I CAN'T help but be sad at writing my last column. But what's more saddening is how many people have told me over the past year that they think the quality of writing at The Cavalier Daily has fallen significantly.
"IF CERTAIN departments are paid significantly more than others, it is legitimate to ask why. If a certain professor, administrator or coach is paid a very large or very small amount, it is worthwhile to ask if his performance has justified that salary." So said the Managing Board in its editorial explaining The Cavalier Daily's feature on faculty salaries.
OOPS, I did it again. Despite my best efforts, I unconsciously "self-segregated" myself last week by sitting with other Asians in Newcomb.
ALTHOUGH admissions decisions were sent to the Class of 2012 barely three weeks ago, the University's Office of Admission is already gearing up for next year's applicant pool.
LAST MONDAY, Students Defending Democracy and TheBurke Society hosted Robert Spencer, the author of "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (And the Crusades)," at an event intended to spark discussion of the "jihadist threat." We -- a Muslim, a Christian, and a Jew -- attended the talk; we would like to offer some correctives to what we heard. We agreed with many points -- with Spencer's reminder that jihad, "struggle," often appears in peaceful contexts and with his condemnation of the Bush administration's foreign policy toward Muslim countries.
SOMEONE has a sense of irony. The Wednesday before last, The Cavalier Daily ran two otherwise serious articles side-by-side.
THIS WEEK, a Cavalier Daily news story explored the E-School's new policy to guarantee admission to VCCS students who complete certain requirements.
SUSPICIONS about the Bush Administration's secrecy and behind-the-scenes dealings have always been rampant, but now we have some concrete evidence that this government was seriously fiddling with the dissemination of information about the Iraq war.
IMAGINE if tomorrow morning when the U-Guides show upat Pavilion VIII, they find that the locks have been changed.
YOU MAY have seen posters around Grounds or have gotten an e-mail about an exciting summer job working for progressive causes, including an opportunity to work for an environmental advocacy group.
IT WAS late August, 1968, and the streets of Chicago had the look of a war zone. Protesters, police, and the Illinois National Guard clashed everyday for a week, resulting in hundreds of injuries.
ASIDE from telling us that the Darden Dean makes more money than the entire media studies department combined, the published salaries of our faculty can tell us what trends we can expect in the future.
IT HAS been brought to our attention that there are many misconceptions around Grounds concerning the history and the mission of Planned Parenthood.
WHAT IS a syllabus without a quotation from Thomas Jefferson at the top? What is a speech without the invocation of Jefferson's ideals of freedom and democracy?
WHEN I first sat down to write this column, I meant to discuss resource availability at Counseling and Psychological Services and de-stigmatizing therapy.
AS WE APPROACH the end of another school year a large number of students at the University are planning to move out of their apartments.
LATE LAST weekend, the University community heard rumors of an alleged abduction of a student by individuals who pulled him into a vehicle, took his money and phone, and left him somewhere in Albemarle County.
DROOPY eyed and disheveled, I prepared for a class-long struggle to stay awake through my Western European politics lecture last Monday.
WHEN WE think of the death penalty, most of us think capital punishment is only used in a very limited range, against those who have taken another human life.
WHEN IT comes to national and international coverage, The Cavalier Daily cannot substitute for a newspaper that employs national and international correspondents.
