As dangerous and often false as historical comparisons are, candidates will continue to make them. Instead of seeing them as a continuing problem with our political system they should be seen as opportunities.
We have organized a World Hijab Day dialogue program on Feb. 5 in which speakers with a diverse range of experiences with Islam and the Hijab will challenge preconceived notions surrounding the Hijab and the modern Muslim.
While The Cavalier Daily has sections for less serious topics, it should take the ones that need serious coverage seriously.
Preventing teen pregnancy should be an apolitical issue: the fewer teenagers become pregnant, the fewer abortions become necessary — a goal pro-life and pro-choice advocates likely share.
It’s becoming increasingly evident in modern society that a technological revolution has created a vastly different world, shifting from the in-depth and explanatory to the quick and astonishing.
Instead of spreading taxpayer money throughout all students, policies addressing this crisis should be centered on aiming those resources towards those who actually need them the most and give them the power to choose the educational option, either public or private, that is best for them.
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.
