WITH ALL the attention that student plagiarism receives, and the attendant pious hand-wringing on the part of university administrations and ubiquitous admonitions from faculty, we expect professors to exemplify the highest standards of intellectual honesty.
LAST WEEK, the University was given the chance, thanks to the openness of graduate student Rich Felker, to witness the work of the University Judiciary Committee and begin to understand the workings of a Committee which many students simply do not know enough about.
Yesterday's editorial cartoon incorrectly attributed the recent voluntary DNA tests of possible serial rapist suspects to the Albemarle County Police Department.
ON SEPT. 16, representatives from many of Virginia's public and private universities, as well as community colleges, came together in Richmond to officially commit to Gov.
THE DEFENSE of our democratic ideals and constitutional freedoms is carried out by U.S. citizens stationed around the world.
LAST WEEK, the University Judiciary Committee tried pro-Tibet activist Rich Felker for two violations of the Standards of Conduct that stemmed from his April 5, 2004 protest of Chinese Ambassador Yang Jiechi, who was visiting the University.
RACIAL incidents tend to cause tempers to flare. Such is the case with the vandalism of fourth-year Amey Adkins' car.
WHILE the Bush administration touted the Iraq war as part of the war on terror, it was also proposed as a means of liberation for an entire nation brutally oppressed for decades.
WITH ABOUT a month until Election Day, Americans are at once faced with a stark contrast between the two major parties and very little understanding of what they stand for.
Everywhere you look these days, whether on Grounds or on MTV, there are commercials, organizations and movements to encourage young voters to participate in the upcoming election.
AS A columnist with The Cavalier Daily, I get a lot of e-mails. Some agree with something that I wrote.
WHEN Washington Post assistant managing editor Bob Woodward came to the University to speak last Thursday, I have to say I was in a bit of journalistic awe.
"WE'RE LOSING our culture. We're losing our identity as a people." These were the words spoken to me Thursday night by a member of the local Tibetan community as Iserved as accused counsel at the University Judiciary Committee's first open trial.
The director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives came to speak at Jefferson Hall on Friday night, but not about politics.
LAST WEEK graduate student Richard Felker made the bold decision to open his University Judiciary Committee trial for misconduct to the public.
THE CAVALIER Daily found itself embroiled in a controversy last week, rather than covering one. The controversy centered on the newspaper's lack of coverage of the racially motivated vandalism of fourth-year student Amey Adkins' car on Sept.
THE SETTING is familiar, predictable like a bad horror flick: A racially-charged incident occurs, massive community outcry ensues, condemnation rains down from all corners and renewed calls for tolerance resound.
REPUBLICAN party lingo these days seems to be rather interesting. A carefully thought-out change of position after many years of consideration by a senator, for example, is a "flip-flop," while a president who changes positions within days of polls showing his position unpopular is a "wise, open-minded leader." At the same time, a senator sticking to belief in policies that have never been given a chance to work or which have actually worked in the past is using "the same old tricks and politics," while a president stubbornly sticking with policies that have failed is a "strong, decisive leader." But mixed in with Republican half-truths and doublespeak is something even more disturbing.
THERE'S a classic line in the political comedy "Bulworth" where protagonist Sen. Jay Bulworth offers an untraditional solution to the issue of race in America.
FREEDOM of expression is perhaps one of the most coveted of civil rights in the free world. As Americans, however, we are quick to take our First Amendment rights for granted.
