The media use certain news values to determine what makes an event worth reporting. The proximity of an event to a media outlet, the event's impact on the audience, whether a conflict exists or even whether something odd happened all affect the media's decision on what to report. One of the most important news values is timeliness.
ANYONE who has ever watched a stubborn child attempt to climb up a downward escalator knows how pathetic the sight of an individual struggling vainly against progress can be.
I WORE an old scarf around Grounds the other day and no one seemed to care -- this was when I realized that my life is no longer the same. My once and former "scandal scarf" received its name a few years ago on a late night in the basement of Newcomb Hall in the midst of what no longer seems like such an earth-shattering news break.
FEB. 26, 2003, was both the day I was most ashamed to be a University student and most proud to be a member of the staff of The Cavalier Daily.
I WAS scared out of my mind the first time I stepped into the basement of Newcomb Hall my first week at U.Va.
YOU SEE it every day. Whether jeering at an opinion column, sneaking a peak at the crossword puzzle during lecture or discussing the latest controversy splashed across the front of these pages, the University community interacts with The Cavalier Daily in a myriad of ways.
WHEN I was a kid, I had a secret belief that words and letters looked happy. Silly as that may sound, it probably would have been helpful to keep in mind those many nights in The Cavalier Daily office when it felt like another coherent sentence would never emit from my brain again.
OBSCURITY is a cruel mistress, but that is the fate to which every college newspaper editor is quickly assigned when his or her time has expired.
WHAT DO drinking and humanitarian relief efforts have in common? At first glance, it seems absurd that these terms would ever find themselves in the same sentence.
WHILE THE Washington, D.C. police force is still recovering from the massive influx of people during the inauguration, some are already looking ahead to the 2008 presidential race.
THE DECISION by Alpha Phi Alpha to join the Inter-Fraternity Council has been met with mixed emotion.
THE CENTERS for Disease Control reported that after a 2.2 percent increase in the annual numbers, the "estimated number of American deaths from AIDS through 2002 is 501,669, including 496,354 adults and adolescents, and 5,315 children under age 15."Paradoxically and sadly, according to the same health officials there is an increasing aura of complacency among Americans when it comes to HIV and AIDS.This precarious problem is even more troublesome given that most Americans, whether liberal or conservative, approach AIDS as an individual, not a societal problem. In general, there have been two mainstream approaches to the problem of unwanted pregnancies and STDs such as AIDS, all of which result from sexual intercourse.
LAST FRIDAY was an exceptionally happy day for me. My gift of $1 million is a thank you to the University for all of its gifts to me as a student, staff member, faculty member and alumnus.
JOHN ASHCROFT, the favorite bogeyman of liberals, is once reported to have said, "There are two things youfind in the middle of the road: a moderate and a dead skunk." While most Americans profess to abhor such naked partisanship, it may be the cost of greater civic engagement.
THE HONOR Committee is once again the center of controversy and buzz as the upcoming spring elections rapidly approach.
OTTO VON Bismark once said, "Laws are like sausages; it's better not to see them made." If that's the case, Student Council endorsements are probably like Newcomb's vegan chicken nuggets.
FOR THE first time in recentmemory, a reasonable decision involving race was made at the University.
IT'S NOT uncommon to hear allegations from free-market advocates that Europe still suffers from a good deal of lingering sympathy for the defunct ideals and policies of socialism.
BY AN overwhelming 32-7majority, Virginia's representatives in Richmond passed a bill less than two weeks ago making ours the first state to ban cell phone use in cars for drivers under 18.
COLLEGE Dean Edward Ayers' decision to remove PoliticsProf. James Sofka as dean of the Echols Scholars program continues to be a hot topic in the pages of The Cavalier Daily. Senior writer Chris Wilson reported Wednesday ("Policy may afford Sofka future hearing," Feb.
