With about a month-and-a-half until the General Assembly convenes for its annual session, Virginia's state college administrators are paying particularly close attention to long-term planning for their institutions.
Nearly 8 years ago, the University athletics department exiled the student-governed Pep Band, the only student band that the University had known at sporting events for the previous 33 years.
Kanye West has had Thanksgiving on lock. For some seasons, his albums have dropped right before the holiday break; the cold beats, nostalgia lyrics and hospitality toward guests evoke the homecoming spirit of the season.
During my spring semester at Florida State University last year, I took an art history course that met at 10 a.m.
Printed on the page opposite this editorial are the Honor Committee's public case summaries for this term, released for the first time at the Committee's meeting Sunday.
While flipping through news channels one day, I came across a CNN segment in which Wolf Blitzer showed the audience how to "dougie." As I watched this aged news anchor jettison all semblance of journalistic integrity, I began to ponder why we watch the news.
Late November can certainly be a daunting time for University students. With papers abounding and final exams looming, Thanksgiving Break can seem but a short reprieve from the madness.
Roraig Finney's Opinion column, "What is love," (Nov. 22) was interesting, as he attempted to find a balance between how liberals and conservatives generally conceive of - or rather, have misconceptions of - marriage.
Kim Jong Un's confirmation as Kim Jong Il's successor in North Korea has created a new set of problems for the United States.
As Thanksgiving approaches and students begin a mass exodus from Charlottesville that rivals its Biblical counterpart, we all begin to look forward to visiting family members, watching unhealthy amounts of football and eating even more unhealthy amounts of home-cooked food. As many of us do not have the luxury of living within driving distance of the University, hundreds of students must resort to air travel to get home this week.
The honor systems at the College of William & Mary and the University have a number of similarities, including the fact that both have come under some heat during recent years for either procedural issues or unclear terminology in the bylaws.
I am writing in response to two Opinion columns in the Nov. 19 edition of The Cavalier Daily. The columns, "Early action: a step back" and "Early admission redux," both pertain to the recent decision by the Office of Undergraduate Admission to offer an early action plan for prospective students in 2011. For the past six months, the Admission Office has been studying the possible impact this decision could have on high school students, particularly low-income and minority students.
Context is important. Maybe I missed something, but there seemed to be a lot of context missing from "Pitching the budget," a story about the University's athletic budget that ran in The Cavalier Daily last Friday. Some of the information in the story was interesting.
America's debate about gay marriage is utterly misconceived on both sides because few institutions are as misunderstood as marriage.
Last week, the University celebrated International Education Week to demonstrate the its commitment to creating global opportunities for students.
During the past several weeks, momentum has picked up on Grounds in support of the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act - or DREAM Act.
