More bang for your buck
By Claire Shotwell | October 16, 2009I have been working for the McIntire Department of Music in Old Cabell Hall since my first year at the University.
I have been working for the McIntire Department of Music in Old Cabell Hall since my first year at the University.
Regarding a proposal made by the Student Life Committee to Student Council last Tuesday that would provide students with transportation to and from airports over breaks, committee chairman Aagya Mathur told The Cavalier Daily that student interest would need to be gauged before changes were made. On behalf of myself and many other students at the University, that interest does, indeed, exist.
There are some people who have forfeited their right to live. The death penalty is as simple as that.
Over the course of the past two years, we've seen a rapid shift in the affairs of the two wars America is currently invested in.
Today, BBC Business announced the United States' record deficit of $1.4 trillion - almost three times that of last year.
After reading the article "Gleefully ignorant" (Oct. 13), I was disappointed in the author. I love the show Glee, and in no way, shape, or form does it interpret "stereotypes that burden." I think the author of the article is having trouble overlooking race.
Inspired Initiatives Two new projects highlight the kinds of goals Student Council should pursue Student Council may have found its best role in the University community.
That tapping noise is the sound of me knocking on the woodwork, wondering why all the Groh-haters have faded away and crawled back inside.
Is it a city or a town? Try the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the state of Virginia and the largest west of Richmond. The article "Rockin' Roanoke" (Oct.
Michael Khavari wrote in his recent article, "Deadly decisions," (Oct. 12) that the death penalty is "barbaric" and "ancient." You may disagree with the "eye for an eye" sense of justice that is the foundation of the death penalty, but to act like it's some kind of relic of an ignorant past is ridiculous.
Student Council's "Free Newspapers on Grounds" initiative has begun providing students with free issues of The New York Times and USA Today.
Students at the University have no shortage of committees that claim to represent their interests. The most obvious among these groups is Student Council, but the list does not stop there: class councils, Greek councils and school councils are all part of the civic landscape. Of these committees, the school councils - like the Arts & Sciences Council, Engineering Student Council, Commerce Council, and so forth - seem uniquely well-positioned to tackle the more focused issues that each community faces internally.
Shortly after the inauguration of President Barack Obama in early 2009, Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions released a masterfully constructed video in support of the president.
President Barack Obama has recently been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize amid a great deal of controversy.
The Honor Committee revisited the Semester at Sea issue this week. At Sunday night's meeting, Committee Chair David Truetzel presented a proposal that would allow expelled Semester at Sea participants the right to request a second trial on-Grounds if found guilty of an academic honor offense during the program.
Fox's new musical-themed show Glee is a fresh, more mature take on Disney's High School Musical. The show's creator, Ryan Murphy, has discovered a way to unite Disney's HSM with the edginess of his previous show, Nip Tuck.
In writing against the death penalty in Deadly Decisions, Mr. Khavari twists the Constitution, makes unwarranted assumptions about the psychology of murderers, and ignores the deterrent effect of the death penalty. Mr. Khavari argues that the death penalty is a "cruel and unusual" punishment, which is prohibited by our Constitution.
I think there's nothing wrong with the idea of a "nontraditional candidate" being picked to be the next President of the University of Virginia.