ONE OF the major problems with writing for a student newspaper is that every once in a while, that little thing called "schoolwork" interferes.
THE MANAGING Board usually uses its lead editorials on the Opinion page to, well, express an opinion. The Board found a different purpose for its editorials on Monday, instead introducing readers to a series of news articles ("A series on sexual assault," April 4) and a new type of columnist ("Contributors," April 4). Both features have so far proven themselves worthy of the special attention the board devoted to them. The series The four-part series of articles, which ran Monday through Thursday, documented one former student's experience of accusing a fellow student of sexual assault.
EVERY newspaper, from the community weekly to The New York Times, covers a set of newsmakers whose names appear frequently in its pages. These newsmakers are the government leaders, community activists and local celebrities whom everyone recognizes.
THE STORY that many Virginia basketball fans had been waiting months to read finally showed up on the front page of Tuesday's Cavalier Daily -- Pete Gillen was out as head coach. Gillen resigned just days after the Cavaliers finished his seventh season at the University with a losing record, the team's first since 1998-99.
THE COMICS page seems like one of The Cavalier Daily's more popular sections, but I must confess I generally don't pay much attention to it. That's by no means an indictment of the quality of the comics.
STUDENTS have been voting for new officials for Student Council and other bodies of student government since Friday.
THE VIRGINIA General Assembly got a lot of attention from The Cavalier Daily's News staff last week. Every issue of the newspaper except Thursday's contained an article on something happening in Richmond.
The media use certain news values to determine what makes an event worth reporting. The proximity of an event to a media outlet, the event's impact on the audience, whether a conflict exists or even whether something odd happened all affect the media's decision on what to report. One of the most important news values is timeliness.
COLLEGE Dean Edward Ayers' decision to remove PoliticsProf. James Sofka as dean of the Echols Scholars program continues to be a hot topic in the pages of The Cavalier Daily. Senior writer Chris Wilson reported Wednesday ("Policy may afford Sofka future hearing," Feb.
THE CAVALIER Daily reported on Jan. 20 that Associate Dean Richard Handler would replace Politics Prof.
