Being queer in a new year
By Lital Firestone | January 27, 2016Let us be the generation that celebrates diversity of people for all their unique colors and textures. Heteronormativity is out. Acceptance is in.
Let us be the generation that celebrates diversity of people for all their unique colors and textures. Heteronormativity is out. Acceptance is in.
What might appear to be a hasty administrative reaction to a novel behavior among students is actually in line with the way safety professionals have responded to other hazardous devices on Grounds.
The world isn’t going to end due to Islamic terrorism. In fact, in spite of terrorism, it’s probably going to get better.
Our mission to inform our readers with objective coverage persists, but the structure by which we achieve that mission evolves. We expect our establishment of an editorial board will allow us to approach objectivity in our reporting as well as possible.
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.