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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mitch Ross's thoughtful article on "Going International" (Thursday, August 27) correctly points out the importance of study abroad.
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.
Mitch Ross?s thoughtful article on ?Going International? (Thursday, August 27) correctly points out the importance of study abroad.
I am a first-year, and I have just emerged from the pre-college rite of passage: Summer Orientation.
I?d like to commend Clava Brodsky for her insightful letter to the editor.
I am a first-year, and I have just emerged from the pre-college rite of passage: Summer Orientation.
As a queer University student, I embrace tolerance, diversity and the right of free enquiry.
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.
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.
Anthony Nobles? editorial (?The price of student parking?, 4/17/2009) suffers from a few important misconceptions.
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.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security recently labeled anyone opposed to big government a contributor to ?right wing extremism.? After reading Geoff Skelley?s column (?Obama Tea Party, 4/16/2009), I do not think it is too far-flung to assume that Skelley would agree.
I am writing in response to the article about the ?good guy? room on the Lawn (?Paige Deesnyder selected for ?good guy? room on West Lawn,? 4/15/2009). My comments are not directed at how the selection committee chose the recipient of the room; from what I can tell Paige Deelsynder is a wonderful young woman and deserves the room she was awarded.
I am responding to Amelia Meyer?s recent column (?A costly culture,? 4/15/2009). While I certainly sympathize with Meyer, I would like to expand the fact set a bit so that one does not form the impression that the Alumni Association exists solely to try to separate hard-working students from their funds.In this article Meyer criticized the Alumni Association?s ?Dress for Success? event held at Banana Republic on April 15 and 16.
