LAST WEEK, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced that the Pentagon would be lifting its ban on women serving in combat.
The University of Virginia may currently reign as Playboy’s number-one party school, but perhaps we have taken our title too seriously.
Earlier this month, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell spoke at Goochland Middle School about the importance of expanding educational opportunities for students across the commonwealth.
Journalism aims for a bird’s-eye view. At The Cavalier Daily, we have a view from below — more specifically, from Newcomb Hall’s basement.
Barack Obama spoke of equality for all in his inaugural address last Monday. He acknowledged the United States’ shortcomings, saying that “while these truths may be self-evident, they’ve never been self-executing.” And he was right.
I WRITE to urge my fellow members of the academic community to reject the recently proposed changes to our Honor System.
OPEN HONOR trials are rare things. I read in The Cavalier Daily that there have been only three of them in the past decade.
The end of another term is upon us, and in the traditional way that the Managing Board ends a term, we are giving awards to the most notably newsworthy people, organizations and events from the past year.
As the U.S. grapples with mounting gross debt and annual budget deficits, many government departments will inevitably face cuts to their funding.
Throughout the fall semester, there was a spirited debate on the proposed changes to the honor system at the University, which were approved by the Honor Committee and are now dependent on a student vote.
It was with a great deal of interest that I received an e-mail from the University recently about a proposed reform to the honor system.
The Center for the Study of Education Policy at Illinois State University released an official survey Tuesday documenting how 41 states are increasing funding for higher education.
Recently, members of the law community in New York proposed making the legal reform necessary to allow law students to take the bar exam after two years of law school, rather than the usual three.
Someone sent an email asking why I do what I do the way I do it. The writer made it clear the email was a private communication so I won’t reprint it here.
As some scientists are preparing for the future of mankind by exploring space, fighting climate change or trying to cure disease, one man is taking a much different approach — bringing back an ancient humanlike species.
We as a culture believe that sports is a pillar of the community. Acknowledge the fact that NFL games air on Sunday right after church, and it becomes clear that sports is a kind of secular religion for a consumerist society.
The Virginia State Senate Monday approved Rector Helen Dragas’ reappointment to the Board of Visitors, 29-9.
Bullying — that term we associate with middle school and high school — we have all witnessed it, and perhaps a majority of us have done it.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day has come and gone. We got a Monday off, and some degree of media reference to the civil rights leader, but did we take any lessons away from the holiday?
Last week, my fellow Monday columnist Meredith Berger offered her commentary on the narcissism complex that exists in our generation.
