The Cavalier Daily elects editors for the 131st term
(12/09/19 4:31am)
The Cavalier Daily held elections for its 131st term on Saturday, electing third-year College student Nik Popli as editor-in-chief.
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The Cavalier Daily held elections for its 131st term on Saturday, electing third-year College student Nik Popli as editor-in-chief.
November’s election was a historic moment as Democrats regained control of the General Assembly for the first time in a generation, marking a new era for politics in the Old Dominion. Although this shift is reflective of the larger blue wave that has swept across the nation in response to Doanld Trump’s presidency, the outcome of Virginia’s election is especially noteworthy when considering that Republicans held a 67-seat supermajority in the House of Delegates only three years ago.
Clemson cruised past Virginia Saturday night at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C., winning the ACC Championship Game 62-17.
Messages including “DIVEST UVA,” “PEOPLE + PLANET over PROFIT,” “UVA PROFITS OFF DESTRUCTION OF OUR ENVIRONMENT,” “F—k UVA SAVE THE PLANET” and “DIVEST UVA from fossil fuel companies” were found graffitied in chalk across Central Grounds Saturday morning.
No. 1 men’s soccer defeated No. 5 Southern Methodist 3-2 in overtime in the NCAA quarterfinals Friday night. The Cavaliers (20-1-1, 6-1-1 ACC) secured their 20th win courtesy of a goal in the 95th minute by junior midfielder Joe Bell, downing the Mustangs (18-2-1, 5-1-1 AAC).
Like pretty much anything in life, the University is not perfect. I appreciate U.Va. for its knowledgeable and engaging professors, its spirited student body and the beautiful spaces on Grounds. When cheering in the stands at a football game amongst thousands of screaming students clad in orange and blue or while studying in a quiet nook of Alderman library, I often find myself in awe of this community and the wealth of resources it provides students. I am grateful for this college experience that many, due to factors outside of their control, cannot have. But I can love something and still recognize its flaws.
The University Office of Undergraduate Admission released its early decision offers for the Class of 2024 Friday evening. The University offered admission to 749 students, or 35 percent of the 2,157 people who participated in the early decision process, which requires accepted students to attend the University and rescind all other college applications.
Earlier this week, President Donald Trump and other world leaders convened in London for a NATO summit commemorating the military alliance’s 70th anniversary. As predicted, Trump focused his attention on many member countries’ failure to devote 2 percent of their GDP to national defense — a financial obligation for participants in the alliance. The tense meeting came to a tumultuous end on Wednesday, after footage of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau mocking Trump with European leaders came to light. Trump’s abrupt cancellation of the summit’s closing news conference, and his denunciation of Trudeau as “two-faced,” are revealing of the deep-seated disjointedness in the organization.
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Following its first loss of the season against Purdue Wednesday, No. 5 Virginia is set to face No. 7 North Carolina Sunday in a top-10 ACC showdown at John Paul Jones Arena. With both teams coming off of double digit defeats, the Tar Heels (6-2, 1-0 ACC) and the Cavaliers (7-1, 1-0 ACC) will be looking to respond in what should be a high-intensity conference matchup.
A month after the dismissal of a defamation lawsuit brought against her in late May, Assoc. Prof. Jalane Schmidt has begun to question the relationship between public engagement and traditional scholarship at the University.
Though landmark Supreme Court cases such as DC v. Heller and McDonald v. Chicago have enshrined gun ownership as a fundamental right, gun confiscation has quickly progressed into a defining issue for Americans. Years of claims that “nobody is going to take your guns” have quickly turned into “hell yes, we’re going to take your AR-15”, exactly as gun rights advocates have warned.
No. 5 men’s basketball suffered its first defeat of the season Wednesday night, falling to Purdue 69-40. The Cavaliers (7-1, 1-0 ACC) had an abysmal shooting night, shooting just 37 percent from the field, while the Boilermakers (5-3, 0-0 Big Ten) caught fire from the three-point arc, sinking 52 percent of their attempts from deep.
Since the start of Donald Trump’s presidency, the number of international students studying at American universities has dropped precipitously. In the 2018-19 academic year, the number of international students declined by 0.9 percent, which “was smaller than declines of 6.6 and 3.3 percent reported the two years prior.” Though there could be a number of reasons for this decline, the Trump administration's restrictive visa policies as well as negative perceptions of the United States’ political environment, have certainly contributed to the problem.
As climate change is becoming more prevalent in legal conversations around the world, a growing number of nations have begun subscribing to the idea of “environmental personhood.” The concept aims to grant natural resources various legal protections through new legislation and lawsuits. While this idea seems promising, it is being implemented on too small of a scale.
The ACC unveiled its picks for the 2019 all-conference football teams Tuesday morning, and 10 Virginia players were selected across all three teams and honorable mention selections.
The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia has recommended statewide changes to the model for providing financial aid to Virginia universities. The recommended changes are intended to focus on ensuring that schools with larger populations of low-income students are receiving appropriate aid.
In the University’s residential colleges, diversity is created through a holistic process of considering application questions rather than through the explicit consideration of demographics. In other words, rather than use an applicants demographic background to create diversity, diversity is built through different thoughts and ideas that are expressed through the application questions.
Honor’s Committee Chair Lillie Lyon, Vice Chair for Community Relations Lucy Krasker, and Vice Chair for Hearings Alex Spratley reflected on the Committee’s policy changes and main events throughout this past semester. The members also outlined their goals for the upcoming spring semester.
The University Judiciary Committee has been focused on internal improvements related to member training and meeting format this semester and is planning to implement more external projects, such as research into the Committee’s relationship with University police and Deans’ offices, in spring 2020.
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