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Article: COLUMN: Mandating community service
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- April 25, 2007
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Lindsay Huggins
University Wire
04-25-2007
(Cavalier Daily) (U-WIRE) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- COMMUNITY service has gotten a lot of attention these days. With the emergence of debates on the value of Alternative Spring Break to the popularity of Madison House, there is no denying that community service has a powerful presence Community service requirements have sparked the question about whether these efforts really help to better society or merely bettering resumes. While many argue that required service undermines the purpose of altruism, there is certainly nothing wrong with pushing students to do the right thing. As Michael Powell of the New York Times put it, "Sometimes society ...