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Republican party candidate Robert Hurt is refusing to enter a debate with opponent Tom Perriello in the Cumberland County NAACP debate because third party candidate
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Republican party candidate Robert Hurt is refusing to enter a debate with opponent Tom Perriello in the Cumberland County NAACP debate because third party candidate
John McCain has simply gone too far by sponsoring Senate Bill 3081: Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010. McCain has created a bill that is loosely worded and can be easily manipulated and abused. The victims of this bill are U.S. citizens, for McCain allows the possible suspension of their rights with this vaguely worded document.
Every now and again I find myself dumbfounded by trends. Trends that have appeared on my questionable-trends list include Furbies, Tickle Me Elmos, Beanie Babies and most recently, Silly Bandz. All of those trends seem to cross the line when they go from being cute, child collectables to adult pandemics. Silly Bandz are only the latest fiasco in the endless quest for adults to perhaps reclaim their youth. I was ignorant of the Silly Bandz fad when I returned home for the summer. I spent the academic recess working at a university (nowhere near the caliber of the University) where I saw my co-workers
Townie. We have all heard the term as students of the University, and many of us have even used the term. What remains to be seen is how many students have taken the time to analyze the true meaning, context, and weight behind the term that is used so casually. It is important especially in light of the racial incident that happened April 15th when one discusses UJC offering a provision for the usage of racial slurs. A myriad of terms are not dignified as racial slurs but are just as offensive, such as referring to those of Middle Eastern decent as terrorists or using gay as a term in attempts to demean someone or something. "Townie" carries the same sort of demeaning context with it, and should not be ignored.
Student Council's Diversity Initiative hosted a forum April 5 titled, "The Slave Experience at U.Va: Uncovering the Truth," which discussed the lives of black people in Charlottesville before the Civil War. Although this event highlighted how blacks contributed to the University, measures like these are simply not enough to do the past justice. The University needs to put forth a more thorough effort to remember the history of black subjugation that facilitated the creation of "Mr. Jefferson's" University. What about those students who did not see the presentations? There needs to be a visible memorial created for students that cannot be ignored or overlooked. African-American life and history at the University is significant, and it is not something that should be mentioned in passing. All the effort that the University spent in creating the Edgar Allen Poe shrine on the Range - he did not even graduate from the University - should be put toward remembering the slaves. In a state where Gov. Bob McDonnell can declare a Confederate History Month without mentioning slavery, it is crucial that the University create a prominent memorial to the slaves that helped to construct the University.
As the weather begins to warm, University students start to recognize all the things that they love about Grounds. The cherry trees begin to blossom, and students begin to walk slower to class - as if to bask in the sun for a moment longer. If you are fortunate enough to have a class where attendance is not crucial, you may start to notice significantly lower attendance numbers. If you are anyone that is looking to see and be seen, you are in one of two places: the gym, trying to get your summer body back, or lounging outside, especially on the Lawn. The Lawn at this time of the year is bustling with student activity. At any given moment, people can be seen "doing work," tight-rope walking, eating, tanning, relaxing or playing. In addition to these diverse activities, there is an eclectic mix of people who can be seen on the Lawn: old, young, women, men, children and adults. With the influx of people, a rise in dogs roaming the Lawn has also occurred. Dogs on the Lawn can, at times, be appealing. Dogs on the Lawn, at other times, can be disobedient and turn into menaces. In addition to the dogs on Grounds, the level of inappropriate sunbathing that occurs is also something to be curtailed.
Microfinancing seems to be one of today's biggest buzzwords. Microfinance, according to Consultative Group to Assist the Poor, is the "supply of loans, savings, and other basic financial services to the poor." Microfinance is significant in that it usually involves the provision of small amounts of money that are too small for banks to loan. Microfinancing has become a major success for both the people who supply the loans and the people who receive them. The World Bank "estimates that there are now over 7,000 microfinance institutions, serving some 16 million poor people in developing countries. The total cash turnover of MFIs world-wide is estimated at $2.5 billion and the potential for new growth is outstanding." With the popularity and success of microfinancing, it is commendable that University students are taking the time and effort to keep education for this issue relevant.
Formspring.me is a site where users can have anonymous people ask them questions and give constructive criticism and is the latest craze in the world of social networking. Advertising itself to be a smart way for businesses and organizations to collect information, Formspring claims to provide the venue where "anyone can build all types of web forms, collect data online and do it simply and efficiently." In addition to the services that the site offers to businesses and organizations to collect candid information from clients, there is also Formspring.me: a division that allows the average person to collect "constructive" information from anonymous people. After receiving this "constructive" information, they are then allowed to respond to questions and comments they received anonymously and post the question and response on their site. Formspring.me accounts allow cyber harassment to continue and provide users a venue to participate in narcissistic practices.
Have zero tolerance policies in schools gone too far? That is the conclusion drawn by many when looking at the myriad students who have been negatively affected by these all or nothing policies. Remember back in elementary and middle school, when you and your friends would write and draw on the desk while you would sit in class waiting for the school lunch bell to ring? And what about the days when our parents used to give us metal utensils to eat our school lunch because the plastic ones the school had were often too dull, weak, and flimsy to effectively enjoy any meal? Perhaps you recall your last class at the University, when you tried in vain to write over your desk carvings.
For any fourth- or third-years at the University, the days of Club Clemons seem to be a distant memory. For second-years and classes to follow, they will never know the affinity of upperclassmen for Club Clemons. These students perhaps do not know what the idea of Club Clemons is even in reference to, and for these students I offer an explanation. Clemon's fourth floor, before the entrance of the class of 2012, used to have a more open floor plan. This open floor plan made it easier for groups to converse and also served as a place to hang out in between class without being in a place centered around food or being confined to a dorm. The existence of a social space in Clemons allowed for the second and third floors to be quieter then they are now. This new floor plan encourages silence and focus, taking away from the social reason why we once frequented the fourth floor of Clemons, as well as making the second floor at times equivalent in noise level to the fourth floor. In addition, the individualized seating that the fourth floor now contains detracts from the ability of Clemons to be a good place for groups to meet at busy times. Clemons Library for so many has been a place to relax from the stress of being a student at the University, and the loss of the social space affects not only the student who needs to unwind between class, but it also affects the student who wishes for a quiet place to study on the second or first floors.
When Jonathan Larson wrote Rent in 1989, he had yet to realize the legacy he would leave the world. Rent is an thought-provoking musical written about the different faces of AIDS. These faces are white, Black, Hispanic, female, male, gay, straight and provide a variety of multicultural perspectives. This multiculturalism is necessary not simply because the play is based in New York City, but also because it represents the diversity of victims of AIDS, a disease that leaves no socioeconomic or ethnic group untainted. The original cast of Rent in 1996 contained the type diversity representative of a lower class neighborhood, and the film version of Rent remained consistent with the original intent of the casting organizers. For anyone that has seen the musical Rent and truly understands the importance of diversity, they would be outraged to know that Charlottesville's volunteer theater troop Play on!, in it's production of Rent, cast all the main characters as white. Though some may feel that this is representative of a lack of qualified actors auditioning for the musical, this is unacceptable for a play in which diversity is so crucial to the storyline. It is impossible to tell the story of Rent in its entirety without variation, as well as unacceptable for white actors to portray other races in a sort of colorblind casting model.
The University has a myriad of successful and famous alumni. Our alumni are part of the reason that the University can offer such a phenomenal education, as our ranking is partially determined by alumni donations. For instance, US News and World Report looks at alumni donations in terms of customer satisfaction. Furthermore, this ranking brings in the type of students and faculty that commit themselves to academic excellence to perpetuate this phenomenal education. For example, The Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center was named on behalf of Katie Couric's late sister based on a dream she had. This donation was more than just money; it represents the love and support the Couric family has for The University. The University for many has been a source of inspiration. When President John T. Casteen, III gave a holiday address to the University community, he stated, "This year's message is to thank you for the thousands of acts of kindness that have made life here so rich in human joy and so productive ... in this magical place whose founder so firmly dedicated it to the illimitable freedom of the human mind." Alumni generate positive press and assist the University through donating both monetary and intellectual capital.
The use of fear-mongering in the health care debate is not only inaccurate, but a deplorable misuse of information by today's media. This is made evident by the amount of advertisements used to "clear up" information, as well as the strength of the information used. Quite unfortunate, but we can typically find the common American picking up a newspaper, or searching for blogs online in order to find information to use as their trusted sources to form their opinions. This method of information trafficking, however, is truly twisted and heavily tilted.
It looks like there needs to be more attention given to the groom these days with the popularity of the new man-gagement rings. Man-gagement rings are designed for a man to wear either after a woman proposes to him, or more typically after he proposes to a woman to display that he is off the market. According to both the New York Daily News and ABC News, these rings are part of a growing trend that is now affecting heterosexual grooms. However, what these rings actually represent is the newest addition to the growing trend of divorce. In 2005, according to Divorce Magazine, the marriage rate was 7.5 percent, while the rate of divorce was 3.6 percent, representing the timeless statistic that half of all marriages end in divorce. How do man-gagement rings aid the divorce crisis that greatly affects America? Man-gagement rings allow the relationship to begin on the grounds of mistrust, and that mistrust in turn leads to faulty marriages.
According to statistics from CBS News, 71 percent of rape offenders will rape again, and with non-stranger cases "it's somewhere in the neighborhood of 3, 4, 5, 6 offenses at least per rapist," quoting David Lisak, an expert on rape cases from the University of Massachusetts. According to the Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network, only 6 percent of rapists will ever spend a day in jail. In comparing the statistics from Lisak to the statistics from RAINN, one can see the importance of a strict policy on sexual assaults at the University.
I imagine an America where no one can communicate with one another. We cross the borders of every state and not only are they speaking a different language, but they look different than you as well. Believe it or not, this fate is becoming a reality as we enter into an America that must learn another language in order to keep up with that language's constant growth. This is the language that most of us have had to learn since we were in elementary school - the language of our closest neighbors: Spanish.
Do you often find yourself at a dining hall with nothing to eat? Too many times have I gone to a dining hall, surrounded by food, only to find nothing that catches my fancy. I find that the dining hall food simply lacks creativity, and students are simply bored with the food - not disgusted. Some of the items in the dining hall, if they were to stand alone, would have great value, such as the fresh vegetables (however, with my meals I notice far too often I am served canned vegetables). For example, whenever I find time to get up for breakfast it seems like it is the same meal regurgitated daily, and Friday's dinner seems like a collaboration of the meals throughout the week. For me it seems as though swiping my meal card at times is a waste of money, and in efforts to be cost-effective I have discovered the art of getting creative with my dining hall ventures. Fear not my fellow Wahoos, I have compiled a few, break-in-case-of-emergency recipes that will aid you in your troubles.
Fox's new musical-themed show Glee is a fresh, more mature take on Disney's High School Musical. The show's creator, Ryan Murphy, has discovered a way to unite Disney's HSM with the edginess of his previous show, Nip Tuck. As sensational as this sounds, one cannot ignore the stereotypes that also burden Murphy's Glee, and it is unclear whether the creator has used them intentionally to mock these stereotypes in an artistic fashion. In addition, while shows like Glee are entertaining, it is important that viewers watch this sensation with a critical eye, and be able to decipher the differences between reality and fiction, and not use images in Glee as material to base opinions of others.
Where one wall falls, another will be unceremoniously built in its place. As the University community partakes in a week-long series of events commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall, a new ideological wall is taking form. The chief perpetrator: Iran. The Berlin Wall fell in November 1989, marking the end of the Cold War and years filled with fears of nuclear eradication. The world watched as Berlin, a city divided East and West by the Wall, was reunited. The University community, along with 25 other schools, has joined the "Freedom Without Walls" campaign to mark the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. News of a recently discovered uranium enrichment facility in Iran threatens a new partition in an increasingly hostile world.
Half-baked. This term best describes not only dining hall food, but also the new idea of a "reusable to-go container". A little known fact about our current disposable containers and utensils is that they are not biodegradable. Our current containers are made from corn, and according to a 2006 Smithsonian article "Corn Plastic to the Rescue", are only biodegradable when they are sent to "a large facility where compost - essentially plant scraps being digested by microbes into fertilizer - reaches 140 degrees for ten consecutive days... But in reality very few consumers have access to the sort of composting facilities that can make that happen." Kendall Singleton, Dining Service's Sustainability Coordinator, points out that the large-scale facility used by the University "currently cannot accept Dining's corn-based plastics, and so they're ending up in the landfill, which of course is designed to inhibit as much decomposition as possible." She is "in the process of reviewing this issue, and may be asking our supplier to revert back to recyclable plastic." In this regard, I support the new reusable containers; however, this plan needs to be better organized.