosino | October 13, 1999

I BELIEVE it was Shakespeare's Juliet who quipped some delightful balrderdash about names and how they don't matter.

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Revealing rewards of teaching

By James M. Cooper | October 12, 1999

THE UNITED States Department of Education estimates that 2.2 million elementary and secondary teachers will need to be hired in the next decade.

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Affirmative action on shaky Grounds

By Sparky Clarkson | October 12, 1999

THANKS TO the foot-chewing antics of Board of Visitors member Terence P. Ross, the University recently descended into a deep pit of controversy regarding the status of affirmative action.

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ID law prevents vote stealing

By Jennifer Schaum | October 12, 1999

IMAGINE if you didn't need any ID to get into a football game, write a check, or get a passport.

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University should seek strivers

By Brandon Almond | October 12, 1999

NEITHER the Board of Visitors' proposed summer program to help out disadvantaged students nor the current policy for affirmative action is sufficient to ensure a diverse, knowledgeable student body and a fair application process. The new program would bring disadvantaged students to the University for two weeks every summer, beginning with eighth grade.