The House of Delegates’ call for a constitutional convention is an empty gesture that is distracting legislators from more pressing issues
Non-proctored exams will not remedy the problems of the honor system
Virginia House of Delegates’ proposed ethics reforms leave much to be desired
Perhaps some students do go to college in order to train for a job that will earn them the highest income possible. But money is not the end goal for everyone.
By prioritizing the economic importance within collegiate athletics, you are disregarding the founding spirit and original purpose of them, which is to educate individuals about sacrifice and teamwork, to encourage them to push their physical and mental limits, and to ingrain lifelong habits of discipline and strong work ethic.
A column beforehand (and perhaps afterwards) and a news story about the event will provide readers a complete picture of what’s going on as well as, perhaps, an opportunity to participate.
Dependence is accepted and almost promoted today. We are who we are because of society’s influences, and we shouldn’t be ashamed.
The course correctly insinuates that students here at Jefferson’s University, despite being very proud to call it such, do not know as much about his legacy as they should.
This focus assumes not that all students must be screened by software in order to discourage them from cheating, but rather that academic dishonesty is probably the result not of bad intentions, but of students feeling desperate, like they have no other options.
We are almost certainly missing information about all University communities — not just the Greek one.
But this optimism must be cautious, for the United States still faces several long-term structural problems which threaten its future progress and which must be addressed before the success Obama alluded to in his speech can be fully realized.
We’ve all heard the old cliché, “if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” But it’s worth repeating because sometimes we are faced with so much failure that we doubt our own merit.
While Macklemore can’t be faulted for championing gay rights in “Same Love,” Kanye West started critiquing homophobia as early as 2005 and received little recognition for it in the mainstream press.
Letting students establish a baseline attraction towards science without the pressure of a cutthroat science class may show some that science is fascinating and worth studying.
How can we expect everyone to have equal opportunity when the price of higher education is soaring, and it is so difficult to start a professional career with only a high school degree?
Herring’s right to ignore unconstitutional state laws is even backed by Supreme Court justices. So why are we so fervently debating Herring’s decision?
If universities throughout the state were providing adequate due process protections in suspension and expulsion hearings, HB 1123 might not be necessary. But that is not the case.
We have to do more than ensure that University officials and law enforcement are responding to sexual misconduct in a proper manner; we must also examine the social and cultural features of the college environment that make sexual assault such a widespread problem.
To be clear, though the War Powers Resolution has been a policy failure, it should not simply be repealed.
If the University were to make the decision to extend benefits to same-sex partners, it is unlikely that the state, run by a Governor and an Attorney General who have both stated that they support marriage equality, would try to stop it.
