The schism that produced The Hook has now been fully undone: C-Ville Weekly is reabsorbing its literary offspring.
The managing board recounts some notable numerals
Privacy concerns aside, putting up 2,000 cameras, even with a student population of roughly 29,000, is overkill. Precautions of this magnitude may do campus culture more harm than good. Though the school might become marginally safer, the measure smacks of paternalism.
ABC agents did not stop Elizabeth Daly because they were unfamiliar with the Constitution (though they probably would benefit from a brush-up). The overriding problem here is not incomprehension of the law. The problem is a lack of courtesy, at best; at worst, it is corruption by power. Constitutional training will not solve this problem. Tightened performance reviews and increased accountability standards for officers might.
Obama’s proposal seeks to tie federal aid to college performance. He has called for the creation of a ratings system that would assess college performance by taking into account graduation and transfer rates and graduate earnings, among other factors. According to the plan, the president by 2018 will seek legislation that would funnel more federal aid to high-ranking colleges. This legislation would steer taxpayer dollars toward high-performing schools. Students would then maximize their federal aid at institutions providing the “best value,” the plan’s advocates say.
All death is sad, but the death of a college student is especially tragic. You see someone’s life end before it fully begins, yet with that person’s dreams and convictions all too palpable. One student’s untimely passing is too many.
The open-forum phase in strategic planning has ended, and many of the students most closely involved in the process have graduated. But that does not mean that the next steps of strategic planning cannot feature some of the same collaborative efforts that characterized last semester’s discussions.
This gesture is a particularly positive way to welcome first-year students — some of whom are unsure which spaces are “allowed” — into the University’s symbolic and architectural center. By reserving Sunday through Tuesday evenings specifically for students, University officials have indicated in clear terms that they wish students to take advantage of the school’s most iconic space.
The College’s 2012 destinations report hints at an argument that College officials should be making, or at least making more forcefully. Often, critics of the College make the mistake of judging an undergraduate experience not by the experience itself but by future earning potential. When faced with this limited perspective, College officials can still defend the worth of a liberal arts degree by pointing to the high number of students who win admission to graduate programs.
We will have some growing pains. Our redesign is ambitious, and we will learn as we go. At this time we welcome your feedback more than ever. Email us directly, or send a message to our new public editor, Christopher Broom, who we welcomed aboard this week, at publiceditor@cavalierdaily.com. And join us at our Sept. 6 launch party in the Amphitheater to mark a new year and a new Cavalier Daily.
Jefferson the man was more complex. Sandy-haired and gangly, fearful of public speaking, Jefferson was, like many gifted people, consistently inconsistent. Pick a quote from his voluminous correspondence. What he says in one letter he will contradict in another.
The madcap mailing mishap has all the elements of farce.
Because Jones’ views do not equal the University’s views, and Jones has issued a public apology of his own, the administration is not committing a grave error by considering the matter settled. But by opting to remain silent, the administration missed an opportunity to do two things: first, affirm its commitment to fostering women’s potential in a range of fields; and second, show that the school is not unduly beholden to donors.
Four years ago the Class of 2013 Came to Grounds bright-eyed and green. They learned to question and think And to mix a strong drink. At reunions they’ll all reconvene. Many students think of graduation As an intellectual emancipation. No more blue books or notes Time to sow some wild oats And eventually find a vocation. Congratulations, graduates!
Each year brings changes in the University’s intellectual landscape. The academic makeup of a school is contingent upon the students and professors it attracts and retains. This community is nothing more than the people who are a part of it and the ideals that shape it. These ideals, from student self-governance to honor, require continual buy-in from students, faculty and staff. The semester’s end reminds us of this contingency. We’ve weathered a year together — and in the fall, we’ll do it all again, somehow.
Upstairs, the Board discussed the University’s budget in dry, even tones. Downstairs, protesters shouted and clapped.
Though Schwarzman says he was inspired by the Rhodes scholarship program at Oxford, the Schwarzman scholarship lacks the Rhodes’ intellectual flexibility: the program’s founders seem more interested in creating statesmen than scholars, which may limit the level of prestige the program attains and narrow its applicant pool. But students lucky enough to nab a scholarship will still enjoy a superior academic experience, including an immersion into Chinese culture and instruction in Mandarin.
The Williamsburg school unveiled a new tuition and fees structure Friday. The operational model, dubbed the “William & Mary Promise,” resembles the high-tuition, high-aid approach many selective private institutions, including most ivies and Ivy League equivalents, employ.
But the University, with its ample intellectual capital, is also poised to make great strides in environmental protection. The school has already taken some notable steps. In February 2011, the University launched an interdisciplinary minor in global sustainability. A few months later, the Board of Visitors approved a commitment to reduce the University’s annual greenhouse gas emissions to 250,000 metric tons by 2025 — a figure 25 percent below 2009 levels.
The managing board’s occasional survey of notable numerals
