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Those dystopias imagined by Plato or Huxley wherein the beliefs of children were assigned and dictated at birth were never realized.
The University recently began a pilot program to determine the feasibility of using e-books in place of traditional textbooks.
Recently, a friend of mine showed me a YouTube video titled "Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus." Though many of you may have seen the video, I will nonetheless offer a recap. In the video, Jefferson Bethke recites a poem he wrote arguing against institutionalized religion and the misconceptions which it spreads.
In a report issued Monday on domestic donations given last year, The Chronicle of Philanthropy found that approximately half of the largest U.S.
Imagine it is the year 2030.
Who knows what Tyler Molander was thinking - probably not that he was pushing envelopes, as he slid letters stamped with smiley faces under dorm rooms doors at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
I hate to make it seem like all I do is watch the local news, but guess what, I do. And so it did not escape my notice that a new bill has made its way through the Virginia House of Delegates and is waiting for the State Senate's verdict.
At the heart of democracy lies the fundamental notion that every citizen has an equal voice in society.
Already, it is a spectacle. The Commonwealth of Virginia v. George Huguely will begin today, attracting media and loved ones, who park or exit trolleys, or walk to attend the jury selection for a case summoning all the speculation and pageantry a showcase trial still carries in the South.
The past few editions of The Cavalier Daily have been distressing to me, with all the stories surrounding the current crisis in higher education.
Edward Rothstein's Jan. 27 review in The New York Times of the new National Museum of American History's exhibit, "Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: Paradox of Liberty," notes that American Indians, indentured servants and women need a separate historical examination than that offered by the Smithsonian exhibit, which is also opening at Monticello. How I wish Mr. Jefferson's University of Virginia would heed Rothstein's advice.
Ambition has always traveled upwind in this country, and so in each generation with a westward breeze California goes against the current.
Del. David Englin, D-Alexandria, recently proposed legislation which would call for a study to evaluate the revenue impact of regulating and selling marijuana through Virginia's Alcoholic Beverage Control stores.
Even after the protests of major websites such as Wikipedia brought attention to the censorship issues raised by recent anti-piracy acts in Congress, little attention has been given to how something like the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) would protect the rights of artists besides movie stars and musicians.
