UBE’s current policy on campaign expenditures is clear: no caps.
While this criticism is certainly valid, Lawn residents themselves are the only ones truly capable of ascertaining who should have the privilege of living on the Lawn.
It’s become a bit of a tradition. Each year, the Cavalier Daily will run a piece arguing the Lawn selection process is flawed, and must be changed to ensure more diversity or more accurate representation.
The University Board of Elections released the interim expenditure report which all candidates for elected student offices had to fill out by Feb. 13, three days before the official start of the campaign on Feb. 16.
Isaac Smith, the Secretary of an organization started by Jason Kessler, has rightfully pointed out that there is a double standard used to judge public figures depending on their race and political orientation.
During a week-long conference held at Paramount Theatre, Virginia’s Republican statewide office candidates discussed the opportunity for change provided by the Trump administration and the role they want millennials to play in that change.
The push for redistricting reform has come to a close for the 2017 session of the Virginia General Assembly.
Beginning today, you will have the opportunity to assert your ownership of the Honor System by voting, many of you for the first time.
The Cavalier Daily Focus section recently wrote an excellent piece on apathy in student election voting.
In 2005, the Consensus Clause amendment to the Honor Committee’s constitution narrowly failed to pass ratification by the student body, garnering 59.5 percent of the popular vote.
Instead of requiring students to request waivers, the University should adopt an automatic application-fee-waiver policy for first-generation and low-income applicants.
Any reforms to the Honor system will require a multi-faceted approach and should consider all avenues available.
The senatorial drama that ensued this past week is detrimental to our country’s political unity because it will serve to empower far-left populism and distort the messages of our two major political parties.
Gorman believes that parents would volunteer to be a part of a social experiment of this nature but it would likely be a hard sell.
The benefits of promoting civics education are threefold: increased community participation, higher voting turnout and greater civic action in both national and local politics.
When tackling a topic as important and vast as high arrest rates and criminal justice reform it is necessary to provide context.
There is little contention about whether there should be diversity, and I am sure it was an aim of the selection committee, but they seem to have ignored academic diversity.
University students have two starkly different Student Council presidential candidates to choose from this election year.
This year, nine candidates running to be Honor representatives for the University sought endorsements from the Cavalier Daily.
In an uncontested race, the Editorial Board endorses Malcolm Stewart for fourth-year trustee president.
