The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced last month that it would be enhancing its suite of free online courses this spring by offering certification to those individuals who complete the courses and prove their competency in the subjects taught.
THAT RICK Perry dropped out of the Republican primary race last week is widely known. With the field of candidates narrowing, people are beginning to pick their favorites, and with each passing day it becomes clearer who the frontrunners really are.
A FEW WEEKS ago Forbes magazine released a list of "30 [people] under 30" who "aren't waiting to reinvent the world." The rankings span more than 12 different fields, from finance to food and wine, with each category said to have 30 young entrepreneurs who are changing their fields for the better. Some who made the list are more recognizable than others.
The issue of guns on college campuses has been debated periodically since the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting massacre.
I FIND The Cavalier Daily's characterization of the University's e-textbook pilot initiative ("Textbook education," Jan.
ONE OF last week's lead editorials ("A degree of injustice," Jan.
THE CAVALIER Daily is on the cusp of being a great newspaper. Given this, during winter break, I tried to pull my thoughts together on how The Cavalier Daily could improve itself through a few feasible tweaks.
I most heartily agree with Katherine Ripley's Jan. 19 column about the establishment of religion, titled "(Ripley's) Believe it or not." There is no way the Founders would have ever allowed any elected official to make any political decisions based on religious conviction. Can you imagine the chaos that would have ensued if the people who wrote the Constitution had believed that political decisions could be made based on a religious belief in rights given to them by "Nature's God" or a "Creator"? Why, they might have even declared independence from Great Britain!
Y Yesterday, thousands of websites took part in a massive organized protest, denying users access to popular services such as Wikipedia, Reddit and WordPress in an act of mock censorship.
Internet2, a group of 221 colleges and universities which are aiming to collaborate on the implementation of new technologies to cut costs in higher education, announced Wednesday that five of its members would be piloting an e-textbook program this semester.
While I am disappointed at the apparent outcome of Johnathan Perkins' honor proceedings, I was even more disappointed to read the January 18 lead editorial, "A degree of injustice." We are able to infer from Law School Dean Paul Mahoney's recent statements that Perkins was subject to an honor trial.
When Gov. Bob McDonnell announced his biennial budget proposal last month, state higher education officials were pleased to hear that he was recommending a $200 million increase in funding for state colleges and universities.
The Cavalier Daily managing board was wrong to draw the many assumptions, inferences and unfounded conclusions about the honor trial of Johnathan Perkins that were present in its January 18 lead editorial, "A degree of injustice." Moreover, to proceed from these assumptions to conclusions about the implications of this trial for the honor system and the longstanding sanction policy is patently fallacious. Perkins - it appears from the record - elected a trial closed to the public.
BECAUSE of the confidential nature of Honor Committee cases, the University's single sanction policy is almost always discussed in ways that do not involve specific events or people.
WITH THE 2012 presidential race in full swing, candidates are laying down their platforms and making every effort to earn voters' support.
