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(11/26/12 2:43am)
The article “Study finds Jefferson Public Citizens programs succeed” published November 14th in The Cavalier Daily cites a study by the Youth-Nex program in the Education School to proudly state that the “Jefferson Public Citizens initiative is accomplishing its objectives to help students develop leadership and communication skills applicable to real-world settings” without pausing to examine critically how the study defines success. The authors describe success purely in terms of the benefits for students — more specifically, the development of leadership and communication skills — without assessing the project’s impact on the communities in which the students implement their projects. This reveals some of the harmful value-judgments behind the JPC program, which values the students’ experience more than the community’s, even though the community has more at stake since it has to live with the consequences of the project.
(03/14/12 5:56pm)
In Denise Taylor's March 13 column "Lights, camera, inaction" she wrote that the KONY 2012 campaign should not be praised because it does not propose a solution aside from increasing awareness of Kony's army of child soldiers. The problems with Invisible Children's campaign, however, extend beyond its strategy of raising awareness, as it actually does propose a specific policy solution in the film: that the 100 U.S. military advisors recently sent to aid Uganda's military not be revoked, even though the Obama administration has shown no indication it wants to bring the troops home.\n \nJust like Invisible Children's methods of raising awareness, its solution of sending troops abroad appeals to white guilt and the colonial - but ever present - notion of the White Man's Burden. While I am happy to see many of my friends interested in a humanitarian issue like Kony's use of child soldiers, it is important to critically look at the political motivations underlying the U.S. interest in Africa and its consequences.
(09/24/10 5:45am)
DESPITE the intense voter registration drives before the 2008 elections, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission estimates that only 82 percent of eligible Virginians are actually registered to vote. That means that 18 percent of Virginians have not claimed their right to vote, excluding themselves from one of the most fundamental aspects of civic participation.