Re "Hamas executes two Palestinians," April 16. (Originally, "Israel executes two Palestinians."): Your journalistic integrity is poor, and particularly on a highly-charged topic. Israel did not execute anyone.
Your headline constitutes a libel on the State of Israel. Israel did not execute these two Palestinians; Palestinian Arabs under the authority of Hamas executed these two Palestinian Arabs.
I would like to express my shock and dismay at an error I found in today's paper. The article quoted from the Washington Post was in fact not about Israel at all, but rather was about Hamas: the Palestinian faction currently in control of the Gaza Strip.
8,000: estimated number of people who attended James Madison University's 2010 Springfest celebration, 6,000 more than last year 3: o'clock in the afternoon, the time riot police were forced to break up the ruckus using tear gas and pepper spray 8,000: people who are now unlikely to get jobs in any respectable field after being featured in the incriminating YouTube videos 125: year anniversary of the McCormick Observatory, which is undergoing renovations to make it appear more as it did in 1885 125: number of students - when asked if they knew what the McCormick Observatory was - who responded, "Yeah, I just ate there this morning." 1: time a Cavalier Daily's sports article likened Virginia Military Institute's Gray-Minor Stadium to a Little League field 12: runs scored by VMI's baseball team, compared to the University's three; not so little league 320,000: reported annual salary in dollars of Craig Littlepage, the University's athletic director 2: cents some students would like to give him about how to hire a successful football or men's basketball coach 267: age in years Thomas Jefferson would have turned Tuesday 1: vote margin of the majority decision rule in favor of upholding the ban on alcohol advertisements in college newspapers by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals 100: percent confidence remaining at the Natural Light headquarters that the company still will be able to corner the collegiate beer market 10: amount in dollars students must pay to purchase a bus ticket for transportation to and from the Foxfield Races a week from tomorrow 1: month - April 2010 - Gov.
By this time most Americans have performed their civic duties by filling out the 10 question U.S. Census form before Census Day, April 1.
After taking in several months of campaigning, voting and transitioning, students at last could witness the Colin Hood administration of Student Council hold its first meeting in office Tuesday evening.
When Governor Bob McDonnell neglected to mention slavery in a proclamation last week establishing April as "Confederate History Month" in the Commonwealth of Virginia, it hardly came as a surprise to those familiar with his style of politics.
As a proud citizen and independent voter, I consider it my duty to remain informed and objective about this nation's politics.
In the world of cell phones, Facebook, Twitter, text messaging and other superficial networking, building deep personal relationships becomes particularly important because relationships not only preserve our humanity but also help us succeed in life. Closely observe others when you walk across Grounds.
The headlines speak for themselves. "Crowd of 8,000 damages surrounding property; officers arrest 20 to 30 people, use pepper spray, foam batons," reads the subhead from yesterday's article in The Cavalier Daily.
While many fourth-year students are still stressed out about post graduation plans, first-, second-, and third-years are trying to line up prestigious summer jobs and internships.
In these weeks of course registrations and major declarations, of commencement celebrations and graduating frustrations, our future slowly unravels.
Apathy is the enemy of progress. Thus the political apathy that affects far too many Americans, and specifically university students, is disconcerting.
The Federal Appeals Court ruled on Monday that Virginia's alcohol regulatory board can ban alcohol advertisements in college newspapers, as noted in yesterday's article ("Court upholds ban on alcohol," April 13). This is a breach of the first amendment rights of these newspapers, such as The Cavalier Daily, as well as alcohol companies and local bars.
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives recently released their earmark requests for the fiscal year of 2011.
As the weather begins to warm, University students start to recognize all the things that they love about Grounds.
If you've spent any time outside of a cave - or more appropriately, the stacks - in the last year, you've likely heard something about the economy, health care, or education.
I've found that one of the advantages of resuming my university studies while working in the business world is that I appreciate school a lot more the second time around. In particular, I enjoy being immersed in the optimism and desire to do good that are a natural part of college life, especially here at the University. Even better, the optimism is warranted.
Today, as annual tradition dictates, The Cavalier Daily exercised its legal right to publish the salaries of the University's faculty members.
The Confederacy. That word is loaded with meaning, evoking different emotions from different people in Virginia, the South and America as a whole.
