Honor evolution needs next step
By Austen Givens | February 11, 2002THE UNIVERSITY is a school steeped in tradition - some well-known, some not-so-well-known. Streaking the lawn.
THE UNIVERSITY is a school steeped in tradition - some well-known, some not-so-well-known. Streaking the lawn.
IN GENERAL, there are two groups of people: There are those who usually read the newspaper and there are those who usually do not.
TWO WEEKS ago, sororities and fraternities across Grounds welcomed new members into their spring 2002 pledge classes.
THE HONOR Committee needs to get back in touch with students. Less than a year after students soundly rejected the Honor Committee's proposed changes to the way trials work, Honor representatives now have voted not to place a referendum on the ballot for this spring's elections.
BASIC logic suggests that, having identified a specific goal, the method proven most effective should be the one used to reach that goal.
AT THE END of every semester, students must fill out professor evaluations. A great deal of ceremony is involved, such as the professor leaving the room and a student delivering the completed evaluations to the department office.
HOLD ON to your lunches kids, it's that time again. That's right, Valentine's Day. As Feb. 14 once more approaches, some of us buy pink and red doily-covered cards and overpriced chocolate, while others run screaming from Hallmark's money-making creation.
WE DON'T live in a community of trust, and our honor system doesn't foster the development of honest individuals.
THE SUPER Bowl champion Patriots and their incredible season are a dream come true for long-suffering Boston fans such as myself, but also a needed shot in the arm for spectator sports.
THE SUPERBOWL! To many this quintessential corporate pageant represents the glitz and extravagance of capitalist America.
PRESIDENT Bush briefly mentioned a major talking point for young conservatives in his State of the Union address.
AS AN HONOR Counsel and a University student opposed to the Informed Retraction proposal, I believe Michelle Jones' Feb.
OPINION is the section of the paper where it's OK, even expected to make people angry. What we don't want to do is offend people with prejudice.
IF STATES can be schizophrenic, Virginia is. In the Commonwealth, internet companies build over horse farms and one-time hippies teach the children of Republican politicians.
THE SATS are one of the most hated experiences of American academic life. The bane of every college-bound student's life may cease to be a reality for those applying to public schools in California.
AS AN HONOR Committee Member, former Honor Advisor, and involved student at the University, I often have engaged in conversations about the honor system.
EVEN FOR the standard non-environmentalist, certain uses of paper rarely can be justified as reasons to cut down a few hundred trees.
SOMETIMES, traditions cause strange things to happen. Last week's issues of The Cavalier Daily provided an example of that, and some explanation is necessary. Monday's issue featured an article describing the staff elections accompanied by a photograph of the new Managing Board.
ONE OF the hot button issues of college life is the issue of diversity. For this purpose, groups that support various races, creeds and sexual orientations have sprung up as a way to unite in response to those who discriminate against them.
DISPERSED throughout the dark underbelly of University life exists asubculture completely removed from every other facet of the college experience.