I am just writing to say thank you to Charlottesville's firefighters. I live on Brandon Avenue, and while I was not personally affected by the apartment fire that happened there yesterday, I did witness you all in action and your ready response to put it out.
Last month, this space was used to comment on the beginning of the University's presidential search process.
I was pleased to see Sarah Wooten's story about the University's presidents in Tuesday's Cavalier Daily.
While all Cavalier fans were let down by the losing score of Saturday's football game, I was disappointed by something else: the pregame video.
Unlike most everyone else, I remained in Scott Stadium as the final seconds trickled off the clock and the score became official: 26-14, in favor of William and Mary.
I have a minor issue with the ongoing gubernatorial race in my home state of Virginia. Let me be clear.
The lead up to President Obama's speech to the nation's schoolchildren this past Tuesday was riddled with outbursts from leaders and pundits of America's right-wing proclaiming that Obama was planning on indoctrinating the nation's youth.
AS THE hunt to replace President John T. Casteen III begins, the search committee should keep three priorities in mind: intellectual capital, human capital, and financial capital.
Due to a production error, yesterday's Opinion page featured several outdated pieces of content, including the lead editorial and the day's letters to the editor.
WHAT DO you want to be when you grow up? Since kindergarten, this question has been pushed by parents and teachers alike to instill some sense of life goals to achieve and strive for.
1. HOO: Tradition! Thomas Jefferson : Virginia :: Mickey Mouse : Disneyworld. Forget Cavman - TJ is our [unofficial] school mascot.
AN INTERESTING article by Time magazine's Amanda Ripley regarding the September 11 attacks outlines how much a life is worth after death.
Yesterday's letter to the editor by Danny Navarro was inappropriately titled "Tyranny in Colombia." The title was intended to refer to Venezuelen President Hugo Chavez's interference in Colombian affairs.
This is big news. Big, slow-moving news. The University is beginning its search for a new president. The main responsibility falls to the Special Committee on the Nomination of a President, which Rector John Wynne appointed and will chair - though I suspect that much of the work will be done by the search firm R.
WHEN ASKED to provide advice for incoming students at the University, my mind initially drew a blank.
WHETHER Charlottesville is a two-hour drive from your house or a two-hour flight from the nearest airport, going away to college seems like enough of a journey in itself.
On August 21, all active undergraduate and graduate students at the University received a pointed e-mail from studentsystem@virginia.edu.
THE INEVITABLE has come for BitTorrent tracker site The Pirate Bay. Black Internet has ceased providing bandwidth to the files-sharing site (or information theft site, depending on your point of view). The Pirate Bay is in serious trouble; it is the most recent big name peer-to-peer site that is facing opposition from civil lawsuits joining the now infamous Napster and others. Although operators of TPB are still fighting their battle in hopes of providing the world with free movies and music, their fate is already determined.
