CONNOLLY: Consider the big picture
By John Connolly | February 13, 2014An increased focus on helping individual drug addicts recover would do much to stifle the heroin trade
An increased focus on helping individual drug addicts recover would do much to stifle the heroin trade
Students and faculty should have face-to-face conversations to develop potential solutions to the problems of the Honor system
Fraternities do not discriminate against minority students
The Cavalier Daily Sports section fulfills its duties by covering sports that are popular to readers
Philip Seymour Hoffman’s tragic death demonstrates that the War on Drugs is far from over
With four ACC games in eight days, it hasn’t been easy for Virginia. The Cavaliers have had to grind out wins much more than they did earlier in conference play. They have not had the luxury of lofty first-half leads, forcing them to rely on their depth to outlast teams and pull away in the second half.
The Virginia government is obligated to educate the public about the pros and cons of the Affordable Care Act
The House of Delegates’ call for a constitutional convention is an empty gesture that is distracting legislators from more pressing issues
Virginia House of Delegates’ proposed ethics reforms leave much to be desired
By prioritizing the economic importance within collegiate athletics, you are disregarding the founding spirit and original purpose of them, which is to educate individuals about sacrifice and teamwork, to encourage them to push their physical and mental limits, and to ingrain lifelong habits of discipline and strong work ethic.
A column beforehand (and perhaps afterwards) and a news story about the event will provide readers a complete picture of what’s going on as well as, perhaps, an opportunity to participate.
Dependence is accepted and almost promoted today. We are who we are because of society’s influences, and we shouldn’t be ashamed.
The course correctly insinuates that students here at Jefferson’s University, despite being very proud to call it such, do not know as much about his legacy as they should.
But this optimism must be cautious, for the United States still faces several long-term structural problems which threaten its future progress and which must be addressed before the success Obama alluded to in his speech can be fully realized.
We’ve all heard the old cliché, “if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” But it’s worth repeating because sometimes we are faced with so much failure that we doubt our own merit.
While Macklemore can’t be faulted for championing gay rights in “Same Love,” Kanye West started critiquing homophobia as early as 2005 and received little recognition for it in the mainstream press.
Letting students establish a baseline attraction towards science without the pressure of a cutthroat science class may show some that science is fascinating and worth studying.
Herring’s right to ignore unconstitutional state laws is even backed by Supreme Court justices. So why are we so fervently debating Herring’s decision?
If universities throughout the state were providing adequate due process protections in suspension and expulsion hearings, HB 1123 might not be necessary. But that is not the case.
We have to do more than ensure that University officials and law enforcement are responding to sexual misconduct in a proper manner; we must also examine the social and cultural features of the college environment that make sexual assault such a widespread problem.