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?
As a fourth year, I?ve had plenty of time to watch the various comic controversies in The Cavalier Daily but have never been compelled to give my own opinion on the subject.
The article in the 3/24 edition of the Cavalier Daily mentioning new rules for Foxfield is very infuriating.
As a candidate for a distinguished major in economics, I found your publication of Daniel Colbert?s column (?Opening up economics,? 3/24/2009) on the supposed failings of my discipline unfortunate.His poor understanding of how undergraduate economics is taught at the University is a disservice to readers.
As a student, I am always pleased to see other members of the community (or from farther reaches of the world) visiting the Grounds to tour the beauty of the University.
Amelia Meyer?s column (?A Poor Choice,? 3/17/09) criticized the University?s selection of Judge J.
This letter is in response to Kendra Kirk?s column (?Vive la France,? 3/18/2009). For over 60 years, France?s foreign policy has been guided by the goal of reducing America?s influence in Europe and the world, what many call ?la hyperpuissance am
Monday?s lead editorial (?10 days to leave (admitting guilt),? 3/16/2009) reflected several misunderstandings about the by-law proposal discussed by the Honor Committee.
In response to Monday?s Focus article (?Lawn community takes shape,? 3/16/2009), I would like to comment on The Cavalier Daily?s coverage of this year?s Lawn selection process and its resulting statistics.Past reporting of statistics from the Lawn selection process often only included the top 10 most represented organizations of applicants and selected residents.
As the president of the Black Law Students Association, I would like to address University Law Prof.
