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The past few editions of The Cavalier Daily have been distressing to me, with all the stories surrounding the current crisis in higher education.
Edward Rothstein's Jan. 27 review in The New York Times of the new National Museum of American History's exhibit, "Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: Paradox of Liberty," notes that American Indians, indentured servants and women need a separate historical examination than that offered by the Smithsonian exhibit, which is also opening at Monticello. How I wish Mr. Jefferson's University of Virginia would heed Rothstein's advice.
Ambition has always traveled upwind in this country, and so in each generation with a westward breeze California goes against the current.
Del. David Englin, D-Alexandria, recently proposed legislation which would call for a study to evaluate the revenue impact of regulating and selling marijuana through Virginia's Alcoholic Beverage Control stores.
Even after the protests of major websites such as Wikipedia brought attention to the censorship issues raised by recent anti-piracy acts in Congress, little attention has been given to how something like the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) would protect the rights of artists besides movie stars and musicians.
Admissions offices are pamphleteers of the prospective class struggle which hand out their literature to uninformed students who know little about what they are getting into besides heaps of debt.
The United States was created with a definite barrier between church and state. Nevertheless, the debate about the teaching of evolution as opposed to creationism in U.S.
Our peers could best be described as the cyber generation. Year after year, we delve further into the Internet.
There is a fundamental debate raging in the higher education world right now. The basic resolution reads: Is higher education a public or private good? Without a doubt, this is an important question.
Not with a ring but a pen, prospective college football players end their courtships with all schools but one today, signing letters of intent which bind them to a particular institution, in turn guaranteeing them one year's worth of financial aid.
President Sullivan recently led the University community in a tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life and legacy.
Not to be confused with one of the largest political groups on Grounds, Udemy is rather a San Francisco-based company entering that most unprofitable business: providing services for free online. The website, which also hosts monetized courses, last Thursday announced The Faculty Project, a new program which it will use to partner with select university faculty across numerous disciplines and states to provide students with courses whose only prerequisite is Internet access.
All this fuss about rush got me thinking, and I've pretty much decided to start a sorority. I've wanted to go Greek for some time and I figure that now is as good a time as any.
The college students of today face a number of concerns: How will I pay for my education? Will I be accepted to graduate school or a professional program?
STATE Sen. John Edwards, D-Roanoke, recently presented legislation which would offer financial benefits to the dependents of faculty members at public universities in Virginia.
Instead of a mission statement, it would be more helpful if an organization were to articulate the goals it would not be able to achieve.
I would like to propose that our University switch to a quarter system. A few elite institutions, such as Dartmouth College and the University of Chicago, have had a long and successful experience with the quarter system.
