Opinion pieces allow authors to present a specific argument to readers. Alongside objective and fair reporting on current events, these columns provide authors with a platform to express their ideas about an issue.
There needs to be active participation by community members in identifying public safety goals and developing alternative ways for achieving them.
As the Trump cabinet ossifies into its final form, several Americans predict that many policy consistencies of the past are now at risk.
We read with interest two recent opinion pieces in the Cavalier Daily, “High textbook prices hurt students” and “A new way to cut textbook costs.”
The administration is intent on curtailing our relations with the outside world; a boycott will help them build a wall between us and our foreign counterparts.
How can we ever commit ourselves to bridging the divides of the country if our solution to dealing with the troubled past is to cast it aside in disgust and not learn from its glimmers of brilliance?
A stronger relationship between University Democrats and College Republicans will only benefit the University. No one is better off yelling into their echo chamber.
As the group most directly affected by policy changes, the student body has a responsibility to take advantage of every opportunity for input.
During the 2016 presidential election, political coverage was heavily influenced not only by big ticket issues such as immigration but also by the increasing presence of celebrities in politics.
Numbers can tell a story, but the brief list of “notable numbers” published this week in the opinion section demonstrates a lack of forethought.
The use of private funds in public education will offer students unique opportunities for increased access and affordability.
I challenge you to read this whole column. How many significant news stories can you name this past week?
During the 1960s, the University actively impeded the course of equal rights in education.
Few things are more quintessentially American than standing up to tyrants. Those who persecute innocents, rule arbitrarily and capriciously, dismiss settled science as a hoax and lie with impunity deserve not only our silent scorn, but our overt disapproval.
With the end of syllabus week, most students have already spent several hundred dollars on bulky textbooks for their new classes.
Repealing the Affordable Care Act, the mere discussion of which has already generated mass backlash, would be just the first stage of the Speaker’s Randian revolution.
$134.80 is the figure I confronted last week when searching for my Economics of Public Policy textbook online.
It borders on intellectual dishonesty not to assess that after a week in office, President Donald Trump is shaping up to be just as much of a revolutionary figure as Napoleon.
379: Days Otto Warmbier has been in detention in North Korea
By declining to release their immigration statuses, the University takes a vital step in providing them greater assurance of protection.
