Alexander Cohen?s paean to greed (?The G Word,? Oct. 2) asserts: ?The only way to determine what money a person deserves is to let him prove it in a free market.? As a professional economist, I have two observations.First: Presumably by ?free? you mean ?competitive.? I agree.
I write in response to Amelia Meyer?s article (?Academic self-governance,? Oct. 1). I take serious issue with Meyer?s characterization of self-governance as a marketing pitch of little value to the community and her sarcastic reference to the ?shining examples? of Honor and Student Council (according to her, the source of ever so many woes). Meyer not only ignored the entire point of student self-governance but failed to acknowlege the vast effect that our unique way of administering Grounds has in molding the academic and professional lives of her peers, not only in school but far after.
Today is September 29th. It was a beautiful day two years ago, both here and in the central Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.
A recent Cavalier Daily news article (?Third parties compete for votes,? Sept. 23) missed the opportunity to give readers a better view of what third parties and independent candidates are all about and, heaven forbid, a probing assessment of the barriers and challenges these candidates face to get on the ballot, in the debates and on the news.Rather, it noted that these candidates exist, gave a bland synopsis of what they stood for and then rehashed the typical responses that one reads in the media about the prospects for these candidates during a general election.A more thoroughly researched article would have actually told readers how many ballots the candidates are on rather than rely on Center for Politics staff member Dan Keyserling to tell us that, ?In a lot of states they are not even on the ballot.? Ralph Nader is on 45 ballots, including Virginia, according to his Web site, and is a write-in candidate for the remainder.
I read Dan Stalcup?s column (?Craig for a day,? Sept. 24), and though I have never met him I would like to shake his hand.
The picture of a Tibetan nomadic family printed on the Nation & World page of Monday?s paper (Sept.
I?m just curious why, if we have an alert system in place, was it not used Tuesday morning? Upon trying to leave Cabell to grab some coffee before class, I came to face to face with a police officer yelling at me to ?get back in the building!? I would have been much more welcoming of a text message informing me that certain areas of Cabell were closed off and that students were not permitted to enter or exit on the first or second floor.
While Alex Cortes claims (?A clear oversight,? Sept. 18) that the Democrat-controlled Congress has abdicated their responsibilities by taking a vacation instead of acting on the energy crisis, one might ask what exactly the Republicans accomplished during their twelve years as the majority party.
Geoff Skelley?s recent column (?Crime and punishment,? Sept. 19) certainly has merit for encouraging reform in areas of the ?non-violent? criminal sector.
Being a former walk-on at the University, I was at the Gator Bowl against Texas Tech and I watched Peter Lalich on the sidelines in the first half talking smack with his buddies on the team and not even watching the game when we were on offense.
In his recent opinion piece, (?Getting inside your head,? Sept. 19) Grant Johnson erroneously equates hate-crimes laws to thought control.
I am writing in response to the student quoted in text of the Michelle Obama article (?Obama campaign visits Grounds,? Sept.
Prashanth Parameswaran lauds fact-based reasoning in his column dismissing the efforts of the Amethyst Initiative to encourage renewed consideration of the legal drinking age (?Drunk beyond reason,? Sept.
In her recent column (?Tilting the playing field,? Sept. 17), Amelia Meyer seemed to have discovered a most unfortunate reality ? rich people have opportunities available to them that poor people don?t.
Thank you for printing the story about picky eaters in the dining halls (?Choosy eaters,? Sept.
I am puzzled by Amelia Meyer?s assertion (?Tilting the playing field,? Sept. 17) that wealthy families should not hire people to help them through the ?difficult and painful process? of applying to college.Does Meyer also think that large companies should not hire consultants to help them compete with smaller firms, or that successful football teams should not hire expert coaches to ensure more wins?It would be ?fair? if everyone had the same amount of resources, but that is not the world we live in.
Imagine yourself as a low-income or minority student being legally forbidden to attend college because the statistics suggest that in all likelihood, you?ll just be another dropout, wasting society?s resources.Problematic reasoning, of course.
In 2006, after 10 years I was thrilled to be able to return to Charlottesville in the fall as a new season ticket holder.
The Cavalier Daily?s Managing Board writes against a proposal, by GSAS representative to the Student Council David Hondula that would allow research-only grad students to attend some football and basketball games without paying more than we already do (?All or nothing,? Sept.
