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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tim Thornton (?Credible coverage,? 4/6/2009) discussed The Cavalier Daily?s failure to cover the Virginia Pep Band since 2006.
I read Paul Montana?s sports column whenever he gives coverage of Men?s Basketball.
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.
As Class Giving Co-Chairs, we wanted to clarify what class giving is really about.
This week the Honor Committee is hosting a series of events as part of ?Honor Awareness Week? at the University.
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.
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.
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.
If you could do it, would it be a good thing to have affordable and eco-friendly transportation at the University?
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.
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.
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.
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.
Having just read The Cavalier Daily?s report on the health risks of hookah smoking (?Hoo Loves Hookah??, 3/25/2009) I feel bewildered.
Notwithstanding the two hilarious puns in the title, I am shocked and outraged at the mysterious and dark machinations of our student government that have conspired to select a University dog without any consultation of, or consideration for, the thoughts and opinions of the student body (?Student Council transfers power to Nelson administration yesterday,? 3/24/2009). In an unprecedented act of corruption and nepotism, Matt Schrimper made one giant leap towards the authoritarian regime we all feared Student Council was aspiring for.My question is simply this: at a University where we hold student self-governance in the highest regard, and revere the voice of the common man (as lowly as he may be), and in a year where we see record voter turnout, how can an act that so blatantly reaffirms the common student?s meaninglessness be tolerated?
