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Rank and file

Newsweek is among a coterie of media publications with a fascination for studying and grading the students at different universities. Yesterday the magazine released its annual list of the “Most Stressful Schools.” Although the University did not place, we are still embarrassed about this compilation, one indicative of a larger trend of list generation that wastes resources and could impact the decision-making process for many prospective students.


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Mic check

Although it would have required sacrifices, the University should have hosted President Obama on Grounds


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Make it new

You will see — free-floating columns, icons, a template of orange, white and blue print, and a linked edifice of pictures and Tweets, on this banner day for The Cavalier Daily.


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Attending conventions

Aside from being slightly older and on the opposite side of Grounds, I found new-school-year Charlottesville to be almost exactly as I left it: the people are charming, the architecture impressive and the weather predictably unpredictable.


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A dark cloud of distrust

I am disheartened and disgusted that Ms. Dragas remains on the Board of Visitors. She has betrayed the trust of thousands and soiled the University’s reputation worse than anyone in recent memory, and perhaps, in the University’s history.


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Opposition to Board from students across the political spectrum

Below are letters from the College Republicans, University Democrats and the Burke Society, a prominent conservative group on Grounds, which condemn the Board of Visitors' handling of President Teresa Sullivan's forced resignation: College Republicans June 19 Dear Governor McDonnell, It is regrettable that we must contact you under these circumstances.


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Board member Glynn Key responds to editorial

Dear Cavalier Daily Editor: In your June 20th Editorial, "Midnight judges," you have taken an unfair liberty with an unexplained fact. In the editorial, you use the fact that I departed the Special BOV Meeting, to make the following condemnation: "Several Board members had little knowledge of Sullivan's removal and several would have wanted for her to return.

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Latest Podcast

The Organization of Young Filipino Americans is one of many cultural Contracted Independent Organizations at the University, and their mission is to create a supportive community for Filipino students. Danella Romera, the current president of OYFA and fourth-year College student, discusses the importance of OYFA as a cultural organization and how OYFA plans for this year’s Culturefest, an annual multicultural showcase. 

Listen to the episode here.