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Opinion

Court kills sound partial-birth bills

THE POINT at which life begins is hard to identify, especially from a legal standpoint. Abortion is one of the most contested issues of our time because people define the start of life differently -- at the time of conception, viability, or when the fetus is able to feel pain, for example.


Opinion

Admissions debate lacks black leaders

AS THIS paper goes to print, I am the only black columnist on staff at the Cavalier Daily Opinion Department. Some may say this means I have more responsibility than my fellow columnists to discuss the racial issues that impact University life.


Opinion

Proposed course reaches beyond books

THIS WEEK, just like last week and next week, there are tons of things to do at the University. I could listen to speakers on the history of nursing, cohabitation and non-marital child bearing, the muse at war, and soft gamma ray repeaters.