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(08/22/13 2:16pm)
Here we are again—some getting back into a familiar routine, and others setting foot on Grounds for the first time. There is some sadness as we leave the long days of summer behind, and there are definitely a good many fears about the upcoming challenges. But more than anything else, I feel a sense of magic.
(04/24/13 3:45am)
In a recent “Lean Forward” ad, MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry advocated for increased investment in public education. The premise of her idea is fine, and fairly mundane. I may disagree about how effective such funding and its allocation has been historically, but I do not see anything radical in a simple rallying call for education spending. Harris-Perry’s rationale for why investment in public education is not high enough, however, is where she deviates from the mainstream. Rather than outlining the benefits of public education, or the dangers to kids and communities a lack of educational opportunities imposes, she points to what she perceives as a problem in the way we as Americans view our children.
(04/17/13 1:04am)
The Cavalier Daily’s Managing Board ran an editorial on April 10 decrying both Liberty University’s 2011 decision to allow students to bring firearms onto campus and Liberty’s more recent decision to permit those loaded firearms into university buildings. The MB has published its disapproval — and, in some cases, near-condescension — for Liberty University and its policies. I hope to offer a reasonable counter in this column.
(04/10/13 2:41am)
The University issued an ultimatum last week, calling on all fraternities to initiate their pledges by 6 p.m. Sunday or risk repercussions from the University and the Inter-Fraternity Council. The University expressed that this demand was not in response to any ongoing investigations into reports of criminal behavior by the fraternities. Regardless of the reason for its ultimatum, I celebrate the University’s effort to rein in the pledging season.
(03/27/13 1:27am)
The topic of rape and sexual assault is not easy to bring up or discuss, but here at the University, broaching tricky topics is somewhat routine. Rape discussion has dominated the media recently because of the conviction of the perpetrators of the Steubenville, Ohio case as well as a similar case emerging in Torrington, Conn. Most of us have friends on Facebook reading and posting about these specific cases or just the topic of sexual assault. Pundits have taken on the issue: celebrating the verdict in Ohio, calling for better treatment of the victim by educational and legal systems and, in some instances, criticizing the “be careful” message that arises around rape and sexual assault cases. It is the criticism of the “be careful” message that concerns me.
(03/20/13 1:45am)
The Conservative Party Action Conference this past weekend provided me with numerous Republican stories about which to write, from filibuster king Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) to rising conservative star Dr. Ben Carson, the keynote speaker at the 2013 National Prayer Breakfast. But the person I want to focus on is Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), chairman of the House Budget Committee. Last week Ryan unveiled the third incarnation of his Path to Prosperity budget proposal. Ryan’s CPAC speech focused on his proposal and outlined the conservative principles on which his budget is based. Understanding Ryan’s budget is important – not because of its overwhelming chances of success, but because it forms a powerful challenge to a Democratic Party and a Democratic president that have failed to make a strong response in terms of fiscal policy.
(02/27/13 3:13am)
This semester has brought to light, for me, a topic that was never really talked about during my first year — suicide. Events of this year, both here at the University and around the country, have demonstrated that suicide is an important topic, one that needs to be understood and openly addressed.
(02/20/13 4:55am)
Earlier this month, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, a Republican candidate for governor, spoke in an introductory politics class at the University. After describing his job as attorney general, Cuccinelli allowed students to ask questions. The students inquired on a wide range of subjects — including marijuana legalization. Cuccinelli’s somewhat ambiguous stance no doubt came as a pleasant surprise to many students, but it was far less appealing to some of Cuccinelli’s more conservative supporters.
(02/12/13 3:38am)
Last week, a group of fourth-year students revealed the lesson they learned from a two-month project they undertook for one of their classes. They discovered that our student ID cards are not that hard to replicate. Several of the students involved in the project advocated a change in the system in order to make students’ ID cards more secure, but such suggestions are unlikely to be implemented, as the Office of Business Operations — which heads the ID card system — does not see fraud as a serious threat. While this stance is not entirely illogical, and there are several reasons why student IDs are unlikely to be exploited, the ease with which IDs can be replicated ultimately demands a change in the current system.
(02/05/13 4:00am)
In these first few weeks of his second term, President Barack Obama is poised to make a terrible mistake: flawed immigration reform. The groundwork for such a reform has been laid by eight senators — four Republicans and four Democrats — and even the president has jumped aboard. The goal: an overhaul of our current immigration system. To this end, the president announced three main areas of focus: improving the current legal immigration process, stricter enforcement of current immigration laws and establishing a “path to citizenship.”
(01/29/13 5:25am)
LAST WEEK, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced that the Pentagon would be lifting its ban on women serving in combat. This announcement has been met with mixed reactions — some are all for it, and others see it as a potentially dangerous decision. So who is right? Should women be on the front lines?
(01/22/13 6:18am)
Martin Luther King Jr. Day has come and gone.
(01/17/13 3:45am)
With the start of the new semester comes plenty of certainties — the grades of last semester are no longer a concern, our living arrangements have been tried and tested over the course of a semester, we know this semester will see warm weather, with summer hot on its heels. And yet, some students do not even know where they are going to live next year.
(12/04/12 5:01am)
A few days ago, my friends and I got into an in-depth discussion on the subject of feminism and the family. It started with an article written by Suzanne Venker and published on Fox News titled “The War on Men.” We had all read the article, either to nod and appreciate what was being said or to scoff at what we saw as garbage. The crux of the article was this: The modern women’s movement has changed gender roles in such a way as to discourage the modern man from seeking marriage.
(11/20/12 2:24am)
Thanksgiving Break starts tomorrow, and for a lot of us it cannot come fast enough. Many of us are leaving Charlottesville today, already drooling over the thought of sleeping in and enjoying home-cooked meals. I certainly count myself among that group of students. For people like me, breaks are a chance to let some responsibility slide — to lay back and enjoy not having always to be somewhere, or do something, at any given time. But for the less responsible among us, breaks are — or are at least seen as — times of greater stress and greater responsibility.
(11/13/12 3:36am)
A week has passed since Election Day, and people from both sides are coming to grips with what the next four years will bring. For my part, I spent most of my Tuesday (and every day after) in a state of general devastation — so much so, that it took me quite some time before I heard another story that was playing out alongside the election. And this one is important, too, as it will play a role in defying or defining the nation we will become.
(11/05/12 3:33am)
The Managing Board, in its editorial “Searching for Mr. Right,” has issued its endorsement of Barack Obama, so it is only natural that I endorse, for what it is worth, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan for president and vice president. After November 6th, we as a country are going to be headed in one of two directions — essentially, we are looking at either a government that believes its right, and duty, is to tax success and provide for all, or a government that champions success and individual responsibility. The Managing Board editorial states that if “students examine the issues that will impact them most immediately,” Obama is the best choice. And I can see how the Managing Board, and college students in general, reached that conclusion.
(10/30/12 8:43am)
Exactly one week to go before Election Day, and almost everyone knows where they stand. Most of us have known from the beginning just how we are going to vote. But both candidates have done their utmost to snag the votes of those who remain undecided. One of their main chances to do this was during the presidential debates. And while the overall impact of the debates is, itself, debatable, I think the way they were conducted deserves a closer look.
(10/16/12 4:33am)
The Cavalier Daily Managing Board’s lead editorial on Thursday addressed an issue that has already grabbed the attention of many Supreme Court junkies. As the editorial indicated, the Court recently heard oral arguments for Fisher v. University of Texas, a Supreme Court case that is causing the Justices to revisit the constitutionality of using race as a consideration in college admission.
(10/02/12 1:24am)
Last Thursday at the United Nations General Assembly, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu again expressed his concerns about an Iran in possession of a nuclear weapon. He urged the assembly to take a definitive stance against Iran’s growing nuclear program, to draw a “clear red line” over which Iran cannot step. This is not the first time Netanyahu has voiced such sentiments, and it is unlikely to be the last. And yet, or so it seems to me, the global community is taking his words less and less seriously, even as his message becomes more and more urgent.