FITZPATRICK: Comment sections ought to be preserved
By Connor Fitzpatrick | April 6, 2017In the end, the arguments against online comment sections ignore the purpose of a newspaper and raise more questions than they do answers.
In the end, the arguments against online comment sections ignore the purpose of a newspaper and raise more questions than they do answers.
Symbolism and memorials are nice, but the University has the financial means to make proper amends by paying reparations.
Virginia’s current marijuana policies have a disparate effect on minorities, and the costs of convicting Virginians for marijuana outweigh the harm of minor possession.
According to a 2016 study by the Pew Research Center, about six in 10 Americans now get their news from social media.
To criticize admissions or the University for occasionally factoring donor relations into their decisions is unreasonable.
The case for reparations lies on a mountain of historical evidence, data or personal experience that the majority of Americans must be receptive to absorbing.
Coming to terms with this part of my family’s past has been complicated.
Expanding Medicaid would be a meaningful effort to improve quality of life for low-income Virginians.
Since the emergence of political factions in the early republic, gridlock has been a recurring fixture in American politics.
The University admissions process currently allows some less qualified students to bolster their chances of admission through connections and pay-for-play.
Concern about liberal bias in The Cavalier Daily is one of the most common complaints from readers.
Upon returning to grounds this summer, I was delighted to see the Rotunda was finally open.
This country could use a little more irrationality — provided it’s channeled into appropriate places.
As of 2015, almost 24,000 students who attend U.S. colleges and universities come from countries affected by the immigration ban.
Students at the University are expected to be leaders in the community, behave honorably, have the authority to expel other students from the school and do it all while maintaining a respectable GPA.
It should come as no surprise House Speaker Paul Ryan and President Donald Trump’s American Health Care Act, or AHCA, failed miserably when actually put to the test.
On Thursday March 24th, an opinion piece about the American Health Care Act was written by Adam Kimelman, incoming chair of the College Republicans.
Ultimately, the Echols program benefits students by providing them with unique opportunities and freedom during their time at the University.
The removal of the Lee statue from the soon-to-be-renamed Lee Park is not about “hiding or ignoring remnants of the past.”
The University community must recognize and combat the increasingly anti-Semitic national climate.