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Letters To The Editor


Opinion

Embarrassing stereotype

While all Cavalier fans were let down by the losing score of Saturday's football game, I was disappointed by something else: the pregame video.


Opinion

Football faux pas

Unlike most everyone else, I remained in Scott Stadium as the final seconds trickled off the clock and the score became official: 26-14, in favor of William and Mary.


News

Taking it too far

Matt Conover's article (Wednesday) regarding the tailgate procedures for the Lawn and Range gives half (or less) of the whole story and smears people who have worked tirelessly to permit students to engage in activities which the University is completely within their rights to prohibit.


News

Curse strikes again

Though the loss to William & Mary will unfortunately encourage those students in Williamsburg who mistakenly believe University students care about our "rivalry" with them, it might also have a positive side, in that it will eliminate any lingering doubts about the need to find a new coach. There were stronger forces at play Saturday, however, than horribly incompetent coaching.


News

Successful partnership

The agreement to make water more accessible for students at home football games marks another significant step in a growing relationship between the athletic department and the student body.


News

Football blues

Al Groh football teams have disappointed me for many years. Now they embarrass me and our entire University.


News

Groh must go

The $2 million "football coaching wonder" has taken U.Va. football to a 40-year low. When I attended the University, we lived through a 27-game losing streak until Bill Elias came in and beat William & Mary to break the streak. Al Groh and his wizardry have brought the team back to the days of football mediocrity. Fortunately, all the important aspects of the University (academic excellence) are at a 40-year high. Robert Understein COMM '63


News

Marching to the wrong beat

As a fourth-year member of the Cavalier Marching Band, I wish to address the comments made in April by a Cavalier Daily columnist ("Questionable Spending", April 10) and more recently by a University alumnus concerning the band's drain on school funds. After spending my entire collegiate career helping to create one of the most recognizable representations of school spirit on and off Grounds, I am personally affronted by the few individuals who find the funds spent on the band as "better spent elsewhere." Like the rest of the University, the Cavalier Marching Band has too been hit hard by current economic conditions.


News

Missing the point

Michael Ellwood's letter to the editor on August 30 ("A Marching Money Drain") takes issue with the amount of money spent by the University on the Cavalier Marching Band, and argues that it is undeserved based on educational and business justifications.


News

Missing the point

Michael Ellwood?s letter to the editor on August 30 (?A Marching Money Drain?) takes issue with the amount of money spent by the University on the Cavalier Marching Band, and argues that it is undeserved based on educational and business justifications.


News

Marching to the wrong beat

As a fourth-year member of the Cavalier Marching Band, I wish to address the comments made in April by a Cavalier Daily columnist (?Questionable Spending?, April 10) and more recently by a University alumnus concerning the band?s drain on school funds.After spending my entire collegiate career helping to create one of the most recognizable representations of school spirit on and off Grounds, I am personally affronted by the few individuals who find the funds spent on the band as ?better spent elsewhere.?Like the rest of the University, the Cavalier Marching Band has too been hit hard by current economic conditions.


News

A marching money drain

As one of a trio of brothers who graduated from U.Va. in the 1990s, we too are very concerned about the inefficient use of University funds and donations ("Questionable Spending", April 10). It is frustrating to receive sometimes incessant calls and letters asking for donations while reading that the University spent these millions and those millions on unneeded projects just so some rich alumni can make a vain attempt at immortality. You focus on donations in your article, and describe the millions dedicated towards the marching band as possibly better spent elsewhere.


News

Tyranny in Colombia

President Chavez's continued interference in the internal affairs of Colombia is an insult not only to the Colombian people but also to his own people.


News

A marching money drain

As one of a trio of brothers who graduated from U.Va. in the 1990s, we too are very concerned about the inefficient use of University funds and donations (?Questionable Spending?, April 10). It is frustrating to receive sometimes incessant calls and letters asking for donations while reading that the University spent these millions and those millions on unneeded projects just so some rich alumni can make a vain attempt at immortality.You focus on donations in your article, and describe the millions dedicated towards the marching band as possibly better spent elsewhere.


News

Tyranny in Colombia

President Chavez?s continued interference in the internal affairs of Colombia is an insult not only to the Colombian people but also to his own people.


News

The value of studying overseas

Mitch Ross's thoughtful article on "Going International" (Thursday, August 27) correctly points out the importance of study abroad.


News

Leading by example

I'd like to commend Clava Brodsky for her insightful letter to the editor. Accordingly, I pray that the officers of our student government will remember their inexperience as they represent us this year.


News

The value of studying overseas

Mitch Ross?s thoughtful article on ?Going International? (Thursday, August 27) correctly points out the importance of study abroad.


News

What makes a leader?

I am a first-year, and I have just emerged from the pre-college rite of passage: Summer Orientation.

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