Opinion

By the numbers

2,590,000: Dollar amount that the University requested the General Assembly contribute toward repairs to the Rotunda's leaking roof and crumbling column capitals 0: Dollar amount appropriated by the General Assembly for that purpose 10: Number of points by which the Virginia men's basketball team led Miami with 42.5 seconds remaining during last Thursday's first-round Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament game 7: Number of points by which the Virginia men's basketball team lost to Miami in overtime of that same game 21,049: Total number of undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at the University at the start of the 2010-11 academic year 1,500: Total number of undergraduate and graduate students that will be added to the University by 2019 in accordance with a plan recently approved by the Board of Visitors 128: Percentage increase between 1998 and 2008 of Hispanic undergraduate students enrolled at the University 4.6: Percentage of undergraduate students enrolled at the University in 2008 who were classified as Hispanic 1.3: Percentage of full-time faculty employed at the University in 2008 who were classified as Hispanic 1: Number of soy sauce bottles ingested by a Zeta Psi fraternity pledge March 1 before winding up in the intensive care ward of the University Medical Center 18,768: Amount of sodium, in milligrams, in a 12-ounce bottle of soy sauce 11.44: Per hour wage in dollars that the Living Wage Campaign is seeking for the University's lowest paid workers 40: Number of months since the University froze salaries for all employees because of budget constraints 36: Number of individuals employed by the University who made more than $300,000 in 2010 34: Number of years that Debbie Ryan has served as head coach of the Virginia women's basketball team 38: Number of years since the founding of the Virginia women's basketball team 1: Number of weeks completed since classes resumed from Spring Break 6: Number of full weeks until classes conclude for the semester.

(C)lemonscented

There are some traditions here at the University of Virginia that are worth clinging to, but there are others that linger far too long. When walking down the stairs of Clemons this morning, I encountered an old friend who has overstayed his welcome.

Survey says

LAST SEMESTER I took a statistics course for the first time - by the way, STAT 2120 is a great class, everyone should take it.

True allies

DURING the past several weeks, the wave of protests in the Middle East and North Africa has continued to spread.

An acceptable practice

I AM A CO-FOUNDER of Acceptional, which runs The Essay Exchange, and wanted to respond to Assoc. College Dean Maurie McInnis and the recent article in The Cavalier Daily titled "Website solicits students" (March 17). Although I respect the opinions Dean McInnis has conveyed, I wanted to share Acceptional's opinions on plagiarism and the economic inequality that exists in admissions to top schools. We absolutely agree with Dean McInnis's view on plagiarism.

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Expanding the palate

For many students, academic recesses are defined by delicious home-cooked meals. Those who remain at the University throughout breaks, however, face a dilemma because of the temporary closure of the University's dining facilities.

No-fly: no-go

LAST WEEK, Libyan rebels had occupied the eastern half of their country and were advancing on Tripoli.

Open ballot

Power grabs and dishonesty occur often in American politics, but two bills introduced earlier this month in the New Hampshire legislature that would have restricted the ability of the state's students to vote in their college localities were especially egregious in these respects.

U-Hall fix for Rotunda

I have not written The Cavalier Daily before. I do recall a friend, Larry Brunton, writing you about a truth in journalism issue.

Restore our Rotunda

The General Assembly's refusal to extend funding to the restoration of the Rotunda is a discouraging oversight of our duty to protect this historic site as citizens of Virginia, the United States and the world. The reasons for restoration are both symbolic and utilitarian.

Premium oil

OIL APPEARS to be the problem that will not go away. Just last weekend when I went to fill up my tank for the return drive to Charlottesville, gas was selling for $3.50 a gallon, down from $3.70.

Living life

TRAVELING is defined not only by the places you see, but also by the people you meet along the way. While traveling this Spring Break, I happened to sit next to an elderly woman who quite unexpectedly taught me an invaluable life lesson. She was what one might call a personal historian.

A universal revolution

IT BEGAN in Tunisia with a young man who set himself and, perhaps unknowingly, the region on fire. Mohamed Bouazizi was the spark that lit the Middle East and led to an organic and peaceful movement to overthrow the oppressive regime of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

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Artificial construct

When the Virginia General Assembly passed its modifications to the state's two-year operating budget last month and allocated a $65 million funding increase to higher education, the plan was hailed as the first step toward achieving Gov.

Give Brown a chance

Bennett Sorbo's "parting shots" at the University ("A shot across the bow," March 3), while excellently showcasing why he was not allowed to write any columns earlier, saddened me with its depiction of Brown Residential College. In the words of a former resident, Brown is "a place for the interesting and the interested." Because of its many conveniences and unique reputation, people of all types apply to live in Brown every semester.

Animal rights and wrongs

In response to your article "A fur-vent debate" (March 2), I would like to send high praise to Ashley Chappo for exposing what's at stake for animals killed in the meat industry, the skin trade and other businesses that seek to profit off the abuse of animals.

The relevance of residence

IF AN ELECTED legislator were to claim college students lack life experience and act on emotion, there would not be much controversy.

Changing sides

THE EVER quotable Winston Churchill once stated, "If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty you have no brain." Upon reading this, most individuals will be shocked and dismayed to know that they either apparently have little or no human compassion or are doomed to a rather crotchety life of watching Fox News.