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(09/17/07 4:00am)
FOR STUDENTS, there are definite penalties for being late. Whether this is a deduction of a letter grade for turning in an essay after its deadline or a specified number of tardies allotted each semester, being late can have a significant impact on a student's grade in a course. Unfortunately, on the opposite end of the spectrum, if a professor walks into class late or fails to post reading assignments on his Web site by the time that he tells his students, no repercussions or system of enforcement exist to prevent the act from happening again.
(09/03/07 4:00am)
AS HONEST as most students try to be with their academic work, many may be cheating without even realizing it.? While the most common forms of cheating brought to trial concern collaboration on tests and plagiarism, there is another form of cheating that plagues this university but rarely, if ever, goes to trial.
(04/25/07 4:00am)
IN BUILDING a memorial for the World Trade Center, we must remember that the events of September 11, 2001 still remain close in the hearts of many people. On April 19, Alice Greenwald, the director of the World Trade Center Memorial Museum, visited Grounds to give a presentation on the memorial and the museum. Greenwald explained that the memorial as well as the museum will be on the same site, Ground Zero. This combination is meant to separate the sight into two separate spaces with two very different purposes, however, the current site plan has intrinsic flaws in its efforts to keep history and commemoration entities.
(04/18/07 4:00am)
THE LAWN. Only those who dedicate the greatest amount of time to the University, receive the best grades and get the least amount of sleep have a chance at living in one of the 54 prestigious Lawn rooms. The University prides itself on tradition when it comes to the Lawn, epitomized by the recent student and faculty uproar over Bob Sweeney's eligibility to live in one of the pavilions. With this in mind, it is important to remember that, traditionally, Lawn rooms were designed to be double occupancy rooms to be occupied by all students at the University. The student-governed selection process currently in place maintains as much tradition as is possible with an expanded University, but the early application deadline as well as the current single occupancy of Lawn rooms detracts from the Lawn selection's legitimacy.
(04/04/07 4:00am)
BARRING some Christian radicals who still support organized Christian prayer in public schools, most members of modern society realize the clear immorality of forcing Christian prayer upon children of other faiths. However, many school districts across the nation disagree over the topic of moments of silence, with critics arguing that the Christian majority will somehow manipulate organized silence into organized prayer. This argument fails to recognize that a moment of silence permits students of all religious and secular backgrounds to do what they wish with the time as long they do not infringe upon the rights of others.The moment of silence is not religious, benefits students of all beliefs, and makes a great addition to the school day in all public schools.
(03/29/07 4:00am)
TRANSFER STUDENTS provide the University with a different perspective and social dynamic that could not be achieved in an environment of exclusively traditional students. Attracting applicants searching for less expensive alternatives to their current institutions and high achieving students from lower ranked colleges and universities, the transfer program adds another important facet to the University community and diversifies the student body. However, with a Virginia law mandating that all four-year institutions maintain guaranteed admissions programs with Virginia Community Colleges, these new transfers need not demonstrate high academic performance other than a 3.4 GPA and the completion of the core class equivalences such as 12 credits of math or science, a non-western perspective, etc. to gain admission to the University.
(03/14/07 4:00am)
WHEN SOMEONE asks the question "What time is it?" there should only be one answer.While daylight saving time intends to save energy through shifting daylight hours to more productive hours of the day, Congress' regulation of daylight saving time sparks a concern for the uniformity of time keeping. However, under the Uniform Time Act of 1966 which institutes daylight saving time, Congress threatens time's uniformityin two ways. First, lenient policies as to who has to follow daylight saving time create differences in time keeping from state to state, and second amendments to the bill that have changed the duration of daylight saving time through the past century.
(02/28/07 5:00am)
KING GEORGE II was the last English king to lead troops into battle -- in 1743. Kings and princes no longer prove themselves worthy leaders through great military successes. While Eisenhower proved himself as a leader by his prowess on the battlefield, he was not a public figure beforehand. But now, Prince Harry has graduated from military school and wants to fight on the front lines of Iraq.
(02/21/07 5:00am)
BRITNEY Spears's haircut, no matter how extravagant, is not newsworthy. News delivers pertinent information about recent events to a large audience so that as a society, people can be more informed about the events that affect them. Clearly, a haircut is not news because it has an affect on only one person: the individual who received the trim. However, since news conglomerates such as CNN and Fox News have decided to dedicate prime news time to her buzz cut, it is once again time to evaluate the downfall of modern news companies.
(02/14/07 5:00am)
CAMPING out, regardless of what people may think, has not always been the method for obtaining entry into men's basketball games. As a former student and current Associate Director of Athletics for Facilities and Operations, Jason Bauman can attest to the old ticketing system's downfalls. Students once dropped off a self-addressed envelope at the Newcomb Ticket Office and then wait for a week, hoping to get a ticket in the mail. After that, the system involved swiping into U-Hall with a student ID, causing the walkway to U-Hall to turn into a campground, with extension cords running into Onesty Hall to attach to space heaters outside in student's tents. However, the Athletics Department has finally developed SHOTS: the best student ticketing system anywhere in college basketball.
(02/09/07 5:00am)
JOHN PAUL Jones Arena's gameday procedures have been criticized for being absolutely awful. From students being required to have their tickets on them at all times to long, chaotic lines outside of the arena, many students think that they could do a better job managing the 15,000 occupants that attend each men's basketball game. They cannot.
(01/26/07 5:00am)
IN HONOR of Mr. Jefferson, who never obtained a Ph.D., students at the University refer to all of their professors as Mister and Misses regardless of doctoral status. But perhaps students should remember that the 608 slaves that Jefferson owned in his lifetime called the Jeffersons Master and Ma'am. While Jefferson was indeed a remarkable man with many talents, our reverence for him should not blind America from the truth behind his ownership of slaves.
(01/19/07 5:00am)
SORRY, AL Gore: We aren't causing global warming. A change in the earth's temperature does not mean that humans are responsible just like a shrunken, blood covered leather glove doesn't mean that O.J. is innocent. Why can't liberals just relax and enjoy the beautiful weather that we have been blessed with over the past few weeks? I got to play tennis with no shirt on in the middle of winter thanks to the wonderful temperature in the low 60s. But before any failed presidential candidates go and make a movie about it, let's consider the fact that, www.wunderground.com, an online weather service and almanac, shows that 40 years ago, the temperature on December 11, 1966 was actually five degrees warmer than it was last month. Ironically, 1966 was also the year in which the (now defunct) theory of global cooling was first brought out into the public view.
(12/01/06 5:00am)
"THAT GIRL over there is hot."
(11/30/06 5:00am)
"THAT GIRL over there is hot."
(11/17/06 5:00am)
RUSHING the court is pointless. Plain and simple. As the men's basketball game against Arizona came to a close last week, the excitement built as people started to realize that we had a fighting chance to with the game and upset the number 10 team in the country. While I admit I was excited, I was in no hurry to rush onto a brand new court in a brand new arena with thousands of people pushing from behind me.
(11/10/06 5:00am)
THE STATE of Virginia has taken upon itself to pass an amendment that writes hatred and discrimination into the state constitution with the passage of the Marshall-Newman Amendment. But unless another amendment is passed (one that revokes the first amendment of the United States Constitution), there is no reason why the Supreme Court of the United States should not overturn this measure as unconstitutional.
(11/03/06 5:00am)
DON'T VOTE if you are not educated about the issues at hand or the particular candidates. It's that simple. While many claim that it is the duty of American citizens to vote, it is first and foremost Americans' duty to stay away from the polling booth if they have no idea about what is going on in the country and the world. "Rock the Vote," an organization dedicated to register young voters and increase voter turnout, has been popularized by MTV over the last few years.However, the organization demeans democracy by promoting uneducated voting and providing people with intensely biased information about specific issues via its Web site.
(10/20/06 4:00am)
DO YOU think that a Cavalier Daily column on breast milk would be obscure or out of place in a collegiate newspaper? You aren't alone. In fact, 100 percent of my editors thought so. But according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the average age for a woman to have her first child in the United states is about 25 years old. How many girls out there have already imagined their perfect wedding day -- complete with guests, bridesmaids, dinner menus and, of course, the dress? If the college years are an appropriate time to plan a wedding, then it is most definitely early enough to plan for both you and your child's health, and breast-feeding is an important component of healthy babies and mothers.
(10/06/06 4:00am)
GROWING up in New York City, I learned that even with the largest police force in the country surrounding me, it was still necessary for me to take precautionary measures to ensure my own safety. Right now, we're experiencing the same scenario in Charlottesville. It is ridiculous and idiotic to think that just because we are on a college campus that we are immune from all criminal activity. Only with the combined efforts of the student body as well as the police department can we make Grounds a safer place.