Justifying sanctions
By Ben Chrisinger | April 28, 2010In the weeks following the bias incident on the Corner, many students have gained some awareness of what happened.
In the weeks following the bias incident on the Corner, many students have gained some awareness of what happened.
I just wanted to take a moment to extend a huge thank you to the student groups that were present at the Foxfield Races to lend a helping hand throughout the event.
I was one of the many people who (for good reason) submitted a heated e-mail to The Cavalier Daily about its error in the April 16 issue of the paper.
We stand as allies of the two brave women who have courageously gone public about a racist attack they experienced last Thursday on the Corner.
In 2003, a 19-year-old biracial U.Va. student named Daisy Lundy was attacked by a white man during her campaign for Student Council president.
It is very easy to agree with one of the two underlying premises in Matt Cameron's column "Cyber Cents," which appeared in the Cavalier Daily on April 22.
On April 24, Arizona's governor signed a highly controversial immigration bill into law. The law requires police officers to check the immigration status of anyone who may seem to be illegal citizens.
Early last Thursday morning, April 15, two women students walking on the Corner were victims of verbal abuse by one of three male students who were walking behind them.
Since international recognition of the violence in Sudan in 2004, little has been done to remedy the situation.
Coming from an area that has very severe water shortages, where the law restricts days and times when residents and businesses can use water outside to do things like water plants or wash cars, it has shocked and angered me in recent weeks to see the University watering plants and lawns in full daylight.
April 19, the Supreme Court heard arguments for the case Christian Legal Society v Martinez. In short, University of California's Hastings College of the Law is refusing the Christian Legal Society (CLS), a student organization, school financing and benefits because they will not agree to accept any and all students regardless of sexual orientation or religious belief.
Matt Cameron's recent column, "Stained banner," is filled with factual inaccuracies and paradoxical statements.
Friday evening, April 16, six students were turned away from the baseball game against Virginia Tech, despite the fact that it was the seventh inning, after 9 p.m.
I take serious issue with The Cavalier Daily's headline in the April 16 print edition ("Israel executes two Palestinians, updated to "Hamas executes two Palestinians"). First and foremost, it's flat out wrong.
Re "Hamas executes two Palestinians," April 16. (Originally, "Israel executes two Palestinians."): Your journalistic integrity is poor, and particularly on a highly-charged topic. Israel did not execute anyone.
Your headline constitutes a libel on the State of Israel. Israel did not execute these two Palestinians; Palestinian Arabs under the authority of Hamas executed these two Palestinian Arabs.
I would like to express my shock and dismay at an error I found in today's paper. The article quoted from the Washington Post was in fact not about Israel at all, but rather was about Hamas: the Palestinian faction currently in control of the Gaza Strip.
As a proud citizen and independent voter, I consider it my duty to remain informed and objective about this nation's politics.
Apathy is the enemy of progress. Thus the political apathy that affects far too many Americans, and specifically university students, is disconcerting.
The Federal Appeals Court ruled on Monday that Virginia's alcohol regulatory board can ban alcohol advertisements in college newspapers, as noted in yesterday's article ("Court upholds ban on alcohol," April 13). This is a breach of the first amendment rights of these newspapers, such as The Cavalier Daily, as well as alcohol companies and local bars.