Opinion

Opinion

BERNSTEIN: The ethical question

By Dani Bernstein | November 4, 2013

If you see a drunk student stumbling home, do you have a moral obligation to help him or her, or are you just particularly virtuous for doing so? It’s clear that, though these issues might seem broad, they are actually relevant to us here and now, and having students discuss them in an academic setting will ultimately compel them to question their own systems of belief and everyday actions.

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Don’t sit this one out

By Managing Board | November 4, 2013

We write first and foremost to urge students to vote.

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FINOCCHIO: Compassionate service, tangible results

By Peter Finocchio | November 3, 2013

The Cuccinelli that the Democrats have crafted is heartless, extreme, unacceptable and unelectable. The real Cuccinelli, however, is none of these things. He is passionate about policy and about people, he is experienced and he is by far Virginia’s best candidate.

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LONG: Promoting a platform

By Gabrielle Long | November 3, 2013

As a student at the University of Virginia, education affordability is important to me. It’s important to many other students as well. Terry McAuliffe believes that in order to combat the large increase in tuition at colleges and universities in Virginia, these colleges and universities need to be given tools to keep tuition low and financial aid high.

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WYNN: The greater of two evils

By Brendan Maupin Wynn | November 3, 2013

So, I can’t say Terry McAuliffe will be good for U.Va. or good for Virginia. But I know Ken Cuccinelli won’t be — he’s already proven that. Like most people, I’m going to the polls to vote against a gubernatorial candidate. But this can’t be the way we do things next time. There must be some candidate we can vote for, not against.

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WERTMAN: Vote Obenshain for attorney general

By Matt Wertman | November 3, 2013

With two college-aged kids, Mark Obenshain understands the needs of college students in today’s ever-changing society. He’s worked hard to make their lives safer and will continue to do so once elected as Virginia’s next attorney general.

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BENEDICT: Bring back the pep band

By Jody Canoles Benedict | November 3, 2013

I urge the University to bring back the band. Alumni would return in droves to the games and the students would love it.

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BERGER: A bull market

By Meredith Berger | November 3, 2013

Rob Dickens and business partner Brad Scudder, the creators of the Great Bull Run, seem to not understand the religious context of San Fermin and have instead created a new, Americanized version of the running of the bulls.

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BROOM: That’s just your opinion

By Christopher Broom | November 3, 2013

When the opinion pieces published in The Cavalier Daily are about topics requiring specific expertise, readers are entitled to more information about the writer.

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ALJASSAR: End legacy preferences in University admissions

By Nazar Aljassar | October 31, 2013

It is especially unacceptable for a school that prides itself on the liberal philosophies of Thomas Jefferson to have a legacy admissions policy. The Jeffersonian ideal of the “natural aristocracy” rooted in “virtue and talents” lies in direct opposition to the University’s practice of conferring privileges upon legacy applicants.

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FOGEL: In it to spend it

By Jared Fogel | October 31, 2013

According to the Washington Post, McAuliffe is outspending Cuccinelli on TV ads by almost double. Given that the majority of McAuliffe’s ads seek to expose Cuccinelli’s faults and given that McAuliffe is currently leading in the most recent polls, I’d say there’s a relatively strong correlation between hurtful ads and candidate success.

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By the numbers

By Managing Board | October 31, 2013

4: Number of deans who are stepping down at the end of the academic year (Meredith Woo of the College, Harry Harding of the Batten School, Kim Tanzer of the Architecture School and Steven DeKosky of the Medical School)

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If you build it, will they come?

By Managing Board | October 31, 2013

So CSU has devised a plan: to build an on-campus football stadium that will lure better athletes, increase sports revenue and attract more out-of-state students. Or so administrators hope. This plan seems unconventional. But it is in line with a cynical philosophy that too many mid-tier schools have bought into: that the pathway up the U.S. News & World report rankings consists of fancy buildings and bigger stadiums.

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CONNOLLY: Separate but legal

By John Connolly | October 31, 2013

I would argue that if a state were to legalize civil unions for same-sex couples that are equivalent in everything but name to straight marriage, this would be constitutional, and would not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

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BOGUE: Credit where credit is due

By Russell Bogue | October 31, 2013

Do we risk overwhelming students who come in with many AP credits and find themselves struggling in higher-level classes? Yes, of course we do. But that is a problem that can be remedied with higher standards for scoring on the AP tests. Perhaps a “5” should be more difficult to attain, or perhaps credit should only be granted for students who receive this top score. If the problem is lax standards, then the solution is to tighten those standards, not eliminate AP credit altogether.

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WHISNANT: Public support

By Gray Whisnant | October 31, 2013

With real estate scarce in downtown Charlottesville, developers hope that by accessing the public housing units they will be able to demolish them and build condominiums and apartment complexes for wealthier tenants. This will result in higher profits for landlords, but it will come at the expense of displacing of existing public housing residents no longer able to afford their rent.

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Humor

HUMOR: Fourth-year trustees begin ‘one-fifth compromise’ initiative

By Chris Hutson | October 31, 2013

“My Wednesdays are basically a wash ‘cause I have to go out Tuesdays in order to handle all this stress,” fourth-year psychology major Ryan Molhauen pointed out. “And don’t even get me started on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays,” he added. “ I can’t get anything done four out of the seven days of the week because I have so much stress. Something is wrong here.”

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HUMOR: 19 signs you're a 90s kid

By Peter Simonsen | October 30, 2013

19 things only true 90s kids will understand…

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At a loss

By Managing Board | October 30, 2013

Brown’s life differed from the lives that many students lead. He had a daughter, and had to contend with all the responsibility that comes with being a parent and holding down a job. But in other ways he was a peer as much as Schulman, Goldsmith or Gilliam was. He was a happy 22-year-old who drew smiley faces on Sbarro pizza boxes. He was like us. Our willingness to see Brown as someone alien, someone detached from our concerns, points to a failure of imagination.

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YAHANDA: Don't stop believing

By Alex Yahanda | October 29, 2013

Competent adults are free to make autonomous medical decisions regardless of how they justify those choices. But when children are concerned, the distinction between paternalism and autonomy becomes less clear.