Journalism can be a self-prophesying industry. Every journalist understands the political leaning and expected coverage of their workplace, and it takes bravery for journalists to write against a predominating zeitgeist with their job on the line. That’s not an excuse for media bias, but it is a problem.
The managing board’s occasional survey of notable numerals
The University’s enthusiasm for expanding differential-tuition programs — and its stated reasoning for upperclassman fees — comes from the same ethos that drives the development of the school’s new internal financial model. The model aims to treat each school or unit as a separate cost center that must generate revenues to cover its expenses.
The rest of the report goes to describe in detail the revolting stories that form that fabric of Dr. Gosnell’s history — stories such as delivering and then murdering a live, screaming baby and keeping jars of baby feet. It reads almost like a horror story in which the antagonist is not a misanthropic psychopath but a twisted doctor motivated by profit.
Unfortunately, the Honor Committee has apparently determined that it need not comply with its own governing constitution in framing the bylaws governing informed retraction. Honor Bylaw III(3), as of March 3, 2013, states that “[t]he Vice Chairs [for Investigations and Trials] may accept or reject any IR submission,” and further provides that “[t]he decision of the Vice Chairs is final.” This language clearly contradicts the plain meaning of the Bellamy Amendment — language which, it bears repeating, is now enshrined in the Honor Committee’s constitution. Constitutions trump bylaws.
Myriad could not charge $3000 for tests that cost $200 to perform if the company faced competition. Allowing companies to compete to produce better and cheaper products is in the best interest of patients, and in this case is also consistent with copyright law.
I chatted with x86 and n3tcat using an encrypted application called Cryptocat, which prevented me from determining their IP addresses and consequentially protected their anonymity.
Though its actions sparked an online uproar, including hundreds of frantic tweets and a mention in The Washington Post, all R00tTh3B0x has done is redirect a web domain. Virginia.edu, the central hub of the University’s online presence, is an important page to keep secure. But R00tTh3B0x has not jeopardized the site’s security in any meaningful way.
The teacher, in an effort to improve her students’ persuasive writing skills, assigned a very controversial project. She instructed her students to envision themselves as Nazi military officers and write an essay arguing “that Jews are evil,” while using “solid rationale from government propaganda to convince me of your loyalty to the Third Reich!” A few students did not complete the assignment, and parents grew incensed about the topic. The teacher has been placed on leave with many calling for her to be fired.
The University recently announced its plans to participate in the first national digital library, known as the Digital Public Library of America. This ambitious project, which gathers information from an array of scholarly organizations, will give students and scholars access to information available digitally at other universities as well as at the National Archives, the Smithsonian and other federal organizations. The University has decided to provide the Holsinger Studio Collection, which consists of information about Charlottesville from the 19th and 20th centuries. In the future, the University hopes to offer access to 16th-century French texts.
While sitting in Clemons the other day, a friend of mine asked,“Do you have any Adderall?”
The main point that the editorial attempts to drive home is based on nothing other than conjecture, and it paints an inaccurate picture of students swaggering into class with holsters on their hips.
Multiple University students, faculty and staff participated in the Massachusetts race. Mark Hampton, the Curry School’s senior associate dean for administration, finished the marathon about an hour before the bombs went off. The handful of University students in Boston for the race, as well as other faculty and staff members, also escaped harm.
Because fraternities are so individualized, a mandatory initiation date not only damages fraternity tradition across the IFC but also damages the particular new member routines of each house.
After first-year College student Jake Cusano took his life, I started seeing the telltale signs of discomfort with suicide. With two suicides in my family history, the reactions were familiar. Some reflexively lowered their voices at the word; others silently refrained from the topic. Even my Sustained Dialogue group – an irrepressibly vocal bunch – found themselves shy of conversation.
Instead of trying to make meaningful relationships with people in the organization, I simply put in “face time,” and, as a result, I could not compete with the friendships and bonds that other people had formed with each other by being genuine.
UNC’s mixed-gender option will, at first, affect 32 students, a tiny fraction of the school’s total enrollment. A bill that aims squarely to prevent these students from living in gender-neutral accommodations reads as an instance of the kind of bullying the school’s housing policy sought to prevent.
University of Virginia Bookstore director Jon Kates is taking a stand for garment workers’ rights, and beginning next semester, students, alumni, and fans will have the opportunity to join him. This coming fall, the bookstore will offer Alta Gracia Apparel, a company that is changing the collegiate garment industry by offering an alternative to sweatshop labor.
Not only do I have no idea who will be receiving my vote — because I’m not thrilled about either frontrunner — but I’m also lacking my normal level of inspiration when it comes to the possibilities of politics. Virginia’s gubernatorial election has caused me to reflect not only on the lack of effective bipartisan ideas in politics but also on the un-electability of strong independent candidates.
The ABC dorm search put The Cavalier Daily in a tough situation.
