An old but fresh perspective
By Sanjiv Tata | April 9, 2012May is just around the corner and the graduation finish line is almost in sight. That knocking on my door is the future beckoning.
May is just around the corner and the graduation finish line is almost in sight. That knocking on my door is the future beckoning.
The PRODUCED program, which began in 2006 through the Engineering School and the Virginia Community College System, enables students from across the state to attend University classes from their work or at home, and at a lower price than their peers.
Tonight in the Rotunda Dome Room, new Student Council leadership will be sworn in, 40 days after they were elected.
Though it has already been weeks since the Trayvon Martin shooting, the situation surrounding the case still remains ambiguous.
On Wednesday, February 29, the Living Wage Campaign ended a 13-day hunger strike involving 26 students, more than 100 solidarity strikers and the support of thousands of students, faculty and community members.
Math should be more mainstream. And I don't mean that it ought to belong to more than just the academic hipsters of the world.
The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) released its "Job Outlook 2012 Spring Update" last month.
News of the tragic killing of teenager Trayvon Martin has swept across the country, sparking a number of questions.
The Honor Committee recently discussed a report, "What is dishonorable behavior?," which proposed to expand the Committee's role by incorporating University Judiciary Committee and Sexual Assault Board trials.
Seung-Hui Cho shot two students in a Virginia Tech dormitory at 7:15 a.m. April 16, 2007. The university communications office sent an email two hours later to warn students.
Regarding the Oxford comma, consider the story of the Christian rock singer accepting an entertainment award.
In the more than three years I have been The Cava lier Daily's ombudsman, I cannot remember seeing anything else this bad.
Now, there are those who complain that very little is written in The Cavalier Daily on what is done right at The University.
Learning to be a teacher must be difficult, and recent reforms could exacerbate this problem. Harvard University was the first U.S.
The first reason The Daily Texan, the University of Texas student newspaper, should have withheld a cartoon published Tuesday is for misspelling: the subject's name was Trayvon Martin not Treyvon [sic]. Thus the comic includes one typo as well as stereotypes.
If you ever choose to write for The Cavalier Daily as an opinion columnist, your editor will stress the importance of beginning your column with a pointy hook to engage readers' interest, and likely beg you to break your habit of using the Oxford comma.
Students at the University are not limited to pre-conceived majors in each department. They also have the opportunity to pursue an interdisciplinary major which combines a wide array of topics - topics which often encompass three departments.
This article is not a tribute, nor is it a eulogy. It was humbly written to recognize, not to mourn, Thomas West Gilliam IV.
Gov. Bob McDonnell wants to get a lot of mileage out of higher education in Virginia. He has set the goal of producing 100,000 new college degrees by 2025, an initiative which reflects a national trend.
I want to take a moment to thank Sanjiv Tata for his insightful Mar. 14 opinion column, "Going above and abroad," concerning study overseas. I can recommend such study from my own personal experience.