When examining an organization’s policies, we must look beyond the rhetoric used in each policy. We must look at the actual effects policies have on people. After all, good intentions do not always produce good results.
Gov. John Kasich of Ohio, who is currently running for the Republican nomination for president and is polling consistently in second place in New Hampshire, has shown he is the one capable of being a champion for all Americans and especially for young people.
The Cavalier Daily has the task of vying for the common reader’s attention, competing with larger news sources that are much more capable of covering these sorts of stories and others more impactful to larger groups of people.
Here at The Cavalier Daily, the 126th term is coming to a close, and the question of continuity — of preserving the progress we have made — matters deeply to us.
While this older, whiter group of individuals chose nominees whose demographics might raise some eyebrows, the Academy has nonetheless had a strong history of rewarding effort in film where it is due regardless of race.
It is my hope that if this issue ever does reach the Supreme Court, a natural-born citizen will be specified as someone who is born to a U.S. citizen, regardless of his place of birth.
One of the most impactful consequences of our world-leading tax rate is corporate inversion, in which businesses relocate to countries with lower corporate rates to maximize profits.
That is the weakness of divestment: It frames climate change as a moral crusade when it is in reality a scientific and public policy one. The world desperately needs energy in huge quantities that only fossil fuels can fully provide.
At first glance, it seems like a good sign that no one is taking the Oregon protesters seriously.
Divestment signals to the world that the actions of companies that extract and combust fossil fuels do not reflect the values of our University, such as honorable conduct, data-driven science and the creation of a better future.
As the semester comes to a close, the Managing Board recounts some notable numbers.
If we have already identified the terrorists in America, why are we not detaining and indicting them right now?
It says a lot about the distribution of political power and socioeconomic class in the United States when the city of Florence spends money to revitalize an area that then excludes many of the poorer residents from being able to shop, eat or live there.
The fact that after so much conversation, years of action and an uphill battle to make the LGBTQ community feel comfortable at the University, our president has to release a statement on “not gay” after Lighting of the Lawn in 2015 is incomprehensible.
There is no inherent issue with students subsidizing athletic programs; student fees cover a wide array of University resources, including services such as student health and University transit, as well as funding for Contracted Independent Organizations.
It is very clear from looking around the University community that students are far from jaded.
As we evaluate the status of race relations at American colleges, we see two fundamental problems that have hindered progress: hypersensitive students who are too eager to protest every minor offense, and University administrations who are too eager to voice empty anti-racist rhetoric.
The word “terrorism” holds a rhetorical weight in current discourse that “mass shooting” or “gun violence” seems to lack, perhaps because of how weapons and violence are normalized in American culture, or due to the simple fact that they happen all the time.
What distinguishes U.Va. from those other schools? Is it only a matter of time before activists call for Jefferson’s throat here, too?
Most importantly, the policy of having class on Monday and Tuesday before Thanksgiving disproportionately hurts students who are out-of-state or international.
