Trump has been a sensation because he has provided a silenced majority with a voice.
I would encourage students who need to fulfill the College requirement to do so outside the United States
The Washington Redskins’ trademark is such a divisive issue because it is such a racist term.
The University should consider implementing an oral communication requirement.
As Law students, we would like to dispel misinformation about honor and due process.
FOIA allows citizens to keep public officials accountable for their actions; police officers should not be exempt from this.
Option 2 does not promote student self-governance; it promotes the opposite.
This year, by releasing multiple inaccurate candidate lists and doing so after the start of campaigning, UBE faltered in adequately facilitating elections.
You may disagree with banning culturally appropriative costumes, but you should not consider reactions against cultural appropriation to be absurd.
This past week has seen a flurry of articles, posts and opinions regarding the two options dealing with our honor system’s sanctioning requirements and framework, which will be on the ballot under the first Honor referendum.
In order to fix the honor system, I encourage students to vote for Option 2 in the upcoming referendum.
The overwhelming consensus, once students see the thoroughness of our process and the many opportunities students have to admit wrongdoing, is that the system is fair.
We believe the single-sanction system fails to protect and promote honor at the University.
A public institution like the University should not cling to a policy whose time has passed.
Papers like The Cavalier Daily should do their utmost not to take sides in elections and political events.
We are confident these candidates will be able to represent students on the issues they will face heading into the next term of committee leadership.
Our current system is not perfect — no system ever can be — but the ideal of honor, our community of trust, our current system, is worth fighting for.
The right to vote is central to the preservation of a democratic republic. Our own country can be characterized simultaneously as a praiseworthy beacon for a representative system of government, yet also as an imperfect structure in need of desperate reform.
I wholeheartedly believe Option 2 will bring much needed fairness and reconsideration to our antiquated system.
I’m no stranger to being told what to do. Throughout my childhood, a variety of teachers and family members taught me to respect my elders, to treat others the way I want to be treated and to abide by a variety of other mantras from over a decade of operant conditioning — all of which successfully engineered my moral compass into that of a “proper” American citizen.
