COOMBES: Vote ‘Yes’ on Amendment One Nov. 3
By Devan Coombes | October 22, 2020It is time to end gerrymandering and create election maps where everyone — no matter their race, gender, socioeconomic status or political affiliation — is represented.
It is time to end gerrymandering and create election maps where everyone — no matter their race, gender, socioeconomic status or political affiliation — is represented.
Holding classes and exams on Election Day might not seem like voter suppression in the same way that closing polling locations or adding unnecessary registration requirements may, but professors have, for decades in some cases, weaponized their positions as educators to make it more difficult for students to vote.
Justifying the blocking of a nominee on the basis of precedent established by Senate Republicans in 2016 is insufficient.
To ensure we receive the basic necessities for life and to make sure we enter a healthy world, we need to vote — and vote like our lives depend on it.
If we gradually make open book exams the norm, we can optimize our finite time and energy to focusing on higher concepts rather than rote memorization.
While not a definite fix to these issues, demographic reporting on the part of the Inter-Fraternity Council, the Inter-Sorority Council and individual houses can help draw needed attention towards any racial disparities that may exist.
In a community that relies upon personal accountability for its survival, students have been critically deprived of their ability to self-govern.
With the rising tuition rates and economic instability of the nation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, work-study students are more pressed than ever to find jobs to help make their way through college
It is clear that the violence of this institution is constant and all around us — it is this oppression on which we must focus our energy and effort.
The Cavalier Daily Editorial Board has compiled a list of resources that may assist you in participating in November’s election.
It is not the University’s job — nor is it the University’s right — to interfere with students' ability to worship.
Remembering 9/11 should not be considered a conservative tradition.
Pro-choice means to support an individual’s ability to make decisions about their own body.
Individual positive experiences in Greek Life do not erase systemic failures and malice.
Everyone should call their Senators and push for a nomination hearing after the next president is elected.
The fundamental issue with standardized tests such as the SAT and ACT is not just that they sharply correlate with race and wealth, but that they do not correlate to college success that much either.
We knew these outbreaks were coming, yet the University carried on. It was disingenuous for administration to pretend otherwise, and it is nothing short of overtly dangerous for them to keep up the facade.
The first amendment does not exist to protect reasonable opinions — it exists to protect the unreasonable, the offensive and the unpopular.
The University must ensure an equal playing field for all students, ensure a diverse applicant pool, and ensure a Lawn cohort which reflects the contemporary community
The University not only has a responsibility to protect the health and safety of its students, faculty and staff but also that of their families and respective communities.