Letters To The Editor

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A marching money drain

August 30, 2009

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.

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Tyranny in Colombia

August 30, 2009

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.

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The value of studying overseas

August 28, 2009

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

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Leading by example

August 27, 2009

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.

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The value of studying overseas

August 27, 2009

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

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What makes a leader?

August 26, 2009

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

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Leading by example

August 26, 2009

I?d like to commend Clava Brodsky for her insightful letter to the editor.

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What makes a leader?

August 26, 2009

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

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False tolerance

April 24, 2009

As a queer University student, I embrace tolerance, diversity and the right of free enquiry.

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Reporting bigotry

April 24, 2009

Almost four years ago, when I first came to the University, I wrote to The Cavalier Daily after a racial slur was shouted at me by a passing truck as I left O-Hill on my second day of classes.

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Big government Republicans

April 21, 2009

Lee Ellen Fleming?s letter (?The Minority Opinion,? April 20), which tries to justify the Tea Party demonstrations, represents what frustrates me about modern conservative thought.

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Parking is a privilege, not a right

April 19, 2009

Anthony Nobles? editorial (?The price of student parking?, 4/17/2009) suffers from a few important misconceptions.

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The Minority Opinion

April 17, 2009

I am writing in response to Geoff Skelley?s column (?Obama Tea Party?, 4/16/2009) that appeared in the Opinion section of Thursday?s paper.

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A nation of wing nuts

April 16, 2009

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security recently labeled anyone opposed to big government a contributor to ?right wing extremism.? After reading Geoff Skelley?s column (?Obama Tea Party, 4/16/2009), I do not think it is too far-flung to assume that Skelley would agree.

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Good manners

April 15, 2009

I am writing in response to the article about the ?good guy? room on the Lawn (?Paige Deesnyder selected for ?good guy? room on West Lawn,? 4/15/2009). My comments are not directed at how the selection committee chose the recipient of the room; from what I can tell Paige Deelsynder is a wonderful young woman and deserves the room she was awarded.

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Free for students

April 15, 2009

I am responding to Amelia Meyer?s recent column (?A costly culture,? 4/15/2009). While I certainly sympathize with Meyer, I would like to expand the fact set a bit so that one does not form the impression that the Alumni Association exists solely to try to separate hard-working students from their funds.In this article Meyer criticized the Alumni Association?s ?Dress for Success? event held at Banana Republic on April 15 and 16.

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First steps

April 15, 2009

In The Cavalier Daily?s lead editorial yesterday, (?Adequate response,? 4/15/2009) the Managing Board called for Student Council to ?propose solutions instead of resolutions? in order to address discrimination at the University, and I agree that this is needed.

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1,000 candles

April 14, 2009

Tuesday night, Student Council passed a resolution affirming that it ?strongly denounces and deplores violence against any member of our community based on sexual orientation or gender identity? and declaring that it considers any act of violence against anyone here motivated by these biases ?an affront to members of the University Community and to the values of the University of Virginia.? This rhetoric is strong, and the statement it makes is clear and relevant to the students at the University today.Still, talk is cheap.

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Glass ceiling

April 9, 2009

A glass ceiling often exists for women and ethnic minority groups in academia as in corporate America.

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The single issue

April 9, 2009

I am personally appalled that students would support the outright bullying of Mary Siegel.