This semester, the University's Department of Parking & Transportation began making use of vehicle immobilization devices - not-so affectionally referred to as "boots" by most - as a tool for collecting fines that are significantly overdue. Boots certainly can evoke strong, negative responses from students.
Mark Sisson, the author of "The Primal Blueprint," captured my attention with his unconventional thinking.
Diversity. What does it mean? What does it mean at the University? Why is it a topic of conversation in every dorm?
During the past year or so, when University leaders have talked about the future of the institution, one contentious theme has emerged quite a few times: significantly increasing enrollment. Of course, moderate annual growth has been a staple of the University for some time.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident (Euclid), that all men are created equal (Mazzei), that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" (Locke/Hutcheson). A discussion about plagiarism becomes a bloody conflict; like most battles, the contingent outcome relies on strategic positioning.
Every politico knows an attack unanswered is an attack justified. We've heard it all summer: The White House has not performed well with messaging.
Upon founding University of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson proclaimed in a letter to an acquaintance, "This institution of my native state, the hobby of my old age, will be based on the illimitable freedom of the human mind, to explore and to expose every subject susceptible of it's contemplation." This Jeffersonian ideal underpinned higher education at the University for many generations, inculcating within students a broad set of values that shaped the personal and social decisions that they made throughout their lives.
According to articles published in The Daily Progress and Richmond Times-Dispatch during the past few days, the University's endowment has recovered more than half of the $1.1 billion lost because of the financial crisis in fall 2008.
Students in the College received an e-mail Sept. 3 from "College of Arts Sciences & Advising," reminding them that the add/drop deadline for College students would soon be approaching.
Where is the easy button? I have been searching Grounds to find it but have not yet caught sight of that bright red button that promises to solve all of life's problems.
Different cultures begin counting a year's days at different times. In academia, the year begins with the fall semester.
He stole the spotlight during this slow summer news season. You can read dozens of articles criticizing the speakers, estimating the true attendance numbers, and commenting on the racial undertones of the setting.
The Virginia football team will take the field for its first game of the year Saturday. The start of a new season always draws predictions from fans and a degree of suspense about how the team will fare, but the uncertainty is particularly high this year.
This past week, The Cavalier Daily launched the newest edition of its website. In the coming months, we will be exploring ways to integrate new features and include more opportunities for interaction with our readers. Soon after our previous website launched last year, we published an editorial outlining a relatively laissez-faire approach to regulating user comments for the online edition.
At this age, an artisan apprentice would leave the master's studio to live and craft works in solitude.
