AS MEMBERS of the University community, we sometimes forget just how unusual our honor code actually is.
Among the changes that occurred in Charlottesville while students were away this summer was the opening of a new clothing store, Jack Wills, in the retail space on the Corner that previously was home to The Corner Market.
THIS year marks the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War's beginning. Even in the 21st Century, the shadow of the Confederacy looms ominously on the fringes of Southern culture.
More than a year ago, Panera Bread Company began a new initiative. The restaurant corporation took one of its locations in Clayton, Missouri and turned it into a pay-what-you-wish restaurant to help the less fortunate members of the community.
This summer, the University issued revisions to its sexual misconduct policy as part of a scheduled five-year reevaluation.
My landlord is intentionally taking away from the enjoyment of my home, and apparently I cannot do anything about it. I am a resident of the West Range.
WELCOME to the University, my first-year friend. Did moving in go well? Parents gone? Yes? Good.
It is a breezy July afternoon. The active house huddles around a two-tiered coffee table, feet propped up in an alternating pattern.
As students return to their normal routines this week, they will encounter one of the University's most defining features - major ongoing maintenance and construction projects in a variety of places around Grounds.
Although freshman GOP Senator Marco Rubio rode a wave of young support to gain a seat in 2010, his lack of experience may be starting to become more evident. On June 30, in a Senate subcommittee hearing on Democracy in the Americas, Rubio referred to Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez as a "clown" and compared elderly leaders in Cuba to "Jurassic Park." Although his remarks may appeal to a more active, young electorate in the United States, these comments may have a different effect outside the nation's borders. At a time when the United States is engaging in multiple military hostilities, facing a $14.6 trillion national debt and competing with rapidly growing nations such as China and India, we must be more careful than ever in maintaining our diplomacy when addressing other countries.
"NO MEANS yes! Yes means anal! No means yes! Yes means anal!" Last October, Yale University students marched past the Old Campus, where most first-year women are housed, with this message as a welcome to college.
UNIVERSITY students talk a big talk. We talk about student self-governance. We talk about not lying, cheating or stealing.
The University welcomes about 3,450 first years into its undergraduate student body this weekend. Those will not be the only fresh faces appearing on and around Grounds during the upcoming year, however.
This is the first article I have ever written for The Cavalier Daily. Let that sink in for a moment.
Ella Baker put it best when she proclaimed, "We are the leaders we've been looking for." Spoken in the context of the civil rights movement, these words were a call for action during a particular time of calm and complacency.
They came to the University with many passions that did not quite add up to a degree. If they knew what interested them they could select a major.
