Letters To The Editor

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Groh must go

September 8, 2009

The $2 million "football coaching wonder" has taken U.Va. football to a 40-year low. When I attended the University, we lived through a 27-game losing streak until Bill Elias came in and beat William & Mary to break the streak. Al Groh and his wizardry have brought the team back to the days of football mediocrity. Fortunately, all the important aspects of the University (academic excellence) are at a 40-year high. Robert Understein COMM '63

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Marching to the wrong beat

September 3, 2009

As a fourth-year member of the Cavalier Marching Band, I wish to address the comments made in April by a Cavalier Daily columnist ("Questionable Spending", April 10) and more recently by a University alumnus concerning the band's drain on school funds. After spending my entire collegiate career helping to create one of the most recognizable representations of school spirit on and off Grounds, I am personally affronted by the few individuals who find the funds spent on the band as "better spent elsewhere." Like the rest of the University, the Cavalier Marching Band has too been hit hard by current economic conditions.

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Missing the point

September 3, 2009

Michael Ellwood's letter to the editor on August 30 ("A Marching Money Drain") takes issue with the amount of money spent by the University on the Cavalier Marching Band, and argues that it is undeserved based on educational and business justifications.

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Missing the point

September 2, 2009

Michael Ellwood?s letter to the editor on August 30 (?A Marching Money Drain?) takes issue with the amount of money spent by the University on the Cavalier Marching Band, and argues that it is undeserved based on educational and business justifications.

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Marching to the wrong beat

September 1, 2009

As a fourth-year member of the Cavalier Marching Band, I wish to address the comments made in April by a Cavalier Daily columnist (?Questionable Spending?, April 10) and more recently by a University alumnus concerning the band?s drain on school funds.After spending my entire collegiate career helping to create one of the most recognizable representations of school spirit on and off Grounds, I am personally affronted by the few individuals who find the funds spent on the band as ?better spent elsewhere.?Like the rest of the University, the Cavalier Marching Band has too been hit hard by current economic conditions.

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A marching money drain

August 31, 2009

As one of a trio of brothers who graduated from U.Va. in the 1990s, we too are very concerned about the inefficient use of University funds and donations ("Questionable Spending", April 10). It is frustrating to receive sometimes incessant calls and letters asking for donations while reading that the University spent these millions and those millions on unneeded projects just so some rich alumni can make a vain attempt at immortality. You focus on donations in your article, and describe the millions dedicated towards the marching band as possibly better spent elsewhere.

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Tyranny in Colombia

August 31, 2009

President Chavez's continued interference in the internal affairs of Colombia is an insult not only to the Colombian people but also to his own people.

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A marching money drain

August 30, 2009

As one of a trio of brothers who graduated from U.Va. in the 1990s, we too are very concerned about the inefficient use of University funds and donations (?Questionable Spending?, April 10). It is frustrating to receive sometimes incessant calls and letters asking for donations while reading that the University spent these millions and those millions on unneeded projects just so some rich alumni can make a vain attempt at immortality.You focus on donations in your article, and describe the millions dedicated towards the marching band as possibly better spent elsewhere.

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Tyranny in Colombia

August 30, 2009

President Chavez?s continued interference in the internal affairs of Colombia is an insult not only to the Colombian people but also to his own people.

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The value of studying overseas

August 28, 2009

Mitch Ross's thoughtful article on "Going International" (Thursday, August 27) correctly points out the importance of study abroad.

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Leading by example

August 27, 2009

I'd like to commend Clava Brodsky for her insightful letter to the editor. Accordingly, I pray that the officers of our student government will remember their inexperience as they represent us this year.

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The value of studying overseas

August 27, 2009

Mitch Ross?s thoughtful article on ?Going International? (Thursday, August 27) correctly points out the importance of study abroad.

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What makes a leader?

August 26, 2009

I am a first-year, and I have just emerged from the pre-college rite of passage: Summer Orientation.

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Leading by example

August 26, 2009

I?d like to commend Clava Brodsky for her insightful letter to the editor.

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What makes a leader?

August 26, 2009

I am a first-year, and I have just emerged from the pre-college rite of passage: Summer Orientation.

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False tolerance

April 24, 2009

As a queer University student, I embrace tolerance, diversity and the right of free enquiry.

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Reporting bigotry

April 24, 2009

Almost four years ago, when I first came to the University, I wrote to The Cavalier Daily after a racial slur was shouted at me by a passing truck as I left O-Hill on my second day of classes.

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Big government Republicans

April 21, 2009

Lee Ellen Fleming?s letter (?The Minority Opinion,? April 20), which tries to justify the Tea Party demonstrations, represents what frustrates me about modern conservative thought.

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Parking is a privilege, not a right

April 19, 2009

Anthony Nobles? editorial (?The price of student parking?, 4/17/2009) suffers from a few important misconceptions.

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The Minority Opinion

April 17, 2009

I am writing in response to Geoff Skelley?s column (?Obama Tea Party?, 4/16/2009) that appeared in the Opinion section of Thursday?s paper.