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(04/07/14 4:21am)
Computer science undergraduate enrollment in America is on the rise for the fifth straight year. This statistic, however, masks the true nature of the computer science crisis in America. The truth is that in the next 10 years there will be around one million more jobs than student graduates in the computer science industry. Moreover, women have become less and less involved in the field, diminishing the human resources available.
(03/28/14 4:01am)
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is once again using television and marketing rights fees to rake in cash. The multi-billion dollar industry, however, continues to deny student-athletes simple rights such as selling their own autographs and fails to provide significant aid in the cases of athletic injuries.
(03/21/14 5:22am)
Starting in the spring of 2016, students will encounter a revamped SAT that aims to be more “focused and useful” than ever before. The SAT makeover, however, won’t change the fact that SATs continue to be a faulty predictor of college success. For this reason, over 800 American colleges and universities have become test-optional or test-flexible, and the University should join the ranks.
(03/07/14 6:03am)
The University Board of Election (UBE) results were announced last week, and like many other clubs on grounds, The Cavalier Daily managing board took to the long-held practice of endorsing student government candidates. This tradition for our newspaper, despite its prevalence in national elections, needs to go.
(02/21/14 5:57am)
This past week, Professor Larry Sabato officially announced what he had previously told his current American Politics 1010 class — that next year he will discontinue teaching his ever-popular introductory class. The announcement came after 35 years of teaching thousands of students. Nevertheless, Sabato made the right decision to step down from his intro class, and it is important that other high-profile professors consider following suit.
(02/14/14 9:24pm)
First introduced in 1852, fraternities are an integral part of the University’s culture. They represent networks and brotherhoods that provide an unparalleled experience for students; however, for the majority of their history, they have been filled with predominantly white students.
(02/07/14 4:21am)
From his many physical statues to his renowned “academical village,” Thomas Jefferson has an undeniable presence on Grounds. But how much do we really know about our University’s founding father? Naturally, Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence, presidency, Louisiana Purchase and — of course — this great University stand out as some of his major accomplishments. Yet we rarely hear about any of his personal life outside of Monticello. Moreover, we are often told little of his ideologies beyond his support for democracy and an agrarian society.
(01/31/14 1:00am)
I love rivalries. They bring out the best and worst in me, especially in sports.
(01/24/14 12:33am)
Mars: ““The Next Giant Leap for Mankind”:http://www.mars-one.com.” The Mars One website, which promotes its mission to colonize Mars through phrases like this, is doing everything it can to get the message out, and so far it has worked.
(01/17/14 1:28am)
There are few universities that begin their semesters with a class-picking strategy known as a “shopping period.” This shopping period, available at universities such as Harvard, Yale and Brown, involves a span of two weeks or so in which students can freely attend as many classes as they desire in order to determine which courses they wish to take during the coming semester.
(12/02/13 2:40am)
I’ve never been much of a technology guy. I take notes in class with a notebook and a pencil. I have never read a book on a Kindle or a Nook. And I didn’t have an iPhone or laptop until I came to college. Yet I cannot help but notice that whenever I enter a lecture hall, I see scores of screens light up the room. As finals approach, I expect plenty of students studying will turn to their laptops rather than their notebooks and textbooks.
(11/22/13 2:48am)
In 1979, the Chinese government adopted a one-child family planning policy in hopes of limiting population growth and keeping the Chinese population in check. For the most part, the policy was successful, preventing around 400 million births that would undoubtedly have drained China’s resources and living space as well as harmed the environment.
(11/15/13 4:10am)
How close are we to a society where there is a 3-D printer in almost every household? Now with the click of a button, you can create any object you desire: clothes, books, glasses, jewelry or food.
Unfortunately, it is not as close to an affordable level as we may hope, but the 3-D printing movement is growing by the day.
(11/08/13 3:56am)
I don’t care if you’re an Echols scholar. I don’t care if you got a great writing SAT score, and I don’t care if you got a 5 on your AP English Language exam. There should be no exemptions from the first writing requirement.
(11/01/13 12:47am)
In my ideal gubernatorial race, we’d have three candidates — each with an equal shot at winning the popular vote. They’d each present their positions on important topics, have deep intellectual debates, and the candidate with the most people supporting his or her positions would win. However, there is no such thing as an ideal election and seemingly no such thing as a “fair race” either.
(10/25/13 2:48am)
Sports fans, more often than not, are crazy. We spend hundreds upon hundreds of dollars on sports gear, autographs and tickets without batting an eye. We scream and yell at the television, and form fantasy leagues just so we can find new ways to root for specific players. So it would only seem logical that the company Fantex has recently started offering trading stock in Houston Texans running back Arian Foster. For a mere $10, you can now own a piece of a professional athlete — a piece of his future income, that is.
(10/18/13 4:49am)
Boys and girls learn differently. Ever since preschool — at least from my experience — it seems that girls have been better at reading and boys have been better at math and science. Stereotypes aside, studies of the brain have shown that male and female brains differ in how they develop and how they process language. The controversial realm of single-sex education caters toward these learning differences.
(10/04/13 12:42am)
The University of Virginia was the last choice on my list of six schools, and likely wasn’t even on the list of most of my peers. In the small suburb south of Boston that I come from, the overachievers seek the best, and most of them aren’t disappointed. Yet, I don’t understand how students that don’t even rank in the top 10 percent (top 30) of my class make it to schools like Wash-U St. Louis, Cornell and Vanderbilt, schools that somehow, according to U.S. News and World Report, are ranked 14th,16th and 17th in the country, respectively.
(09/13/13 12:55pm)
Enlisting the help of Saturday Night Live alums, Hulu’s crack at original programming may have seemed poised for greatness. Unfortunately, “The Awesomes” is little more than a cartoon spoof of superheroes, which is better done in the movie “The Avengers.” The brief flashes of humor are SNL-like in nature, as the characters mock contemporary culture, but don’t often follow through. The show does have its moments, but “The Awesomes” by no means lives up to its name.