I am writing to commend Coach Tony Bennett for his remarks about academic performance expectations for student athletes participating in the University's basketball program.
It's been more than a month, so maybe it's safe to talk about it now. On Feb. 9, The Cavalier Daily published "June Bug," a story Life columnist Julia Sharpe wrote about her trip to South Africa.
I found the lead editorial from March 4 ("Leading the Pack") to be a bit misleading in nature. The editorial wishes to endorse a specific candidate for the office of Chair of the Judiciary and Honor Committees, but the editors failed to speak with all representatives who have been elected (only speaking to those from some of the more contested representative races). It is also important to note that elections for the Curry School were not yet complete, and The Cavalier Daily's attempt to support a specific candidate is extremely premature from a time perspective.
Perhaps the most cherished hiatus from classes by students across the nation, Spring Break has come at last.
A return trip to Grounds brought back fantastic memories and revealed stunning changes around the University. Navigating Route 29 North provided me with all the aspects of a congested area - except the road rage.
The University-wide student election polls may have closed last week, but a few prominent positions have yet to be decided.
Last week, I wrote about ways to learn a language. However, to fully participate in a society, linguistic command is necessary but not sufficient.
On June 12 of last year, Iranians went to the polls with a message of change similar to the one that recently swept through America.
Though polls are closed for the University-wide student elections, questions remain about the University Board of Election's preferential voting procedures.
Under 21? Want a credit card? It just got a whole lot tougher for you to get one. The Credit CARD (Card, Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure) Act of 2009 went into effect Feb.
"Man is the rational animal,"spoke Aristolte, a figure whose achievements are the embodiment of human potential.
Last night, the University Board of Elections announced the much-anticipated results of the University-wide student elections.
Have zero tolerance policies in schools gone too far? That is the conclusion drawn by many when looking at the myriad students who have been negatively affected by these all or nothing policies.
Tilikum recently killed his trainer Dawn Brancheau at Sea World, resulting in the third fatal incident that the killer whale has been a part of during his 25 years trapped in his little pool of water.
Tonight, the University Board of Elections will announce the results of the University-wide student elections.
Unless we are talking about Santa Claus, a spry geriatric does not seem like the type of man that should inspire a youth revolution.
According to "Honor reviews exam discussion policies," from the Feb. 22 edition of The Cavalier Daily, Andy Bean - the Commerce School's representative on the Honor Committee - told the Committee of a professor who recycled 15 questions from a midterm exam on a final exam.
Hello and goodbye were the only two English words that I knew in 2003. After living in Chengdu, China for nearly sixteen years, I immigrated with my family to America.
8: The men's basketball team's longest winning streak this season as Coach Tony Bennett seemingly propelled the squad from rags to riches 6: The team's current losing streak - back to rags 9: Number of referenda on the ballot during this year's student elections 1: Referendum that students probably cared about - T-shirts! 6.5: Percent increase in the number of in-state students admitted into the University as proposed by state Del.
I was confused to learn that the Honor Committee is discussing how to prevent students from talking about exams after they have taken them ("Honor reviews exam discussion policies," Feb.
