PATEL: Stuck in the past
By Sawan Patel | October 22, 2014Current long periods of service mean that, while the rest of America is changing, the makeup of the bench is not.
Current long periods of service mean that, while the rest of America is changing, the makeup of the bench is not.
Just because the University’s mission statement stresses its commitment to diversity, the institution does not get a free pass from actively fostering and financing a racially and socioeconomically diverse student body.
The administration’s goal of defending national security through increased secrecy measures has crippled press freedom and reporters’ incentives to investigate disconcerting or failing features of U.S. defense policy.
Criminalizing this type of drug use could act as a deterrent for pregnant women who abuse illegal substances from seeking medical advice from their doctors, if they believe they could be prosecuted.
The amount of credits required to fulfill such majors and minors cuts down on students’ abilities to experience the plethora of other interesting courses that the University offers.
The Occupy Central movement in China is a courageous act against the prerogative of Beijing and a justifiable expression of frustration over economic inequality, but it is not making any progress.
With a digital platform, The Cavalier Daily staff has the ability to have as many photographs or graphics as it likes without worrying about the confines of newsprint.
The fact of the matter is: Adderall only presents a serious threat when it is abused, just like any other drug.
A smoker’s right to smoke should end where a nonsmoker’s right to clean air begins.
Most of us at the University are interested in more than one thing, and don’t need general area requirements to force them to take classes across disciplines.
This unfortunately leaves many students who want to be involved out of luck for one or more semesters; however, the University, The Cavalier Daily, and individual professors can all take steps to lessen this propensity for tunnel vision.
If the University community doesn’t make an effort to maintain the integrity of its symbols, they will over time corrupt and disperse.
While there is much to dislike in the status quo of political malaise and Gilded Age-level wealth disparities, blaming Obama for most of it is simplistic and unsophisticated
It is wrong to target anyone based on their body type, skinny and curvy girls alike.
Telepathy has always been the stuff of sci-fi, but with the dawn of applied neuroscience, a whole realm of new possibilities has emerged.
The multiple-choice exam focuses on ensuring student understanding of the material is especially appropriate for the settings in which these tests are often administered: introductory courses in which gaps in understanding can cause difficulty in higher level courses.
It is our responsibility to acknowledge and pay our respects to not only the founder of the University, but also to each and every person that contributed to who we are today.
All of our nation’s students must know from childhood that they can and should be proud of their backgrounds, no matter what color their skin is or what income bracket their parents fall into.
Every subtlety of the show was ground down by the rapidity with which I consumed it, and I didn’t have the time to associate memories with the show.
Let me preface this by stating my continued bewilderment that it is 2014 and we’re legitimately talking about Ebola as a thing we might have to deal with?again.