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Alex Roosenburg


No slackers' day off

THE HOLIDAY season is fast approaching. This week it's Thanksgiving, next month it's Winter Break, and in a few more months comes Spring Break.

Trials in Follywood

Star Treatment. Many celebrities are given this luxury and thus they do not have to pay for their mistakes in the ways us commoners often do.

Cast your ballots

Tomorrow is a big day. Public schools and government offices get to have the day off. University students, however, will continue to have classes, and more likely than not, a small percentage of us will realize why Tuesday, Nov.

The power of silent protests

Actions speak louder than words. The old cliche held true once more as 400 or more students silently marched on The Cavalier Daily last Wednesday in order to air their grievances.

Grounds for early housing

It's October and we have now been in school for almost two full months. Despite the 2002-2003 school year barely being in full swing, many students have already signed off-Grounds leases and committed to rooming situations for next year, thus eliminating on-Grounds housing from their list of housing options.

Vacation as drought prevention

It's coming. The ever-popular fall reading days are just around the corner. Commonly termed fall break, this weekend will provide us a four-day break from classes to use as we see fit.

Abreast of airline's prospects

HOOTERS Air Inc. What a wonderfully lucrative idea. Entrepreneurs are always looking for new money-making ideas and this time, Robert Brooks, Chairman of Hooters of America Inc., has livened up the game.

Attention, attendance sliding away

THERE IS a beautiful phrase that every college student longs to hear at the start of each semester: "You can find all of the class lecture slides online." The idea of having lecture notes easily accessible to students before and after class has both its positive and negative aspects.

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