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.
In The Cavalier Daily?s lead editorial yesterday, (?Adequate response,? 4/15/2009) the Managing Board called for Student Council to ?propose solutions instead of resolutions? in order to address discrimination at the University, and I agree that this is needed.
Tuesday night, Student Council passed a resolution affirming that it ?strongly denounces and deplores violence against any member of our community based on sexual orientation or gender identity? and declaring that it considers any act of violence against anyone here motivated by these biases ?an affront to members of the University Community and to the values of the University of Virginia.? This rhetoric is strong, and the statement it makes is clear and relevant to the students at the University today.Still, talk is cheap.
A glass ceiling often exists for women and ethnic minority groups in academia as in corporate America.
I am personally appalled that students would support the outright bullying of Mary Siegel.
I have been frustrated lately with the uninformed opinions about the recent open honor trial, especially the notion of ?triviality.? Triviality doesn?t necessarily refer to the gravity of the assignment or the seriousness of the class, but rather refers to whether the act in question would compromise the community of trust.
Because the remarks that I provided to The Cavalier Daily were truncated and separated (?Officials discuss Asian faculty diversity concerns,? 4/3/2009), readers will likely receive the opposite impression of what I was attempting to convey.
I applaud Robert Baldwin?s critique of the Jason Smith honor trial that appeared yesterday (?In defense of Jason Smith,? 4/6/2009). Specifically his point about non-triviality lacking precedent sheds light on the recently failed referendum to make the honor system a multi-tiered system and how Smith could have benefited from such a system.
Born and raised in Charlottesville, I never hesitated to say where I was from ? until the day I arrived in Blacksburg as a freshman at Virginia Tech.
Monday?s column by Tim Thornton (?Credible coverage,? 4/6/2009) stated that he was not convinced there was any reason the Virginia Pep Band should have been covered by The Cavalier Daily in the past three years.
Tim Thornton (?Credible coverage,? 4/6/2009) discussed The Cavalier Daily?s failure to cover the Virginia Pep Band since 2006.
I read Paul Montana?s sports column whenever he gives coverage of Men?s Basketball.
As an Assistant Professor of English and American Studies and the Director of Asian Pacific American Studies, I would like to point out that Friday?s article (?Officials discuss Asian faculty diversity concerns,? 4/3/2009) propagates many stereotypes about Asian Pacific Americans (APA).First, the article begins by discussing Sharon Hostler?s report on the ?overrepresentation? of APA undergraduates.
As Class Giving Co-Chairs, we wanted to clarify what class giving is really about.
This week the Honor Committee is hosting a series of events as part of ?Honor Awareness Week? at the University.
I take serious issue with Amanda Karim?s assertion that ?suspicious excuses? in ?a pass/fail one-credit class? amount to ?triviality? (?A failure of honor,? 3/30/2009). Since graduating from the University, I have taught at two universities and interacted with faculty at many others.
Isaac Wood?s column (?The Gift that keeps on giving,? 3/30/2009) speaks (correctly) to the fact that participation should be at the heart of class giving, which is why a response is necessary to clarify some of the inaccuracies in his column.
The honor trial that resulted in the expulsion of fourth-year student Jason Smith on Sunday, March 29 was one of the most appalling things I?ve witnessed in my time at the University.
