Many people don’t realize that The Cavalier Daily is more than just an extracurricular activity: It is a student-run business. The five students on the managing board are charged with running the paper’s financial, legal and editorial affairs, and there are no professionals, faculty or other “adults” at the newspaper to offer assistance.
When we launched the redesigned version of cavalierdaily.com last month, we touted the fact that we are now using a comment system called Disqus that we hope will allow for richer discussions among readers. Building upon this change, we’ve established a new comment policy.
Here it is: the new cavalierdaily.com. You’ll notice some changes, starting with our URL. Right now, when you type in “cavalierdaily.com” you get automatically redirected to “cavalier-daily.com.” This is a temporary solution until our hosting company, 1and1, can resolve issues they have encountered in trying to get “cavalierdaily.com” to direct users to the new server hosting our redesigned site.
Cavalier Daily readers, We appreciate all the support which you have offered our organization during the past several weeks, including queries about how to make a donation. Because The Cavalier Daily is a financially independent, non-profit corporation which receives no funding from the University, we must earn enough money ourselves to cover numerous expenses including rent, printing, courier services, debt repayment and digital maintenance.
Without ever singing a word, instrumental post-rock group Explosions in the Sky manages to convey emotions and tell stories better than most bands with lyrics at their disposal.
There are many things that a student might find himself doing while at the University, but protesting rarely seems to be one of them.
In response to the recent revelation of factual inaccuracies in a history textbook used throughout the Virginia public school system, there has been a lively debate touching on everything from the state's standards for reviewing textbooks to the role of the Internet in contemporary academic research.
When the impoverished island nation of Haiti experienced
For anyone at the University, it is hard not to notice the vibrant collection of student-led activist groups working to advance progressive causes.
As he sits in a well-furnished classroom and confidently outlines his dreams of college and white-collar employment to Anderson Cooper, fifth-grade student Richar Anozier might as well be the poster child of American achievement.
