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The single issue

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


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True triviality

I have been frustrated lately with the uninformed opinions about the recent open honor trial, especially the notion of ?triviality.? Triviality doesn?t necessarily refer to the gravity of the assignment or the seriousness of the class, but rather refers to whether the act in question would compromise the community of trust.


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Diverse opportunities

Because the remarks that I provided to The Cavalier Daily were truncated and separated (?Officials discuss Asian faculty diversity concerns,? 4/3/2009), readers will likely receive the opposite impression of what I was attempting to convey.


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A non-trivial trial

I applaud Robert Baldwin?s critique of the Jason Smith honor trial that appeared yesterday (?In defense of Jason Smith,? 4/6/2009). Specifically his point about non-triviality lacking precedent sheds light on the recently failed referendum to make the honor system a multi-tiered system and how Smith could have benefited from such a system.


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Hometown pride

Born and raised in Charlottesville, I never hesitated to say where I was from ? until the day I arrived in Blacksburg as a freshman at Virginia Tech.


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Continual coverage

Monday?s column by Tim Thornton (?Credible coverage,? 4/6/2009) stated that he was not convinced there was any reason the Virginia Pep Band should have been covered by The Cavalier Daily in the past three years.


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The will of students

Tim Thornton (?Credible coverage,? 4/6/2009) discussed The Cavalier Daily?s failure to cover the Virginia Pep Band since 2006.


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Diversity discussion

As an Assistant Professor of English and American Studies and the Director of Asian Pacific American Studies, I would like to point out that Friday?s article (?Officials discuss Asian faculty diversity concerns,? 4/3/2009) propagates many stereotypes about Asian Pacific Americans (APA).First, the article begins by discussing Sharon Hostler?s report on the ?overrepresentation? of APA undergraduates.


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Giving back

As Class Giving Co-Chairs, we wanted to clarify what class giving is really about.


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"Honor" lacking honor

This week the Honor Committee is hosting a series of events as part of ?Honor Awareness Week? at the University.


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The triviality of trust

I take serious issue with Amanda Karim?s assertion that ?suspicious excuses? in ?a pass/fail one-credit class? amount to ?triviality? (?A failure of honor,? 3/30/2009). Since graduating from the University, I have taught at two universities and interacted with faculty at many others.


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The facts on class giving

Isaac Wood?s column (?The Gift that keeps on giving,? 3/30/2009) speaks (correctly) to the fact that participation should be at the heart of class giving, which is why a response is necessary to clarify some of the inaccuracies in his column.


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A failure of honor

The honor trial that resulted in the expulsion of fourth-year student Jason Smith on Sunday, March 29 was one of the most appalling things I?ve witnessed in my time at the University.


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Does U.Va. bike?

If you could do it, would it be a good thing to have affordable and eco-friendly transportation at the University?


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Respect the judge

Turning Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III into some sort of pariah on the pages of The Cavalier Daily and on the various listservs University students use to communicate with each other is nothing short of disgraceful.


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Safer biking

I recently received a well-meaning survey from a commerce student asking me to demonstrate my level of interest in the advent of a potential ?high tech? bike-sharing program at the University.


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A closed door

In the recent article about the Virginia Pep Band (?Virginia Pep Band plans protest for Saturday afternoon,? 3/25/2009) Leonard Sandridge, University executive vice president and chief operating officer, was quoted as saying ?the status of the Pep Band has been clear from the beginning? and that ?no new developments about it have arisen.? I have great respect for Sandridge but am compelled to report that his statement is not complete.In July 2005, I spoke with Sandridge in my then-capacity as President of the Pep Band?s alumni support group (Friends of the Virginia Pep Band). During that call, Sandridge told me that, while the administration had no existing plans to invite the Pep Band to perform at Olympic sports, the door was not closed forever.


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College comics

I would like to express my dismay in the abundance of letters to the editor regarding The Cavalier Daily comics.The Cavalier Daily, a student-run daily publication, is intended to inform and entertain a broad and diverse population of students, faculty, alumni, and anyone else with access to it in print or online.


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A wisp of smoke

Having just read The Cavalier Daily?s report on the health risks of hookah smoking (?Hoo Loves Hookah??, 3/25/2009) I feel bewildered.

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