BERGER: Scratching beneath the surface
By Meredith Berger | January 26, 2014People who are popular, smart, talented or who appear happy may be fine on the outside, but internally you never know what is going on.
People who are popular, smart, talented or who appear happy may be fine on the outside, but internally you never know what is going on.
Opinion writers especially seem to be refining their own voices and the writers cast a wide net for their topics. They should also try to make their columns more relevant to their audience, which is, almost entirely, the University community.
Balanced reporting and diverse commentary, while they remain in distinctly separate spheres, together form two halves of a whole in the realm of the newspaper.
The 124th staff, and in particular the managing board which is now leaving office, have not done things the way things have always been done.
The 124th managing board, for the last time, recounts some notable numerals
Although there appear to be thousands of perfectly willing volunteers that will offer their lives on Earth for the chance to possibly live and die on Mars, this does not mean it is the right thing to do to send them there.
I’ve found it difficult to talk to my friends about feminism.
In the next 14 years, there will be a whopping 39 percent increase in Virginian Hispanic students reaching college age.
When we were elected a year ago to The Cavalier Daily’s managing board — the five-person team that runs the paper — we found ourselves faced with two, maybe three, questions.
Republicans are often seen as backwards in terms of women’s rights, but Comstock is not blindly following a Republican platform. Instead, she allows her gender to contribute to her political views.
Those who care deeply about the educational offerings of this University should enthusiastically support the proposed global studies major.
The Depression-induced panic that inspired Social Security is understandable, but it’s high time to replace Roosevelt-era ideologies with ones more suited to our political tradition of individualism and responsibility.
From Greek life, to wardrobe, to student activities, many things have been racialized to either black or white.
What’s alarming about the McDonnell team’s motion is that its central argument holds that the former governor’s behavior is nothing out of the ordinary. McDonnell’s actions are “routine political conduct,” the attorneys assert.
Individually suing Ross makes sense, but it is not necessary to blame Barry’s death on all 86 members of his fraternity.
Tuesday, The Cavalier Daily kicks off a five-week campaign to raise money for new distribution boxes. We hope to raise $8,000 to purchase 75 distribution boxes to place around Grounds and Charlottesville.
By rejoining these two Martin Luther King Jr.’s — the integrationist of 1963 and the radical democratic socialist of 1968 — we challenge ourselves to recognize the extent that our national hero’s famous “dream” remains unfulfilled.
New Yorkers did not elect Cuomo in order to supply him with a stepping stone toward higher office. They elected him to serve their interests, and one way he can do so is by enhancing early childhood education programs.
To assume that racial tension is a growing problem at the University gives too much weight to the erratic, petty racial slanders that have been made over the years.
While we’re glad Obama is devoting attention to college affordability, efforts to attract high-achieving low-income students cannot move in fits and starts. An adjustment in rankings methodology would make it a matter of self-interest for colleges to do more for low-income students.