THE UNIVERSITY can and must promote a diverse learning environment. Diversity of geography, diversity of gender, diversity of interests, and of course, diversity of race, are all keys to a robust intellectual community.
TOMORROW is Fall Convocation, and it was at Convocation two years ago that, summoning the views of many colleagues and students, I outlined the Faculty Senate's initiative to build intellectual community.
"THE UNIVERSITY of Virginia maintains a strong tradition of student self-government ..." These words, the first words scrolled across the University's Web site, are read by thousands of prospective students who are misled to believe that students at the University are allowed to govern themselves fully.
I'VE FINALLY figured out how to make a million dollars. Wait, scratch that - make it a billion. I've decided to patent online banking, or maybe online newspapers.
THIS COLUMN isn't about politics at all. Well, that's not exactly true, but I didn't want you to stop reading after the first sentence.
UNIVERSITY students often seem to rush through their days, living in constant anticipation of the next hurdle, the next major event.
WAH, WAH, wah. College food stinks. Wah, wah, wah. My mommy's food is better. Complaints about campus food at the University are as stale and redundant as the pasta and tomato sauce that always are served in the dining halls.
WAH, WAH, wah. College food stinks. Wah, wah, wah. My mommy's food is better. Complaints about campus food at the University are as stale and redundant as the pasta and tomato sauce that always are served in the dining halls.
UNIVERSITY students often seem to rush through their days, living in constant anticipation of the next hurdle, the next major event.
I'M NOT black, I'm not poor, I'm not disabled -- but I face discrimination. It isn't because I'm female, either.
SO FAR this year, I have turned a blind eye to the "Big White Tent" both on the patio and in the pages of The Cavalier Daily. I assumed that the supposed issue was really being treated as a joke by the newspaper staff and, while something I saw as a waste of space and totally pointless, had little effect on the general community's opinion of the paper.
I'VE FINALLY figured out how to make a million dollars. Wait, scratch that - make it a billion. I've decided to patent online banking, or maybe online newspapers.
AS ONE might well expect, the Senate's rejection of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty last week prompted an explosion of anger both here and abroad.
THIS COLUMN isn't about politics at all. Well, that's not exactly true, but I didn't want you to stop reading after the first sentence.
MOST STUDENTS at this University would agree that more knowledge is better than less. After all, we are all pursuing a college education.
ONE MIGHT have expected a packed stadium. After all, just last week an e-mail was sent to all students, warning that the available student seats might fill up quickly.
HELPING my 10-year-old cousin with her fifth-grade final project was not the breeze I had anticipated it to be.
I BELIEVE it was Shakespeare's Juliet who quipped some delightful balrderdash about names and how they don't matter.
THE UNITED States Department of Education estimates that 2.2 million elementary and secondary teachers will need to be hired in the next decade.
THANKS TO the foot-chewing antics of Board of Visitors member Terence P. Ross, the University recently descended into a deep pit of controversy regarding the status of affirmative action.
