The Day of Dialogue may have ended Friday, but the discussions about the issues at hand should not. The event, which came in the wake of Yeardley Love's murder last May, appears to have been successful in drawing attention to the University community's strengths, shortcomings and each of our individual responsibilities.
The Democrats are in trouble. The economy still isn't booming, and an NBC poll shows that only 53 percent of Americans support President Obama's healthcare reform policies.
Friday, Sept. 17, a crowd of nearly 700 Virginia fans, largely students, gathered to watch the women's volleyball team take on Virginia Tech in what was to be a five set nail-biter ending in a 15-13 loss for the Cavaliers.
The students who worked on the Unity Project last year were not consulted in Student Council's recent decision concerning the future of the Unity Project.
This editorial is part two of a two-part series. Please see yesterday's Cavalier Daily or our website for part one of the feature, which focused primarily on the 2008 Semester at Sea trials and the issue of plagiarism.
According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, a private non-profit organization that monitors American business cycles, the Great Recession, which began in December 2007, officially ended in June 2009.
Our neighborhood streets need the help of the University family - students, faculty and staff - to maintain a safe environment for all who travel them.
John Wooden, Basketball Hall of Famer as a player and coach, once said, "Sports do not build character - they reveal it." I believe this is a wise assessment; however, I can say that for the first time, I was not proud of the character revealed by several of my peers this past weekend at the men's soccer game against Wake Forest. I was a little more than surprised as I perused a letter to the editor entitled "Soccer HOO-ligans" (Sept.
Just because you think something is funny, does that make it right? I think that everyone can agree that the answer is no.
Ever since I walked onto the Grounds of the University of Virginia, I continue to be reminded that I, a black female, represent diversity for those that find themselves in the majority.
DESPITE the intense voter registration drives before the 2008 elections, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission estimates that only 82 percent of eligible Virginians are actually registered to vote.
Today, The Cavalier Daily published an article discussing the ongoing efforts of Families for Honor, an organization founded by the parent of a student who was convicted of an honor offense during the 2008 academic year. The group paints its mission in broad strokes - according to its website, the overarching goal is "to manifest more fairness and equitable justice for any student involved in the UVA Honor System or its disciplinary actions" and "to bring more process transparency and public accountability to a tradition at UVA and to preserve its core foundation and principle." Families for Honor released an 18-page platform outlining more specific reform objectives earlier this year, and founding member Barbara Schaedel indicated that the group is looking to build working relationships with the Board of Visitors, University President Teresa A.
President Teresa A. Sullivan has invited members of the University and its community to participate in the Day of Dialogue Sept.
Ginny Robinson, in "Majority rules" (Sept. 20), successfully turned a rather common-sense Supreme Court case into a horror story complete with the extermination of Christianity and the arrival of the newest contracted independent organization on Grounds: "Hoo's in the Mob." The case in question, Hastings v.
The phoenix of the defunct University Unity Project has risen out of the ashes in the form of Student Council's new cosponsorship program, said Dan Morrison, Council director of University relations. Launched in
In reading yesterday's "Not by the numbers" editorial, I felt that there was an implied notion that because certain organizations have made a targeted effort to recruit minority students, the quality is somehow compromised.
