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(11/21/03 5:00am)
As I stand about to forever sign off from The Cavalier Daily in the name of general fourth-year debaucheries, thesis writing and -- dun-dun-dun -- job searching, I would like to take this last opportunity to offer some words of encouragement to my fellow classmates.
(11/07/03 5:00am)
Given Jesus Christ's radically inclusive nature, his followers sure do have trouble getting the whole tolerance thing down.
(10/31/03 5:00am)
When discussing recent suicide bombings of the Red Cross in Baghdad earlier this week, President George W. Bush was quoted as saying, "it's the same mentality [driving these bombers] that attacked us on September 11, 2001."
(10/24/03 4:00am)
Here in America, where "all men are created equal," we like to believe we have overcome arbitrary inequality. In case our country's long history of creating and perpetuating social and economic hierarchies -- complete with ample rewards and devastating penalties -- wasn't enough to keep us from buying into this delusion, yet another example of the inequity embedded in our social and political structures surfaced last month in the great state of Nebraska.
(10/17/03 4:00am)
For many, it is common practice these days to claim that gender inequality is a historical phenomenon. Proof of this, advocates argue, lies (as one example) in the fact that women now make up roughly 50 percent of the national undergraduate body. However, a recently released Duke study shows that to see figures of this nature as sufficient evidence that "things are OK," is (whether deliberately or not) quite foolish. While these often-cited statistics are indications of positive development, what we need to understand, what more mainstream scholars are beginning to evidence and what Duke's study proves, is that that there is a lot more to gender equality than mere numbers.
(10/03/03 4:00am)
It is hard to miss talk about the Individual Rights Coalition around Grounds these days. Despite the fact that the new group has already become the center of controversy, many students remain uniformed about what it is really advocating. According to the information provided on their Web site, the IRC commits itself to protecting free speech, thought and action at the University. While this might sound nice, it holds many more implications than one may initially surmise.
(09/12/03 4:00am)
Our nation has come a long way in the last hundred years in regard to practicing an equal view of its citizens instead of just preaching one. We've seen the death of Jim Crow, the rise of the Civil Rights Movement and a vast improvement in the condition of women. The United States has even gone so far as to back programs such as affirmative action that make an effort to begin repaying our debt to history. Unfortunately, even in light of all of these positive developments, some people apparently still want to turn back the clock.
(09/05/03 4:00am)
It's a crazy, mixed up world down in Washington these days. Black is white, up is down. Renaming French fries "Freedom Fries" is seen as a good idea, and one of the most intelligent schemes to come out of the Bush administration -- the Pentagon's issuing of futures on terrorist attacks -- is deemed an atrocity. Woooooonderful.
(08/29/03 4:00am)
THERE has been a lot of talk about sex in the Commonwealth lately. Well, not so much the sex itself, but rather what comes next: the "morning after." Ever since Del. Robert G. Marshall mailed letters to ten Virginia institutions of higher learning in March encouraging them to cease their distribution of emergency contraception, the topic has been hot. Amid all the clamor, what's a poor U.Va. student to think?
(07/21/03 4:00am)
FOR THREE years I have been writing for this paper, and for three years I have been giving the same advice in my annual mail-out column. Being the type-A control freak that I am, my former columns have dripped of warnings: take everything slowly, don't commit yourself to activities or people early on, and don't assume you know who you are or what you want.
(07/10/03 4:00am)
LIVING the privileged lives of University students, it often -- if not always -- proves easy to forget the world outside of the "U.Va. bubble." Though we often shy away from issues suggesting a less than perfect world (both on our campus and off) humor me for a moment:
(02/14/03 5:00am)
Election posters flap in the wind. Chalked messages riddle University sidewalks. University Career Services internship and career e-mails fill our inboxes. The weeks before the announcement of selection decisions for everything from scholarship opportunities and awards to lawn residency for next year tick down to days. It's that time of year again, and the pressure's on.
(02/07/03 5:00am)
Doubtless to the chagrin of many University students, the face of one of their most loved traditions may be about to change. After having their liquor license revoked by the Commonwealth on Jan. 31, J. Benjamin Dick and other Foxfield bigwigs have entered into a marriage of convenience with their traditional enemy, ABC, and the effects of this alliance promise to show at this year's event.
(01/31/03 5:00am)
Few issues are more controversial at the University than that its racial climate.Looking merely at the last year, we see steps towards reconciliation, and we see leaps backward. We have observed the successful growth of Sustained Dialogue, a small group-discussion-oriented program, but at the same time have witnessed race-relations forums explode into anger, and controversial Cavalier Daily editorials spark widespread protest. Immediately prior to Christmas break, a highly controversial and seemingly aggressive edition of the Virginia Advocate was released, and after a year of what at times seemed like constant battle, many minority students doubtlessly returned to their homes this winter feeling frustrated and misunderstood.
(01/24/03 5:00am)
ABORTION. It is a word that has been on the lips of many individuals in the last few weeks, both at the University and throughout the nation as a whole. As different groups in America celebrate and mourn the recently passed 30th anniversary of Roe v. Wade -- the pivotal 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion -- all must grasp that there is a distinct possibility that with a Congress and Presidency controlled by the Republican party, this controversial decision could be overturned in the somewhat near future.
(01/17/03 5:00am)
Modern American "culture," permeated with shows like "Blind Date" and "Joe Millionaire," seems to have few scruples about deriving entertainment from the exploitation of human weakness. Apparently, just so long as it is someone else's human weakness that is the object of mockery. As demonstrated by West Virginia fans and students throughout the days following the University's Dec. 28 victory over their football team, for a society made up of individuals so eager to criticize our fellow man, people can be awfully touchy.
(11/22/02 5:00am)
THERE is a word floating around the University that has been on the lips of out-of-state students for years. It is a word no one seems to want to hear, much less discuss. It is a word that has become virtual profanity at this University, but it is time that someone said it outright and without shame: Privatization.
(11/15/02 5:00am)
"DO YOU think girls have
anything to offer the
boy scouts? We have the right to choose and associate with who we please." These are the words of Hootie Johnson, chairman of Augusta National (the golf club where the Masters are held every April), in response to the accusation that he believes women have nothing to offer his golf club.
(11/08/02 5:00am)
Recently, at Central College in Iowa, Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship forced one of its members, Brad Clark, to step down from his leadership position due to his newly publicized homosexuality. In wake of this decision, the college's Student Senate debated whether, given this discrimination, they should continue to recognize Inter-Varsity Fellowship's affiliation with the College, and -- after a heated debate -- eventually decided to continue its recognition of the organization.
(10/31/02 5:00am)
RECENTLY, Phi Delta Alpha (formerly Phi Delta Theta)
Fraternity lost its charter at the University of Virginia. However, not wanting to officially leave Greek life, the former "Phi Delt" (now known as the "Phi Society") has begun to seek recognition from the IFC as a local fraternity (i.e., a fraternity with no national affiliation). An amendment to allow local fraternities into the IFC was introduced to the presidents of all IFC fraternities last Thursday, but has not yet been passed. It is crucial that this amendment be struck down.