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Integrating frustration
By Thomas Lockwood | February 3, 2011Define successful. Science, Technology and Society
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I was distressed to learn that Chik-fil-A's charitable arm, the WinShape Foundation, funds and praises anti-gay organizations like Focus on the Family and Pennsylvania Family Institute.
Where is the University I was promised? I am third-year in the (so I have been told) second-largest department at the University: politics.
Having just returned from the University's study abroad program in Valencia, Spain, I was surprised to read in "Going International" (Jan.
I cannot argue, nor would I, with the reasoning of arguments against the "Rugby Road" song/cheer. Was it written by a bunch of males?
It is Wednesday night - or should I say Thursday morning - around 1:30 a.m. I emerge from an empty classroom in Bryan Hall where I had sequestered myself for upwards of six hours studying for a symbolic logic exam.
The news story "Top Schools Get Subpar Ratings" in the Dec. 2 Cavalier Daily does not mention - but readers ought to know - that the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, which criticized U.Va.'s curriculum and that of so many others, is an organization dedicated to the promotion of conservative values in academe.
Nearly 8 years ago, the University athletics department exiled the student-governed Pep Band, the only student band that the University had known at sporting events for the previous 33 years.
Roraig Finney's Opinion column, "What is love," (Nov. 22) was interesting, as he attempted to find a balance between how liberals and conservatives generally conceive of - or rather, have misconceptions of - marriage.
I am writing in response to two Opinion columns in the Nov. 19 edition of The Cavalier Daily. The columns, "Early action: a step back" and "Early admission redux," both pertain to the recent decision by the Office of Undergraduate Admission to offer an early action plan for prospective students in 2011. For the past six months, the Admission Office has been studying the possible impact this decision could have on high school students, particularly low-income and minority students.
Thursday was Veterans Day - a day to remember and thank those who have so valiantly served our nation.
UVa Sustainability has recently launched its campaign for students to individually pledge their commitment to "consider the social, economic, and environmental impacts of their habits and to explore ways to live more sustainably during their time here at U.Va.
Fourth year has finally arrived! In May, I will finally be graduating, I will finally get to walk the Lawn and I will receive the "Honor of honors." Four years at one of the premier public universities in the country.
Austin Raynor ("Up In Smoke," Nov. 9, 2010) got an arrow-splitting bull's eye illustrating the need to end cannabis (marijuana) prohibition and extermination.
In his Oct. 2 column, "More harm than good," Austin Raynor egregiously violates of the first law of statistics: Correlation is not causation.
In his piece "Obama and King James," (Nov. 3) Aaron Eisen speaks eloquently about a post-racial society and claims that no one his age talks of race when speaking of influential figures such as our president or LeBron James. I am 22, which is not much older than most of University students with whom I volunteer, and I beg to differ.
What can be better than being a University student on a beautiful fall football Saturday, especially against a ranked conference opponent.
I wanted to say how pleased I was by the recent PBS airing of The Parking Lot Movie. I worked in and around the Corner as an undergraduate almost forty years ago.
I am writing to respond to Travis Ortiz's Oct. 19 column ("Scientific freedom"). Although I commend Ortiz for his opposition to the civil investigative demand by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli against former University Prof.
Mike Lang's article, "U.Va. employees out-earn other officials" (Oct. 19) illuminated some very important information when it comes to how the University values its employees.
