Opinions

Staff Editorial: Cheers and Jeers

04/25/2008

So ends another year at the College. As always, this last day brings bell-ringing and Blowout — and, for us, cheers and jeers. We hope you’ll join us in reflecting on some of the biggest campus events of the school year.

Staff Editorial: Thanks, Sam

04/25/2008

Few students will ever give as much to the College as Vice President for Student Affairs Sam Sadler ’64. As a student and an administrator, the man has spent 44 years on this campus. He has, in short, devoted his life to this place. After returning in 1967 as an assistant dean of Admissions, Sadler steadily rose through the ranks, dedicating himself to students all the while.

Letters to the Editor (April 25)

04/25/2008

To the Editor:

What is up with the lack of coverage on the recent anti-Islam lectures that have taken place on campus of late?

Seeking the next ambition: What do you do after winning?

04/25/2008

Of the many ten-dollar words I’ve learned at the College, one has held a lot of weight in recent weeks: teleology. Not only is this one of those polysyllabic wonders that rolls off the tongue — it’s also vital in discussing the sensations of your average Class of 2008 kid.

Staff Editorial - Student turnout crucial

04/22/2008

In our 315-year relationship with the City of Williamsburg, few things have mattered so much as Tuesday’s elections.

Staff Editorial - BOV acting on promise

04/22/2008

The Gateway Program has become a remarkable example of the College’s commitment to educating Virginia’s best and brightest, no matter their ability to pay.

Beato, Granger best candidates for students and city

04/22/2008

This election is not a battle between students and residents; it is an opportunity for us to come together and heal the divide that has been growing for nearly 20 years.

Green roof not students’ burden

04/22/2008

Last week members of the Sentara Green Roof Steering Committee approached the Student Assembly for a start-up grant of $10,000 for its energy sustainability initiative.

Letter to the Editor — April 22

04/22/2008

Boy, did Wehle do a poor job of communicating with this paper’s Editorial Board. On the issues you care about — this is how my platform would translate into votes:

Staff Editorial: Vote Beato, Freiling, Granger

04/18/2008

With a unified voice, students now have the chance to elect candidates who will respond to student needs and treat us as equals in a city that has long ignored our concerns. We urge you to vote for the three who impressed us most: Matt Beato, Paul Freiling and Gil Granger.

Letter to the Editor — April 18

04/18/2008

Unbeknownst to many, Sentara Hospital is attempting to make itself more environmentally friendly, with hopes of constructing a green roof atop its building this fall.

Facing economic reality, ignorance is bliss

04/18/2008

If the majority of students believe that immunity from economic realities render them irrelevant, then we’ve become too detached from the world at large.

Staff Editorial: Art director stands firm

04/15/2008

Nudity makes Americans antsy. Throw in two teens, a newspaper, and one of the College’s own and it’s a ready-made scandal — or at least it is at The Virginian-Pilot, a Norfolk daily. A recent student art contest sponsored by the Pilot has Muscarelle Museum Director Aaron De Groft ’88, and others, crying “censorship.”

Letter to the Editor — April 15

04/15/2008

After my enjoyable read of Dan Piepenbring’s column “Surreptitious Societies Not a Secret Worth Keeping,” I would like to add more substance to his humorous quips concerning secret societies to better illustrate criticisms of their effects on campus.

Diversity should not divide

04/15/2008

Diversity is not black and white, nor is it Hispanic or Asian. Diversity is a collection of all qualities that make us individuals.