Opinion

I find the fifth anniversary of Aug. 11 and 12, 2017 an opportune time to reopen the conversation on policing abolition.

Opinion

MOORE: What the Heaphy report and Black Lives Matter show us about police inaction in August 2017

By Jessica Moore | August 11, 2022

With the added knowledge we now have since Black Lives Matter has become mainstream, it is necessary to take a more critical look into policing in the summer of 2017.

Now, five years after the events of Aug. 11 and 12, what I can still expect as a marginalized student is less than the bare minimum — to not feel fully safe in a space where racism has been as fundamental as it has been enduring.

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WHITE: This unfortunately won’t be our last cry for help

By Aliyah D. White | August 11, 2022

Charlottesville is no stranger to providing a space for hatred to preside.

When I graduate from the University, I am likely to lose my healthcare status if I do not continue with my education immediately after.

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CANO-SANTIAGO: I am once again writing about healthcare

By Yssis Cano-Santiago | August 10, 2022

People have value outside of their ability to work, and yet, the American employer-sponsored health system does not reflect that.

There should not be public shaming with simply inaccurate accusations from student leaders that go unchallenged.

Opinion

LETTER: In defense of Bert Ellis, Governor Youngkin Board of Visitors appointee

By Tom Neale | August 10, 2022

I know Mr. Ellis and can assure the misguided students who composed this scurrilous missive that he is the polar opposite of their characterization.

Ellis’s appointment affects more people than the 30,000 students who go to class here every day.

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EDITORIAL: Youngkin, this was the wrong call

By Editorial Board | July 26, 2022

Youngkin’s appointment of Ellis only confirms what he has already demonstrated so far through his governorship — a blatant disregard for the University’s core values.

Opinion

WYLES: U.Va. the beautiful is a lie

By Bryce Wyles | July 25, 2022

Grounds are perhaps pretty when there’s no construction, but what current student knows a University free of construction?

The Cavalier Daily's office and archives are located in the basement of Newcomb Hall.

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Introducing The Cavalier Daily’s archivist

By Eva Surovell | July 18, 2022

The Cavalier Daily's office and archives are located in the basement of Newcomb Hall.

Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization leaves abortion protections — or the lack thereof — in the hands of individual state legislatures.

Opinion

EDITORIAL: Virginia cannot move backwards — keep abortion legal

By Editorial Board | June 29, 2022

Let us be clear — abortion should be kept legal in Virginia.

PAR suggests that the participants know just as much — perhaps even more — as the researchers, and this has proven to be true.

Opinion

TOLLIVER: Encourage Participatory Action Research to combat social injustice

By Shaleah Tolliver | June 15, 2022

Most importantly, however, the adoption of this policy serves as an example of the Participatory Action Research method, which is not only highly effective but also unique.

These revised by-laws — built upon the Committee's flawed conception of what it means to be an honorable student — will do much more harm than good.

Opinion

ONIBUDO: Honor should let the Informed Retraction die

By Nathan Onibudo | June 14, 2022

Every accused student at the University has the right to a trial.

To conservatives reading this willing to break rank and advocate for gun control, I beg you to do it relentlessly.

Opinion

WYLES: The lives lost to school shootings are inherently political

By Bryce Wyles | June 12, 2022

Strict gun control is needed in this country. Without it, these horrors will continue.

Besides being a national security risk to our food — GM food strips farmers from their crop rights through corporate leverage of seed patents.

Opinion

DAWSON: The dark side of genetically-modified food

By Rylan Dawson | June 7, 2022

We need legislation that prioritizes biodiversity and defends against agroterrorism.

Calling or writing to your members of Congress takes just a few moments, and it’s one of the most important and empowering choices you can make to create robust climate solutions.

Opinion

LETTER: The value of carrying climate change advocacy beyond campus walls

By Catherine Epstein | June 7, 2022

As students and faculty leave the University Grounds for the summer, it’s valuable to remember other institutional leaders whom they can influence whether they’re on campus or not.

Having previously written in favor of a rehabilitative form of student self-governance on Grounds, we are encouraged by UJC’s report this semester and urge those found guilty to recommit themselves to the community of trust.

Opinion

EDITORIAL: What the University Judiciary Committee's spring report shows us

By Editorial Board | June 3, 2022

As the institutional body with time, means and resources, the responsibility for reaching out is in UJC’s hands.

Opinion

P.U.M.P.K.I.N. SOCIETY: Spooky Spring 2022

By P.U.M.P.K.I.N. Society | May 23, 2022

The P.U.M.P.K.I.N. Society honors graduating fourth-year students.

Opinion

PARTING SHOT: More than a hundred stories later, I’m signing out

By Zach Rosenthal | May 21, 2022

This is a school and a town that has found itself in the national spotlight time and time and time and time and time and time again, and The Cavalier Daily’s news section has remained an independent overseer of all of these difficult and polarizing issues.

We owe a lot to each other, because we share so much of ourselves with one another.

Opinion

PARTING SHOT: Student journalism is all of our business

By Jenn Brice | May 20, 2022

As a writer, editor and someone finally finding somewhere she belonged in the U.Va. ecosystem, The Cavalier Daily taught me to appreciate the many ways we depend on one another.

In my journey on The Cavalier Daily and in my journey of self-acceptance as a queer person of color, the more I embraced each, the more I felt at home in both.

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PARTING SHOT: Embracing my journeys

By Ankit Agrawal | May 20, 2022

In my journey on The Cavalier Daily and in my journal of self-acceptance as a queer person of color, the more I embraced each, the more I felt at home in both.

Opinion

PARTING SHOT: Being opinionated is something to embrace

By Thomas Driscoll | May 17, 2022

I am proud to call myself opinionated and I encourage present and future opinion columnists to embrace this word as well.

My time with The Cavalier Daily was really about finally finding my family on Grounds, and realizing that I was not alone.

Opinion

PARTING SHOT: Finding my place

By Zachary Pasciak | May 15, 2022

To the people who put up with me and my antics throughout my time on The Cavalier Daily — thank you for giving me a home at this school.

MOORE: What the Heaphy report and Black Lives Matter show us about police inaction in August 2017

WHITE: This unfortunately won’t be our last cry for help

CANO-SANTIAGO: I am once again writing about healthcare

LETTER: In defense of Bert Ellis, Governor Youngkin Board of Visitors appointee

EDITORIAL: Youngkin, this was the wrong call

WYLES: U.Va. the beautiful is a lie

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Introducing The Cavalier Daily’s archivist

EDITORIAL: Virginia cannot move backwards — keep abortion legal

TOLLIVER: Encourage Participatory Action Research to combat social injustice

ONIBUDO: Honor should let the Informed Retraction die

WYLES: The lives lost to school shootings are inherently political

DAWSON: The dark side of genetically-modified food

LETTER: The value of carrying climate change advocacy beyond campus walls

EDITORIAL: What the University Judiciary Committee's spring report shows us

P.U.M.P.K.I.N. SOCIETY: Spooky Spring 2022

PARTING SHOT: More than a hundred stories later, I’m signing out

PARTING SHOT: Student journalism is all of our business

PARTING SHOT: Embracing my journeys

PARTING SHOT: Being opinionated is something to embrace

PARTING SHOT: Finding my place

MCCRACKEN: U.Va. must end its dining contract with Aramark

Regular decision brings overall U.Va. acceptance rate to 16 percent

Archivist Report on the arrest of Martese Johnson

Student Council General Body looks to support family of Elliewood Avenue shooting victim

Top 10 things to do before leaving Grounds this semester

Reflecting on what graduation means to me after picking up my cap and gown

LETTER: Happy Halloween 2022

Top 10 things to do before leaving Grounds this semester

No. 12 Virginia women’s lacrosse loses in close matchup against No. 5 James Madison

Regular decision brings overall U.Va. acceptance rate to 16 percent

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