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WHISNANT: Not a bad choice

By Gray Whisnant | October 22, 2013

For some liberals disappointed with their candidate, voting against Cuccinelli is their only excuse for checking McAuliffe’s name at the ballot box, whereas others have determined to sit out the election to voice their disgust. It’s easy to see why Democrats in a state Barack Obama carried twice might expect a more inspirational candidate than McAuliffe. But many activists and media figures are overlooking that there are very good affirmative reasons to support a McAuliffe candidacy besides his being a warm body that does not belong to Ken Cuccinelli.

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StudCo plans professional studies panel

By Sarah Pritchett | October 22, 2013

The Student Council Graduate Affairs Committee is planning to hold a panel for undergraduate students interested in professional studies at the University next Tuesday, the Committee announced at last nights’ Student Council representative body meeting.

Opinion

Blindness and insight

By Managing Board | October 22, 2013

The GW Hatchet, George Washington University’s independent student newspaper, scored a scoop Monday. It brought to light that the D.C.-based university had been misrepresenting its admissions policy for years. GW had regularly claimed that it did not factor financial need into admissions. But in fact, the university places hundreds of applicants on the waitlist each year because they cannot pay GW’s tuition.

Opinion

BERNSTEIN: What’s in a name

By Dani Bernstein | October 21, 2013

Coming from the Northeast, I still have a lot to adjust to when it comes to Southern culture. I can handle drinking sweet tea and saying “NOVA,” but I was thoroughly unprepared and offended when I learned of the existence of the Jefferson Davis Highway. Davis is undeserving — to say the least — of this kind of memorialization. This highway needs to be renamed immediately.

Opinion

TETTELBACH: Pey-back time

By Carlin Tettelbach | October 20, 2013

Everyone is entitled to his or her own opinions, but I believe Conor Kelly should receive a penalty for unnecessary roughness after his Oct. 15 column about the selection of Peyton Manning as the 2014 Valedictory Exercises keynote speaker. Several yellow flags will be thrown for his bold statements.

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Sports

Duke rallies past Virginia, 35-22

By Michael Eilbacher | October 19, 2013

Leading 22-0 against a talented Blue Devil team, the players might have thought that maybe, at last, they had found their stride. But as with each of the previous three weeks, whatever hope Virginia (2-5, 0-3 ACC) had would prove to be short-lived. Duke (5-2, 1-2 ACC) scored just before halftime, and after the break the wheels fell off.

Opinion

FOGEL: Separating to succeed

By Jared Fogel | October 18, 2013

Single-sex education’s benefits may instead lie in teaching. A comprehensive Stanford study of more than 24,000 eighth graders found that girls learn better when taught by female teachers and boys learn better when taught by male teachers. Although I can’t speak to what other school systems are like, I know that when I was growing up, all of my elementary school teachers and most of my middle school teachers were women. Only when I got to high school and college was I met with male teachers. But if I were to compile a list of my top five teachers of all time, they’d all be men.

Opinion

Mindfulness or mindlessness?

By Managing Board | October 17, 2013

For the center to be a worthwhile part of the University ecosystem — not merely the whim of a rich donor — it needs to do serious academic work and engage the University community in productive ways. While the center’s attempt to expose a range of people to meditation suggests good intentions, having Chopra and Huffington headline the event does little to dispel suspicion toward contemplation or the “contemplative sciences.” In contrast to the research projects Germano mentioned in the news release, the New Age spirituality of Chopra and Huffington — while it may help some people find meaning — is anti-scientific.

Life

Hook up or shut up

By Laura Holshouser | October 17, 2013

The University possesses a hookup culture, as any student will readily expound. I cannot count the number of times older friends have advised me to shake away the ridiculous notions of romance bouncing around my head.

Life

On missing Banksy

By Lauren Jackson | October 17, 2013

It wasn’t until I was standing knee deep in Bethesda Fountain, smiling manically at a submerged penny, that I realized I didn’t know what I was doing with my life.

Opinion

BOGUE: Bias and balance

By Russell Bogue | October 16, 2013

I find it refreshing when I come across a professor who is open about his stance on different issues, whether political or religious. On the other hand, when a professor’s biases are clear despite his attempts to hide them, I feel uneasy, on the lookout for prejudice and unfair treatment. It’s high time we recognize that merely silencing an opinion doesn’t kill it, and biases will surface in other ways if they don’t have room to breathe.

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