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Good work in tough times

I AM NOT sure where to start. As usual, I have read the previous week's issues of The Cavalier Daily and read my e-mail with an eye toward composing this column, but this week was unlike anything I have ever experienced.


Opinion

Cleaning up Foxfields not as easy as A-B-C

SPRINGTIME at the University would not be complete without the Foxfields races. Attending the races has been a tradition for students and visiting alumni for a long time, and they usually take place on one of the weekends before spring classes end.


Opinion

Misguided conference

FOR THOSE seeking further evidence that the United States' United Nations dues could be better spent subsidizing Midwest production of the Flo-Bee, look to the recently adjourned U.N.


Opinion

Quiet opposition to moment of silence

AS A SELF-CONFESSED bleeding-heart liberal, adamantly in favor of the separation of church and state, I should really be getting riled up about Virginia's adoption of a moment of silence in its public schools.


Opinion

Calling for courteous cell phone users

Although classes have been in session for less than two weeks, it has occurred in almost every class at the University: the blaring, distracting ring of someone's cell phone in the middle of a lecture or class discussion.


Opinion

Shifting funding to government

EVERY year the same thing happens. Classes fill up and professors are either forced to turn away students who in many cases are fourth-year majors in the subject, or deal with the consequences of an over-crowded classroom.


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Latest Podcast

All University students are required to live on Grounds in their first year, but they have many on and off-Grounds housing options going into their second year. Students face immense pressure to decide on housing as soon as possible, and this high demand has strained the capacities of both on and off-Grounds accommodations. Lauren Seeliger and Brandon Kile, two third-year Cavalier Daily News writers, discuss the impact of the student housing frenzy on both University students and the Charlottesville community.