The first reason The Daily Texan, the University of Texas student newspaper, should have withheld a cartoon published Tuesday is for misspelling: the subject's name was Trayvon Martin not Treyvon [sic]. Thus the comic includes one typo as well as stereotypes.
If you ever choose to write for The Cavalier Daily as an opinion columnist, your editor will stress the importance of beginning your column with a pointy hook to engage readers' interest, and likely beg you to break your habit of using the Oxford comma.
Students at the University are not limited to pre-conceived majors in each department. They also have the opportunity to pursue an interdisciplinary major which combines a wide array of topics - topics which often encompass three departments.
This article is not a tribute, nor is it a eulogy. It was humbly written to recognize, not to mourn, Thomas West Gilliam IV.
Gov. Bob McDonnell wants to get a lot of mileage out of higher education in Virginia. He has set the goal of producing 100,000 new college degrees by 2025, an initiative which reflects a national trend.
I want to take a moment to thank Sanjiv Tata for his insightful Mar. 14 opinion column, "Going above and abroad," concerning study overseas. I can recommend such study from my own personal experience.
The Managing Board succeeded in engaging The Cavalier Daily's reader base this weekend with its lead editorial "Loveless," but probably not as intended.
Good news has just arrived for any University students who are seeking a job: Facebook will not allow potential employers to delve into your private lives through your profile.
The gates of knowledge swung open, and it was a mad rush. Students were waiting for this - the return of Look Hoos Talking.
This past week, Israel passed legislation forbidding models with a body mass index under 18.5 to participate in fashion shows and advertisements.
The following monikers are the Secret Service code names of the only two Republican presidential candidates that I would like to see in the remainder of the Republican primary.
Anyone familiar with the numerous and sometimes tedious works of Karl Marx has come across his theory of surplus value, which says that under capitalism, the task of upper management is to find surplus values to exploit.
The new executives for the University Judiciary and Honor Committees - whose election results we have published this and last Monday - receive our attention and congratulations.
I am writing in response to Alexandra Osvath's March 21 guest viewpoint "To infinity and abroad." In her column, Osvath explains the University provides a number of excellent resources for studying abroad and frames her piece as a response to my own March 14 column.
I had intended to write this week about "Loveless," the lead editorial published last week about a fundraiser which apparently seemed to be - but now seems not to be - connected to the One Love Foundation, the charity formed to honor the memory of Yeardley Love, the University student and lacrosse player killed nearly two years ago.
200: Minimum number of police officers required at Scott Stadium home football games 90: Minimum degrees, in Fahrenheit, for Student Council to distribute bottles of water at home football games 12: Number of Student Council Committees following the body's creation of a Graduate Affairs Committee at the Council meeting Tuesday 72.5: Overall attendance rate for undergraduate representatives for meetings during the previous Council term 33: This year's percentage of voter participation in University-wide student elections 32: Last year's percentage of voter participation in University-wide student elections 101: Number of tickets requested in two minutes for Council's Look Hoos Talking speakers event 7: Number of speakers at the Look Hoos Talking symposium next Tuesday 2: Number of speakers at the "Morality and Politics" discussion this Tuesday 6: Number of moral values underlying political differences, Psychology Prof.
Update: The Cavalier Daily printed an editorial in last Thursday's paper titled "Loveless," which criticized the scheduling of a bar night at Boylan Heights to raise money for the One Love Foundation, a charity established in honor of Yeardley Love.
Illegal immigration is undoubtedly a rousing topic which has divided both our society and Congress. Anything associated with immigration seems to create controversy.
DEALING with the past is never easy. Whether this is on a personal, community or national scale, deciphering the past and prioritizing its lessons remains a challenge.
Along with the lunch served yesterday at the "Morality and Politics" panel at Garrett Hall, New York Times columnist David Brooks offered some preliminary, if bittersweet, intellectual hors d'oeuvres.
