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(09/25/12 4:14am)
With 42 days left until the general election, the contest and the
political attacks are getting more heated by the day. Governor Mitt Romney recently came under fire for remarks he made on the campaign trail that were secretly recorded and subsequently published by Mother Jones, a liberal magazine.
(09/18/12 1:50am)
This past Wednesday, the 12th, saw two white police officers cleared of racial profiling. The internal investigation was conducted in response to claims of racial profiling made by famous director, actor, screenwriter and author Tyler Perry. Perry, who has a pretty recognizable name, especially considering it is featured in the title of most of his work, was pulled over on February 24th in southwest Atlanta after he made an illegal left turn from a right lane. The two officers, both white, questioned Perry, who explained he made the turn in order to ensure he was not being followed. The officers, neither of whom recognized Perry, asked why he would he think he was being followed, then asked him to step out of the car. A black officer arrived shortly thereafter and informed the white officers about Perry’s celebrity status.
(09/12/12 4:25am)
When it came time for me to sit down and write my column for this week, I was at a loss. I was surprised to feel that, two weeks into school, I had no big opinion regarding the University at all worth transcribing. President Teresa Sullivan’s story had been covered from all angles, and I knew of nothing else going on, so I turned to local, national and international news and was startled at how much was going on in the world that I had missed since returning to school.
(09/04/12 3:10am)
These past two weeks have been really busy for me and classes have only been part of the problem. Reading over syllabi and reviewing things I learned last semester have not kept me up late. The greatest challenge I am likely to face this semester, with the possible exception of physics, is fulfilling my obligations to the various clubs and activities that I’ve become a part of since I first stepped on Grounds roughly one year ago.
(04/25/12 1:48pm)
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(04/24/12 9:51am)
As my first year at the University heads into its final weeks, I have started to look back at the opportunities I did or did not take advantage of. Some of the year is a blur - late nights with friends and early mornings for Navy ROTC. But there is a number of experiences which stand out to me. Keeping my grades up while juggling NROTC was not an easy task, so I take some pride in that. Right up there with this accomplishment is writing for The Cavalier Daily. If there is one choice I am glad I made during this year, it is choosing to try out for this newspaper. And it is a choice I would encourage anyone who is even remotely interested to make.
(04/10/12 8:56am)
The debate about President Obama's health care reform law has heated up in recent weeks as the Supreme Court case reviewing its \nconstitutionality has moved forward. The case, which is unlikely to be decided until June, if any time at all within the next two to three years, will appear quite differently depending on which news station one happens to be watching. The potential outcome has been forecast as either a certain strike-down of the law or an equally certain nod to the law's constitutionality.
(03/27/12 7:18am)
The following monikers are the Secret Service code names of the only two Republican presidential candidates that I would like to see in the remainder of the Republican primary. Mitt Romney, "Javelin," is the clear frontrunner with 563 delegates. Rick Santorum, "Petrus," is trailing Romney by three hundred delegates. To secure the nomination as Republican presidential candidate, either man needs to gain a total of 1,144 delegates.
(03/20/12 6:45am)
This week I want to make a bid for, and hear feedback on, an idea I have for The Cavalier Daily. To this end, I would appreciate anything that the reader can offer in the way of advice. Here, essentially, is what I want: a short story page in our University's newspaper.
(03/14/12 5:53pm)
The Virginia Supreme Court ruled March 2nd against Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and his renewed attempts to obtain access to the emails and documents used in the research of a former University professor. Michael Mann - who was on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 and is a significant contributor to the theory of anthropomorphic, or man-made, global warming - received tax-payer funded grants from the years 1999 to 2005. Cuccinelli's move to check Mann's research engendered a good deal of backlash, both from the University and members of the scientific community. Many see Cuccinelli's efforts as a kind of witch hunt, malicious and counterproductive. Cuccinelli, for his part, stated: "We were simply trying to review documents that are unquestionably state property to determine whether or not fraud had been committed."
(02/29/12 3:18am)
Early last week, U.S. troops at Bagram Airbase near Kabul literally sparked controversy when they burned several copies of the Qur'an along with garbage. Protests immediately erupted across the country of Afghanistan. Demonstrators gathered outside of Bagram Airbase, chanting "Death to America! Death to the Afghan government! Long live Islam!" Multiple deaths and dozens of injuries followed, including the casualties of two U.S. troops. President Obama attempted to calm the protesters, issuing an apology letter to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, which called the error of the troops who burned the Qur'ans "inadvertent" and said those responsible for doing so would be held accountable.
(02/20/12 5:07am)
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(02/15/12 2:41am)
I read a novel last weekend and thoroughly enjoyed it, especially because, within the first few pages, I found myself reintroduced into the world of recreational reading. Since coming to the University last August, I have not once read for the sake of reading. But I have since noticed some benefits of reading which I had never fully acknowledged, benefits which many college students should appreciate.
(02/07/12 11:06pm)
I hate to make it seem like all I do is watch the local news, but guess what, I do. And so it did not escape my notice that a new bill has made its way through the Virginia House of Delegates and is waiting for the State Senate's verdict. The legislation, House Bill 9, would require that voters present a valid ID to cast their vote come election time. The current laws in place allow for a voter without identification to sign an affidavit that affirms a "registered voter [is] who he claims to be." The new ID bill, in this context, seems to be a rather commonsense measure, so what is the big deal? What actually grabbed my attention was the amount of opposition the bill is facing.
(01/31/12 3:48pm)
STATE Sen. John Edwards, D-Roanoke, recently presented legislation which would offer financial benefits to the dependents of faculty members at public universities in Virginia. These proposed benefits come in the form of 50 percent tuition discounts for dependents if they attend the public university where the faculty member works. The Managing Board ran an editorial "Fair Pay" last Wednesday discussing the legislation. Like the Managing Board, I feel the legislation is faulty; however, I also question whether it is necessary.
(01/24/12 6:18am)
THAT RICK Perry dropped out of the Republican primary race last week is widely known. With the field of candidates narrowing, people are beginning to pick their favorites, and with each passing day it becomes clearer who the frontrunners really are. Among them is Newt Gingrich, who Perry endorsed upon dropping out of the race. This I see as somewhat ironic, considering the contrast which has recently developed between the two men.
(12/01/11 5:52am)
I ALWAYS tend to think inventors are people of the past - creative minds like Edison and Ford who crafted something ambitious and made a dramatic change in our lives. Nowadays, most products are just improvements on previous ones: smaller phones, more data storage, sleeker designs and whatnot. But there are inventors out there who are still doing just what you would imagine they do - inventing.
(11/16/11 5:25am)
THE UNIVERSITY adopted a new regulation concerning the use of concealed firearms last weekend, superseding the policies already in place and bringing the University legally up-to-speed with schools such as George Mason University. This was done in response to Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's opinion about current weapons policy, issued last summer per the request of state Sen. Emmet Hanger, Jr.
(11/09/11 6:54am)
IN HIS guest viewpoint last week ("To infinity and beyond," Nov. 4), David Kwon of the Sierra Student Coalition's Beyond Coal campaign implored the University to live up to its high standards by addressing the problem of the coal-fired power plant here on Grounds and implementing "clean and renewable energy." Kwon went on to describe the effects of coal on public health and deplored the University's continued use of this dirtiest of energies. I think his is a common sentiment, but would like to offer the other, less publicized side of the argument.