Carl Sagan once said, in reference to the famous photograph taken by the Voyager 1 spacecraft that shows the Earth as a pale blue dot, that humans have a responsibility to “preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known.” I urge you to read the transcript of this speech.
Last week, a group of fourth-year students revealed the lesson they learned from a two-month project they undertook for one of their classes.
Between classes and extracurricular activities, time spent searching for love is fairly limited at college.
PureMadi, a nonprofit group of University faculty and students that combats global water scarcity and contamination, unveiled an invention Friday.
Messages painted on Beta Bridge rarely last more than a few days. Most items are meant to be temporary.
It may be dead by now, but last week a bill in the Virginia General Assembly would have required the University’s Board of Visitors — and board of visitors at every four-year public university in the Commonwealth — to include a student member elected by students.
I have been proud to be a Wahoo lately. University Dining has recently been promoting vegetarianism through initiatives such as “Meatless Mondays” and “Vegan Love.” As a vegetarian, I’ve been particularly encouraged by these efforts.
1: Number of candidates running for Student Council president 5: Number of candidates running for Student Council vice president for administration 2: Number of times a week The Cavalier Daily will publish print issues starting in August 1: The University’s ranking on The Princeton Reviews’s list of best-value public institutions 6: Number of courses the University is offering through Coursera this spring 74-58: Final score of Virginia men’s basketball’s Jan.
As President Barack Obama has begun his second term, he has been working toward reforming his cabinet after several first-term members have stepped down.
Charlottesville City Council Monday evening approved a resolution, 3-2, against unmanned police spy drones.
If I asked you to picture a lecture in your head, it would probably look like this: 200 of your closest friends in a hall somewhere on Grounds, all listening — or, at least, pretending to listen — to a professor as he gesticulates wildly.
President Barack Obama has decided to make immigration reform a priority for his second term. Illegal immigration has been tackled several times at the state level, but unsuccessfully.
WHEN it comes to reforming American schools, the debate rightly focuses most consistently on improving academics.
Chalk on the ground Tuesday morning announced the start of the University’s student election season.
The word falling constantly from the lips of higher-education experts, techies and digital-media junkies is a nonsensical-sounding acronym: MOOC.
In a month, students will have the opportunity to vote on a proposal that would drastically change the honor system.
Last fall, the club golf president submitted a budget proposal to Student Council. I do concede that such proposals often ask for more than what can be expected.
In these first few weeks of his second term, President Barack Obama is poised to make a terrible mistake: flawed immigration reform.
Call me a cynic, but I doubt anyone who says cutting back on something is going to make it better. So I was more than skeptical when I read about The Cavalier Daily’s “comprehensive plan to shift focus from the traditional daily newspaper to a digital-first newsroom,” that would replace the nearly daily newspaper “with a revamped biweekly newsmagazine and expand online and mobile content offerings.” The newsmagazine, we’re promised, will “offer extensive analysis, informative graphics and an increased focus on features, local entertainment and weekend previews.” Matt Cameron, in his last days as the paper’s editor-in-chief, said the newsmagazine will have “more of the in-depth, investigative journalism that our readers crave.” Meanwhile, the new digital emphasis will bring “mobile and tablet apps, a daily e-newsletter, high-quality multimedia content and an increased emphasis on social media and web graphics.” In a memo to the staff, the managing board declared itself “confident about the benefits this plan will produce.” Managing board members said of the restructuring: “It will expand our coverage opportunities by allowing us to afford sending reporters to out-of-state events.
The Super Bowl may be the most important football game of the year, but for some it is a day just to enjoy the commercials.
