SOCIETY perpetuates wealth disparities.To achieve success, it helps to have successful parents. For undergraduate students, money opens up opportunities that poorer students cannot afford.
EARLIER this February, Office of African-American Affairs Dean M. Rick Turner kicked off Black History Month with a scathing critique that whites in Charlottesville won't "do anything for black folks." At the same time, the Iota Beta chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. made history by leaving the Black Fraternity Council for the nonracial Inter-Fraternity Council.
"THE VAGINAMonologues" expresses the ecstasy of a human existence without the false separation of love from sexuality.
THE RECENT move of theAlpha Phi Alpha Fraternity,Inc. from the Black Fraternal Council to the Inter-Fraternity Council has kindled much debate on Grounds.
PROFESSOR Ward Churchill, until recently the chairman of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado, came under fire this month for spouting some grotesquely insipid remarks about America's relationship to terrorism.
On Saturday a friend and I set out for the primetime performance of The Vagina Monologues in Old Cabell Hall.
ONE OF the many differences between the former Soviet Union and the University'sStudent Council occurs on the subject of voting transparency.
IN RESPONSE to the closing statements of the Thursday, Feb. 10 lead editorial entitled "Moderate racial rhetoric" I would like to offer a broader perspective on the issue of race relations at the University and the way that race is handled by the Dean of African-American Affairs, M.
AS MUCH as certain critics complain about the pervasiveness of multicultural programs at the University, it seems as though a student could easily forget that February is Black History Month.
The media use certain news values to determine what makes an event worth reporting. The proximity of an event to a media outlet, the event's impact on the audience, whether a conflict exists or even whether something odd happened all affect the media's decision on what to report. One of the most important news values is timeliness.
ANYONE who has ever watched a stubborn child attempt to climb up a downward escalator knows how pathetic the sight of an individual struggling vainly against progress can be.
I WORE an old scarf around Grounds the other day and no one seemed to care -- this was when I realized that my life is no longer the same. My once and former "scandal scarf" received its name a few years ago on a late night in the basement of Newcomb Hall in the midst of what no longer seems like such an earth-shattering news break.
FEB. 26, 2003, was both the day I was most ashamed to be a University student and most proud to be a member of the staff of The Cavalier Daily.
I WAS scared out of my mind the first time I stepped into the basement of Newcomb Hall my first week at U.Va.
YOU SEE it every day. Whether jeering at an opinion column, sneaking a peak at the crossword puzzle during lecture or discussing the latest controversy splashed across the front of these pages, the University community interacts with The Cavalier Daily in a myriad of ways.
WHEN I was a kid, I had a secret belief that words and letters looked happy. Silly as that may sound, it probably would have been helpful to keep in mind those many nights in The Cavalier Daily office when it felt like another coherent sentence would never emit from my brain again.
OBSCURITY is a cruel mistress, but that is the fate to which every college newspaper editor is quickly assigned when his or her time has expired.
WHAT DO drinking and humanitarian relief efforts have in common? At first glance, it seems absurd that these terms would ever find themselves in the same sentence.
WHILE THE Washington, D.C. police force is still recovering from the massive influx of people during the inauguration, some are already looking ahead to the 2008 presidential race.
THE DECISION by Alpha Phi Alpha to join the Inter-Fraternity Council has been met with mixed emotion.
