WHISNANT: Complexity of the opioid crisis
By Gray Whisnant | April 19, 2017Last week, The New York Times shared an interactive article addressing the scale of the opioid epidemic.
Last week, The New York Times shared an interactive article addressing the scale of the opioid epidemic.
As the director of the University’s Office of Safety and Emergency Preparedness, I appreciate the Cavalier Daily using the 10-year anniversary of the tragedy at Virginia Tech to highlight campus safety.
One of the most valuable applications of a humanities education is the exploration of social issues.
Last week, Opinion writer Olivier Weiss penned a thoughtful and thought provoking article on reparations.
Attacks on the College’s area requirements have a long history in The Cavalier Daily Opinion section.
To ensure students are aware of proper emergency response procedures, the University could include emergency preparedness training in the health and safety modules all new students already must complete.
My grandparents were expert storytellers. I must have heard some of their anecdotes thousands of times and even now I still want to hear them over again.
During my time at the University, I’ve been many things.
The pursuit of diversity of opinion is a decades-old process, consistently praised for positively influencing scientific research and workplace habits.
The Muslim Student Association at the University has been putting on events in honor of Islam Awareness Month.
We urge members of the community to embody the Jeffersonian model of challenging their beliefs and broadening their perspectives through sincere discussion and productive debate.
This November, Virginians will have the opportunity to elect a new governor. While there is no way to tell who will be victorious in the hotly contested Democratic primary, Ed Gillespie has emerged as the frontrunner on the Republican side.
President Trump claims ordinary people “don’t care at all” that he’s the first chief executive in more than 40 years not to release his tax returns.
Easter is drawing near, which signals the end of lent. Lent is a 40 day period in the Christian calendar where people can take time to reflect and assume certain disciplines to prepare for Easter.
On Tuesday, April 4th, reports emerged that the Assad regime hit the village of Khan Sheikhoun in Syria’s Idlib province with sarin gas, killing at least 85 people and wounding hundreds more.
Students at the University and around Virginia can look to Johns as a reminder of their own ability to make change.
The nomination process for Supreme Court Justices has been in a downward spiral.
When we graduate from the University, we will foray into many domains of professional work — some will migrate to spheres of economics while others will flock to teaching while still others will migrate to health care, not to mention all the disciplines in between.
Much of the talk around climate change focuses on the problems of rising sea levels, affected wildlife and carbon dioxide emissions.
By refusing to gather information about wages paid to contracted workers, the University turns a blind eye to contracted companies’ potentially exploitative compensatory practices.