Opinion

By the numbers

120: Number of students by which the Office of Undergraduate Admission hopes to increase the incoming first-year class, Dean Greg Roberts said 80: Number of the additional students who will be in-state 1,269: Number of University students who studied abroad during the 2009-10 academic year 9: Number of suites in the Fitzhugh dormitory on Alderman Road affected by a water leak during Winter Break 12: Number of larcenies reported on Grounds in December 2010 2: Number of constitutional amendments proposed by the Honor Committee for next month's spring University-wide elections 1: Number of times the triviality clause has been reworded for clarity during the last decade 60: Percentage of student-voters needed to approve the proposed changes if at least 10 percent of the student body votes .8: Amount in billions of dollars the University's capital campaign must raise by Dec.

Hard-line diplomacy

The full pomp and ceremony of the U.S. government welcomed Chinese President Hu Jintao with a full state banquet during his visit to Washington, D.C.

Evolving standards

The State Lunatic Asylum in Midgeville, Ga. opened in 1842. The asylum was particularly gloomy in its early years when Superintendent David Cooper believed cruelty was the only way to manage the insane.

How Obama changed Tucson

Jared Lee Loughner carved his name in national history Jan. 8 with the cold plastic of a 9mm Glock pistol when he shot U.S.

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Wringing the Pell

Those who watched Democrats and Republicans in Congress agree last month to extend $858 billion worth of Bush-era tax cuts for another two years could be forgiven for thinking that the federal government is flush with cash.

Fighting words

Liberals who blame the tragedy in Arizona on conservatives are just as guilty of the volatile rhetoric they criticize. Nineteen people were shot at a Jan.

Making history

In response to the recent revelation of factual inaccuracies in a history textbook used throughout the Virginia public school system, there has been a lively debate touching on everything from the state's standards for reviewing textbooks to the role of the Internet in contemporary academic research.

Security and solidarity

Today, an Egyptian student sent me an urgent message on Facebook. I had just returned from a semester abroad at the American University in Cairo, and had taught English on the side.

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Act, knowledge and significance

"Act, intent and triviality," may soon make way for "act, knowledge and significance." The Honor Committee proposed changes to the intent and triviality clauses - two of the three criteria that constitute an honor offense - of its constitution at its Dec.

Upholding tradition

I cannot argue, nor would I, with the reasoning of arguments against the "Rugby Road" song/cheer. Was it written by a bunch of males?

Dangers of being

It is Wednesday night - or should I say Thursday morning - around 1:30 a.m. I emerge from an empty classroom in Bryan Hall where I had sequestered myself for upwards of six hours studying for a symbolic logic exam.

Two-thousand eleven

As an Opinion columnist, when opinions are commonplace and political views especially noxious, I have tried to cut under, reach over, look past - to preposition my way when facing the political.

Marred legacy

A new edition of Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" will be released this year by NewSouth Books, but with one notable change: Every occurrence of the "N-word," which appears 219 times in the novel, will be replaced by the word "slave." Alan Gribben, who writes the introduction for this new edition, insists this is not an attempt to negate the racial character of the novel, but instead to make the text more accessible to high school students.

Cooler minds

No matter how hard we may try, some things are simply not preventable. We can take supplements and frequently wash our hands and still get sick.

Here

As The Cavalier Daily goes to press for the final time this semester, the Managing Board presents this short list of resolutions for the new year. During the past two decades, the General Assembly has generously continued to support the financial autonomy of Virginia's public colleges by decreasing public funding for higher education.

Rightist remarks

The news story "Top Schools Get Subpar Ratings" in the Dec. 2 Cavalier Daily does not mention - but readers ought to know - that the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, which criticized U.Va.'s curriculum and that of so many others, is an organization dedicated to the promotion of conservative values in academe.

Going green

Pollution and unsound environmental practices will give rise to environmental ruin. Bad policies across the globe are not only diminishing vital natural resources, but also destroying earth's beauty for future generations.