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(10/25/02 4:00am)
GUILTY. When I returned from out of town this weekend to find an e-mail from a friend in my inbox telling me the verdict of the Boyd trial, I didn't know what to say. I think I just stared at my computer for a minute or so. Given the -- I am now starting to see, somewhat slanted -- evidence I had been made aware of up to this point, this verdict seemed unthinkable, an atrocity. After reading and hearing about that which took place in the trial, can I say conclusively that Boyd was innocent? No. Would I say that the investigation leading up to his trial was incomplete and highly detrimental to the defense? Certainly. Will I say that Boyd is entitled to a truly fair trial in the appeals process? Absolutely. It is doubtful that anyone would openly oppose this idea. However, ensuring a fair appeals trial for Boyd is not necessarily as simple of a matter as one might initially imagine.
(10/18/02 4:00am)
The Honor Committee at the University identifies its sole objective as the pursuit of truth. Its treasured poem and motto, "The Honor Men," assures its readers that members of the system are dedicated to "track no man to his undeserved hurt." Despite the dissent of many of my peers, I have trusted in the legitimacy of these claims for my last three years at this University. I have wanted to believe in the justice and the goodness of the system, and knowing that small errors should not be held to delegitimize an entire tradition -- especially one with such noble aspirations -- I have given it many liberties. This is why it is with great sadness and disillusionment that I must sit and write this column today.
(10/11/02 4:00am)
Picture this: A woman is standing alone at night on the side of the road. She flags down a man passing by, and offers herself to him in prostitution. Should he accept her solicitation, she climbs into his car and soon after, she will shoot him with the .22-caliber pistol she keeps in her purse. Now picture that she does this, not once, but six times, until she is finally caught. Surely by disregarding others 'human rights in such a way, this woman has forfeited her rights, and the state should have no problem ending the life of one who was so bold as to take it from others far more innocent than she. A tempting explanation to embrace; after all, we have all been raised on fairy tales in which the bad guy always gets his due. But let's step back for a second.
(09/27/02 4:00am)
When I accepted admission here, I was excited to come to a community where -- unlike my high school -- people couldn't make outrageous claims without having someone demand that they answer for their beliefs. I am already a third year, and overall, I have been happy with the level of intelligence and personal responsibility displayed by students and faculty at the University. That is, until last Monday. After being spoiled by an environment made up of mostly reasonable people for the last three years, you can imagine my surprise when I walked into class a week and a half ago to find a newer, larger, scarier version of the highly self-righteous yet poorly informed kids from my high school not only in my class, but leading it.
(09/20/02 4:00am)
AS ONE of the few conservative Cavalier Daily columnists and open member of the -- ahem -- "God Squad," I guess I should have caught on earlier to Kelly King's Sept. 10 column, "It takes all kinds to be in the V-Club," especially due to all that time freed up in my schedule by not having sex. Luckily, other members of the Christian Army who were not so negligent, picked up on it pretty fast and alerted me to its existence. And I read it. And -- surprise, surprise -- I was none too pleased.
(09/19/02 4:00am)
MY DAD is a teacher. My mom is a teacher. I have a little sister who is a senior in high school and getting ready to go off to college in a few short months, and I live in a part of the country where the cost of living is at nearly its peak. Needless to say, money is not in abundance in the Parcells household these days. Therefore, you can imagine my chagrin last spring when I heard the news that due to the, ahem -- Virginia -- budget crisis, out-of-state tuition for University students was being raised 8 percent. However, my anger had slowly subsided until Tuesday when I picked up The Cavalier Daily and saw talk of yet another tuition hike staring back at me. Given the dire economic straits in which the Commonwealth of Virginia finds itself, a tuition hike may be neccesary. But should it be implemented, there are a few very important restrictions that need to apply.
(09/02/02 4:00am)
During my past year at the University I lived without a car at 2112 -- a.k.a. the end of -- Jefferson Park Avenue, which, as all upperclassmen know and first years will soon find out, is possibly the worst idea ever. Combine this with involvement in a million activities and a roommate who made being home about as much fun as dental surgery without Novocaine and you have a situation where spending all day on Grounds was not an option. It was a necessity. The libraries, where I could do work, write papers and print them out, were my only saving graces. With our huge body of students, I'm sure there are many this year who can relate.
(08/26/02 4:00am)
IMAGINE my surprise when, upon arriving home from work one day early this summer, I found a new car waiting for me in my driveway. I was overcome with happiness, and it wasn't until the thought of bringing this car back to school at the end of the summer crossed my mind that I wanted to hand the gift back to my father.
(07/22/02 4:00am)
HERE IS a question that every first year should have to answer prior to their arrival at the University this August: What does a kind, considerate, loyal individual have in common with a self-centered, dishonest or even mean-spirited person? Despite the fact that most bright, new acceptees would automatically assume the answer here to be an unequivocal "nothing," there is, unfortunately something that these two hypothetical people do have in common: They both look exactly the same on the first day of school.
(04/22/02 4:00am)
IT SHOULD be no secret that the female community at U.Va. faces many problems. What is most upsetting about the situation of women here is that what is most lacking, as a friend of mine so aptly put it, is, "U.Va.- women's' concern for other women [on Grounds]." In recognition of this problem, the women of this university need to come together and make fostering a stronger and more cohesive female community at the University a priority. While this process will, no doubt, be slow and require many steps, it is a cause worthy of the great effort it will require. One of the first and most important steps in this process is to establish a support network for first- year women that would at once make them feel more comfortable in their environment, become more connected to and aware of Groups, and give them an overall better understanding of the University and the dangers and opportunities that it presents.
(04/15/02 4:00am)
PICTURE this: You're down on the Corner. You're really hungry, but you're totally broke. You're wondering what to do when all of a sudden you see Thomas Hall coming down the street. You know he's supposed to be a pretty nice guy, and even though you have never really met him, you go up to him and ask him to spot you some cash. He considers it for a second or so, and then gives you the money. You tell him about your dire financial situation, and out of the goodness of his heart he decides to get together with the rest of the Honor Committee and give you money every week for the rest of the year to buy your lunch. About a month into this arrangement, you are convicted of an honor offense. In response, not only does Thomas pull some strings and allow you to stay at the University, but he also continues to give you your weekly allowance. While this irrational behavior seems nothing short of absurd, it is exactly the type of policy that many have been clamoring for the government to adopt in regard to student financial aid.
(04/08/02 4:00am)
ALL RIGHT, I am warning you. Some of you super-liberals might want to sit down before you read this. I am about to say something that is - much to my dismay - denied with disturbing and, to be honest, somewhat baffling obstinacy these days: Everything is not OK. That's right, you heard me. I know moral-relativism is en-vogue right now, but things are getting more than a little out of control. I think it's about time for that conservative backlash - that, sorry kids, w_as inevitably coming sooner or later - to kick in. Maybe we haven't hit rock bottom yet, but Judith Levine's new book "Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children from Sex," sure shows signals that impact is near.
(03/25/02 5:00am)
A FEW WEEKS ago, a handful of students from the Architecture School - who are no doubt regretting their actions right now - had a party. Tim Lovelace thought that it was racist. Anthony Dick thought it wasn't. Both articulated their viewpoints well in The Cavalier Daily over the course of the last two weeks. The question of who is right in regard to this issue is hard to say. Anyone willing to intelligently and objectively look at the two arguments posed will be forced to admit that there are merits to both. However, the situation is no longer this simple. On Friday, signs were posted up around Grounds attacking The Cavalier Daily and Anthony Dick as racist.
(03/04/02 5:00am)
"I'M GOING to f*** you hard." Wow, what? Did you just read that? Yup, you did. Seems pretty offensive and senseless, doesn't it? Anybody laughing? I didn't think so. But wait, let's try this scenario: Add a few inches to my height, subtract about 40 points from my I.Q., give me a penis and a contract with Saturday Night Live, and pretend I am talking to a random female University student whom I don't know. Funny yet? I don't think so, but apparently Tracy Morgan would disagree, and he made anyone who was unfortunate enough to have purchased a ticket to his "comedy" show last Friday night painfully aware of that fact. Morgan's show, above and beyond being an embarrassment to the University, is representative of a dangerous trend that has been developing in recent years. His humor, based solely on shock value, unapollogetically perpetuates a disturbing, thoughtless, and immoral system of "values" in our society, which needs to be quickly recognized and combated.
(02/25/02 5:00am)
TODAY could turn out to be a very important day in the long and rich history of the University of Virginia. Today, the student body has the opportunity to vote on a pivotal amendment to our honor code. The measure would allow students to confess to an honor offense after they have been reported and suffer a three-semester suspension from the University rather than the current punishment of expulsion. Due to the importance of this amendment and the solid logic behind it, it is our duty as students to vote, and to vote in favor of its implementation.
(02/18/02 5:00am)
DESPITE the tendency of the "U.Va. Bubble" to cut students off from the outside world, most of us at the University are, at the very least, vaguely aware that Virginia is in some financial trouble. For those of you who have somehow managed to miss the boat on this one, here is the basic situation: Gov. Mark R. Warner currently is facing the problem of reconciling a $3.5 billion budget deficit, which he will have to deal with over the next two and a half years.
(02/08/02 5:00am)
HOLD ON to your lunches kids, it's that time again. That's right, Valentine's Day. As Feb. 14 once more approaches, some of us buy pink and red doily-covered cards and overpriced chocolate, while others run screaming from Hallmark's money-making creation. Taking a more extreme path than the usual scoffs and slanders of Valentine's Day haters, former U.Va. Professor E. Mavis Hetherington has decided upon the most disillusioning path imaginable. In her newly published book "For Better or Worse: Divorce Reconsidered," she informs us that divorce might not be such a bad idea after all.
(01/25/02 5:00am)
THE UNIVERSITY of Virginia prides itself on tradition. We cling to every word that Thomas Jefferson ever uttered like our lives depend on it, and few would deny that our school has a deep respect - far more so than that of most colleges of our day - for the history of both our University, our nation and for those who helped to shape them for the better. Yet somehow, Monday, Jan. 21, 2002 managed to pass by the University with little if any notice from the administration and student body.
(01/18/02 5:00am)
AS WE ALL return from Christmas vacation to begin a new semester here at U.Va. - a clean slate if you will -, I want to take the opportunity this week to do something that I don't usually do: I want to tell a story. While my editors are no doubt grinding their teeth at this liberty that I have taken, I feel that what I have to say here far transcends anything I could ever write about class registration or faculty hiring freezes. This is quite possibly the most important piece of writing I will ever do.
(11/30/01 5:00am)
I HAVE never been a big fan of Cosmopolitan magazine. I don't really think that the - ahem - "values" system it promotes is necessarily one that we as a society want to be embracing, nor did I ever buy into the common argument it was just "harmless fun" and has no influence on society. Call me uptight if you wish, but as many psychologists would argue, environment is a huge - some would say the primary - factor in the shaping of individuals. Cosmo, sadly, is a fairly influential part of the environment in which girls mature in the modern age. Despite all of this, I have bitten my lip when I occasionally crossed paths with one of the monthly issues glorifying promiscuous sex and superficiality. One particular article in the December 2001 issue crossed the line, however, and I am not shutting up anymore.