ONE OF last week's lead editorials ("A degree of injustice," Jan.
THE CAVALIER Daily is on the cusp of being a great newspaper. Given this, during winter break, I tried to pull my thoughts together on how The Cavalier Daily could improve itself through a few feasible tweaks.
I most heartily agree with Katherine Ripley's Jan. 19 column about the establishment of religion, titled "(Ripley's) Believe it or not." There is no way the Founders would have ever allowed any elected official to make any political decisions based on religious conviction. Can you imagine the chaos that would have ensued if the people who wrote the Constitution had believed that political decisions could be made based on a religious belief in rights given to them by "Nature's God" or a "Creator"? Why, they might have even declared independence from Great Britain!
Y Yesterday, thousands of websites took part in a massive organized protest, denying users access to popular services such as Wikipedia, Reddit and WordPress in an act of mock censorship.
Internet2, a group of 221 colleges and universities which are aiming to collaborate on the implementation of new technologies to cut costs in higher education, announced Wednesday that five of its members would be piloting an e-textbook program this semester.
While I am disappointed at the apparent outcome of Johnathan Perkins' honor proceedings, I was even more disappointed to read the January 18 lead editorial, "A degree of injustice." We are able to infer from Law School Dean Paul Mahoney's recent statements that Perkins was subject to an honor trial.
When Gov. Bob McDonnell announced his biennial budget proposal last month, state higher education officials were pleased to hear that he was recommending a $200 million increase in funding for state colleges and universities.
The Cavalier Daily managing board was wrong to draw the many assumptions, inferences and unfounded conclusions about the honor trial of Johnathan Perkins that were present in its January 18 lead editorial, "A degree of injustice." Moreover, to proceed from these assumptions to conclusions about the implications of this trial for the honor system and the longstanding sanction policy is patently fallacious. Perkins - it appears from the record - elected a trial closed to the public.
BECAUSE of the confidential nature of Honor Committee cases, the University's single sanction policy is almost always discussed in ways that do not involve specific events or people.
WITH THE 2012 presidential race in full swing, candidates are laying down their platforms and making every effort to earn voters' support.
I am writing again to declare my support for all occupations including Occupy Charlottesville. All over the country, the work is just beginning to address what is both morally and economically unjust.
Last spring, then Law student Johnathan Perkins wrote a letter to the editor to the Virginia Law Weekly in which he alleged that he was a victim of racial bias at the hands of University Police.
Even for liberals, President Obama's tenure has proven a disappointment during the last three years.
If you use any of the University's gyms - or any gym for that matter - you have probably noticed many, though not all, of the patrons diligently wiping down the machines with disinfectant wipes.
