Opinion

Opinion

Revamp the ENWR 110 exemption system

By Patrick Harvey | September 30, 2002

Writing well -- a talent that separates scholars from the hoi polloi. The first writing requirement -- a course that most first years have to take with an incorrect assumption that they will learn how to write well. The goal of the first writing requirement has little to do with what the SAT II writing test measures and therefore the University should stop using it as a measure of exemption from their writing classes.

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Opinion

Area requirement inefficiencies

By Alec Solotorovsky | September 27, 2002

As part of the Virginia 2020 plan, each of the University's academic departments is conducting a comprehensive curriculum review, with general results to be announced this spring.

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Opinion

De-stigmatizing virginity

By Kate Durbin | September 27, 2002

Sex is a hot topic among college students. Since Kelly King's Sept. 10 "Under the Covers" column, there has been a fair amount of talk about sex printed in the opinion section of The Cavalier Daily.

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Opinion

Guilty by CEO status?

By Harris Freier | September 27, 2002

The business headlines over the past few weeks have centered on former General Electric Chief Executive Officer Jack Welch.

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Opinion

Incomplete emphasis on ethnic diversity

By Maggie Bowden | September 27, 2002

Without question, the University is diverse. No, diversity is not the many different colors of Polo shirts the boys wear or the unlimited styles of Vera Bradley purses the girls carry.

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Opinion

Where has faculty accountability gone?

By Laura Parcells | September 27, 2002

When I accepted admission here, I was excited to come to a community where -- unlike my high school -- people couldn't make outrageous claims without having someone demand that they answer for their beliefs.

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Opinion

At Harvard, help becomes hurt

By Amey Adkins | September 26, 2002

AS HARVARD University opens its doors to the student body for classes, they also welcome a new sexual assault policy implemented over the summer.

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Opinion

Don't be "that guy" in discussion

By Megan Moyer | September 25, 2002

After a month in class, and with midterms rapidly approaching, the time seems ripe for a classroom etiquette Public Service Announcement.

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Opinion

Shining light on "speech crimes" records

By Anthony Dick | September 25, 2002

A free society upholds a man's right to speak his conscience without fear of reprisal, no matter how heinous, offensive or patently false his opinion might seem.

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Opinion

Clumsy satire raises legal questions

By Seth Wood | September 25, 2002

Pbs has generously chosen to re-broadcast Ken Burns' "The Civil War" over the course of the upcoming week.

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Opinion

Raving mad RAVE Act

By Alex Rosemblat | September 25, 2002

Last Friday, Buzz at the club Nation -- Washington, D.C.'s longest running rave dance party -- did not open its doors to the hundreds of D.C.-area electronic music fans as it has for the past nine years.

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Opinion

Beauty, in the eyes of few beholders

By Kevin James Wong | September 24, 2002

IN THE middle of Manhattan on the lower level of Rockefeller Center, a sculpture of a dying woman was removed last week due to the fact that many passers-by deemed it to be "too disturbing." The sculpture was emotionally striking and was an accurate display of human suffering during tragedy, but Rockefeller Center was nonetheless justified in its decision.

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Opinion

Muppets and HIV do not an issue make

By Becky Krystal | September 24, 2002

FOR A LITTLE while, it looked like Oscar might not be the only grouch on "Sesame Street." This week, the South African version of the highly-acclaimed children's television program debuted a new Muppet -- Kami, an HIV-positive furry orphan.

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Opinion

To write or not to write?

By Kazz Alexander Pinkard | September 24, 2002

FOR MORE than five years, I have been able to dodge a bullet headed my way. Bob and weave, I told myself time and time again, but even the fastest man alive can't escape life's ultimate burdens, let alone the burdens of U.Va -- where everyone knows that if you don't speak up, you won't be heard.

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Opinion

Tuition tag -- in-state, you're it

By Patrick Harvey | September 23, 2002

STUDENTS ARE being bombarded by budget cuts. First there was "Papergate," when ITC cut off free public printing privileges.

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Opinion

Abreast of airline's prospects

By Alex Roosenburg | September 23, 2002

HOOTERS Air Inc. What a wonderfully lucrative idea. Entrepreneurs are always looking for new money-making ideas and this time, Robert Brooks, Chairman of Hooters of America Inc., has livened up the game.

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Opinion

Need for media balance

By Masha Herbst | September 23, 2002

BABIES are being kissed. Mud is being slung. And that can only mean one thing: It's election time again.Politicians seeking election or re-election have various media at their disposal, including campaign ads in broadcast and print forms, Web sites, and of course, news outlets. The content of campaign ads and candidate Web sites are almost completely up to the individual campaigns, and thus don't always tell the whole story.

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Opinion

Abstaining from virgin-bashing

By Laura Parcells | September 20, 2002

AS ONE of the few conservative Cavalier Daily columnists and open member of the -- ahem -- "God Squad," I guess I should have caught on earlier to Kelly King's Sept.

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Opinion

Beyond weapons inspections in Iraq

By Alec Solotorovsky | September 20, 2002

UNDER HEAVY pressure from the United Nations and its Arab neighbors, Iraq pledged on Monday to readmit United Nations weapons inspectors immediately and without conditions.

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Opinion

Unfair racial backlash for Thomas

By Kimberly Liu | September 20, 2002

OVER A decade ago, after Anita Hill accused him of sexual assault, many Americans thought poorly of Clarence Thomas.