Opinion

Opinion

Accumulating interest

By Managing Board | November 14, 2013

This tension — between, on the one hand, the presence of wealth, and, on the other hand, the desire to serve as a school for the public, a stepping-stone for the talented and disadvantaged — will play out at the University for the foreseeable future. For this reason, interest in AccessUVa — much like the interest on the loans low-income students will now be obliged to take out — will continue to accrue.

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Opinion

CONNOLLY: Tea partied out

By John Connolly | November 13, 2013

Now that the dust has cleared from the Nov. 5 elections in Virginia, New Jersey, Alabama and New York, Republicans must consider the various successes of their candidates.

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Humor

RASKOVICH: Adventures in tree crying

By Charlotte Raskovich | November 13, 2013

Apart her proclivity to have friends over when I want to make ugly sob noises, my roommate is pretty ideal.

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Opinion

BROWN: Against exceptionalism

By Forrest Brown | November 13, 2013

This belief — not just that we need to take care of ourselves, but that the U.S. is somehow better or more important than the rest of the world — harms the world at large, and it harms ourselves.

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Opinion

Talking in tongues

By Managing Board | November 12, 2013

The University of Virginia recently introduced the Institute of World Languages as the first of many initiatives in its latest series of interdisciplinary programs.

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Opinion

WHISNANT: The race to no finish

By Gray Whisnant | November 12, 2013

In 2013, race is inescapable in pop culture. Perhaps the Trayvon Martin killing, the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington or the racially tinged debates of Barack Obama’s presidency have spurred this trend, but whatever the causes, the theme has been everywhere.

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Opinion

KELLY: Shaken by storm

By Conor Kelly | November 12, 2013

For Governor Chris Christie, the path to reelection started with a storm — Superstorm Sandy, that is.

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Opinion

YAHANDA: A needed trans-ition

By Alex Yahanda | November 12, 2013

Today’s political rhetoric often involves the perceived dangers or benefits posed by big government, and various government interventions into people’s private lives are often met with much hostility.

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Opinion

BERNSTEIN: Primary colors

By Dani Bernstein | November 11, 2013

Since New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s sweeping victory last week — and before it — many pundits consider Christie the likely GOP nominee for president in 2016.

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Opinion

SPINKS: Not so pretty in pink

By Ashley Spinks | November 11, 2013

October, with its endless midterms, interminable stress and great parties, has finally ended. With it came the end of another source of angst: Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

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Opinion

140-character admissions essay

By Managing Board | November 11, 2013

A recent New York Times article recounts the story of a college applicant whose explicit and offensive tweets were noticed by the college admissions officers at the school to which she was applying.

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Opinion

KNAYSI: Home on the range

By George Knaysi | November 11, 2013

About 99 percent of U.S. meat comes from industrial farms. I am by no means a vegetarian, but I propose there are significant moral, environmental and health costs associated with these contemporary methods.

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Opinion

The downside of disruption

By Managing Board | November 10, 2013

Why does it matter what words we use to talk about higher education? Because the terms we employ often stack the deck one way or the other. It is hard to argue against what you perceive as the corporatization of the academy if you are compelled to speak in corporate language.

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Opinion

BROOM: Weighing the outcome

By Christopher Broom | November 10, 2013

While much of the election coverage was good, other parts left me troubled.

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Opinion

BERGER: Obstructing the path

By Meredith Berger | November 10, 2013

I commonly overhear students categorize themselves as either humanities-oriented or math-and-science-oriented. We tend to believe that we are predisposed to be good at one or the other, but not both. Yet new studies prove otherwise.

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Opinion

MOORES: Make a change

By Brandon Moores | November 10, 2013

Opportunity at U.Va. comes in many different shapes and forms. It can be taking a class that you wouldn’t have taken otherwise, because you realize that this may be the last semester you will ever have to sit in a classroom and have the opportunity to learn about a new concept. It could be exploring what the University has to offer in the way of the arts. It could even be as small as checking out the observatory and having the opportunity to gaze at the stars.

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Opinion

FOGEL: ENWR takes you far

By Jared Fogel | November 7, 2013

I don’t care if you’re an Echols scholar. I don’t care if you got a great writing SAT score, and I don’t care if you got a 5 on your AP English Language exam. There should be no exemptions from the first writing requirement.

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Opinion

ALJASSAR: Why honor codes work

By Nazar Aljassar | November 7, 2013

At schools like the University where there exists a student-governed honor system, an honor code is a social contract between each individual and his or her peers. The honor code creates a culture of integrity on which students pride themselves.

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Opinion

Executive decisions

By Managing Board | November 7, 2013

What would life be like for gay Virginians had Cuccinelli won the gubernatorial contest?

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Opinion

ROWLENSON: A touchy subject

By Annie Rowlenson | November 7, 2013

All media is expressive, and all media houses the traces of its makers. It seems to me that any sort of interaction with a text will yield a story, whether it be by Nook or dog-eared paperback.