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Board room

A voting Board of Visitors member’s participation would enhance next week’s panels about the University community and its summer leadership crisis.


Opinion

Point and click

Online courses granting certificates for Virginia gun permits have lowered the standards of competency necessary for safe firearm use.


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Crimson handed

Harvard says it caught students cheating, but the school itself is guilty of giving a confusing policy regarding Internet usage on an exam


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Rank and file

Newsweek is among a coterie of media publications with a fascination for studying and grading the students at different universities. Yesterday the magazine released its annual list of the “Most Stressful Schools.” Although the University did not place, we are still embarrassed about this compilation, one indicative of a larger trend of list generation that wastes resources and could impact the decision-making process for many prospective students.


Opinion

Mic check

Although it would have required sacrifices, the University should have hosted President Obama on Grounds


Opinion

Make it new

You will see — free-floating columns, icons, a template of orange, white and blue print, and a linked edifice of pictures and Tweets, on this banner day for The Cavalier Daily.


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Attending conventions

Aside from being slightly older and on the opposite side of Grounds, I found new-school-year Charlottesville to be almost exactly as I left it: the people are charming, the architecture impressive and the weather predictably unpredictable.


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A dark cloud of distrust

I am disheartened and disgusted that Ms. Dragas remains on the Board of Visitors. She has betrayed the trust of thousands and soiled the University’s reputation worse than anyone in recent memory, and perhaps, in the University’s history.


Puzzles
Hoos Spelling

Latest Podcast

Carolyn Dillard, the Community Partnership Manager for the University’s Center of Community Partnerships, discusses the legacy of Dr. King through his 1963 speech at Old Cabell Hall and the Center's annual MLK Day celebrations and community events. Highlighting the most memorable moments of the keynote event by Dr. Imani Perry, Dillard explored the importance of Dr. King’s lasting message of resilience and his belief that individuals should hold themselves responsible for their actions and reactions.