A conservative coup in academia
By Marta Cook | January 31, 2007LEAVE IT to the Virginia General Assembly to make George Orwell turn over in his grave. This session, Delegate Steven Landes (R.
LEAVE IT to the Virginia General Assembly to make George Orwell turn over in his grave. This session, Delegate Steven Landes (R.
GIVEN THE ease and speed of modern communication, it is pretty much inevitable that a story will not only be reported on, but will quickly be broadcast into living rooms, offices, and anywhere else with internet or TV access.
TRANSPARENCY is the new buzz word in journalism and as The Cavalier Daily begins its 118th year of publication new editor-in-chief Herb Ladley pledges clarity and focus. In a story in Monday's newspaper, Ladley was quoted as saying he wanted to make The Cavalier Daily "not only a forum for students, but a place they can see themselves fitting in
ONE IN FOUR: Not coincidentally, the name represents both the number of women who are sexually assaulted at the University as well as the on-grounds CIO working to ameliorate the problem.
WHILE I was sitting at the computer in the library last week, I looked down to find a most curious piece of propaganda.
Members of the University of Virginia chess team spent part of their Christmas breaks competing at the Pan-American Chess Championship, held December 27-30.
Throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, Europe was plagued by continual religious wars. But Europeans learned a valuable lesson from the years of turmoil: tolerance.
IN THE Balkans, the unresolved issue of Kosovo has dominated the region's modern political affairs and left a bitter taste in the mouth of everyone involved.
BASED on the public attention the issue of racism has gotten in the past two and a half years I have been here, at first glance one might compare the University community to a relapsing alcoholic.
LAST WEEK, Virginia Del. Frank D. Hargrove Sr., R - Hanover County, caused quite a stir when he opposed a circulating slavery apology resolution on the grounds that black Virginians "should just get over" slavery.
IN HONOR of Mr. Jefferson, who never obtained a Ph.D., students at the University refer to all of their professors as Mister and Misses regardless of doctoral status.
FOR STUDENTS and parents who struggle to keep up with rising tuition costs, textbooks can be a heavy burden.
MOST STUDENTS worked painstakingly hard during high school to gain admission to the University. I remember it vividly: all-nighters, difficult classes and tests and more homework than you could fathom.
"DEAD TREES walking" is a catchy phrase. I first heard the words last year at a state press association training session for newspaper editors and publishers.
Steph Shaw brings up an important topic in her column "Keeping women safe," (Jan. 24). Women's health is an issue that must be discussed candidly and detached from political or emotional bias.
First of all, I understand the term "backyard" used by the United States for Latin America. But as a Latin American I am offend by the use of theterm in the article by Allan Cruickshanks ("The disease of socialism," Jan.
IN THEIR never-ending attempt to buy voter support with government handouts, Congressional Democrats have turned their attention to universities.
WHAT has Student Council done so far this academic year? That's the question that I am supposed to answer, but before writing this column, I thought about the ways in which I could express this simple idea: a song, a comic, a witty dialogue or a memoir (now, that sounds academic; I don't really know what it is, though). I even thought about an interpretative dance, but last night I was inspired by a certain TV show: VH1's "The White Rapper Show," a show in which "American Idol" meets "Real World" meets the "8 Mile" rap battle scene.
WHEN THE Honor Committee met for the first time last March, oneword dominated discussion of plans for this academic year: transparency.