Shield-ing the students
By Managing Board | February 16, 2011When the polls open next week for student elections, voters will be confronted with a multitude of candidates.
When the polls open next week for student elections, voters will be confronted with a multitude of candidates.
SOMETHING is brewing near Beta Bridge, and for once it is not alcohol. There has been a recent explosion in the number of students heading toward Beta Bridge on Friday and Saturday nights - not to find the hottest party, but to feed it.
FORMER First Lady Rosalyn Carter has been quoted as saying, "There are only four kinds of people in this world - those who have been caregivers, those who currently are caregivers, those who will be caregivers and those who need caregivers." Mrs. Carter understood that at the heart of the U.S.
ONE cannot help but feel slightly embarrassed upon examination of how we as American consumers choose to spend our money.
When President Obama released his 2012 budget proposal yesterday, many constituencies were displeased.
IF YOU were born anywhere between the mid-1980s and the early 2000s, then you are officially a member of Generation Y or, as they are commonly called, the "millennials." Individuals from Generation Y spent most of their formative years in the 1990s, which means that if you are reading this article then you are most likely a member of this group. As a member, you are probably now silently waxing philosophic about which Nicktoon was superior and which grunge band was the best.
THE BEGINNING of the spring semester is marked by a few memorable events. Rushing and pledging are two that are very common.
Valentine's Day often is viewed through the lens of the loving couple. Yet in a broader sense, the day's focus on care and affection should extend to the interpersonal connections that bind communities as a whole.
SOMETIMES, particularly when they are dealing with a big story on deadline, some editors and reporters lose their best judgment.
LAST WEEK, for perhaps the first time ever, Dennis Kucinich, D.-Ohio, and Tea Party members of Congress agreed on an issue.
Before The Cavalier Daily published its Feb. 10 edition, the Managing Board scrutinized each sentence in a story about three Virginia football players who were charged with felony and misdemeanor crimes Tuesday.
We are members of a valued and highly regarded community of trust. We live in a community that is driven by a common decency, moral respectability and honor system.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy reported Sunday that in 2010 nearly half of the donations of $5 million or more made by the nation's 50 most prolific donors went to institutions of higher education.
IN LATE January, Gov. Bob McDonnell was selected by the University's Committee on Commencement and Convocations to speak at the 2011 graduation ceremony.