It will not surprise you to know that many of the conversations we have in the office are not entirely serious. If they had been, we would have written a lot more articles about dining hall conspiracies, dating culture and squirrels. One day last semester, though, one of the crazy ideas we hit upon stuck […]
The phone calls I receive before 9 a.m. rarely bring good news—a staffer calling me to tell me that today’s newspapers are yet to be delivered, an advertiser calling to tell me there is a problem with the quality of his print advertisement. As editor-in-chief it is my duty to handle all of those calls, […]
Charlie Tyson, fourth-year College student and executive editor of The Cavalier Daily, was recently awarded a Rhodes Scholarship. The College Topics Blog recently spoke with Tyson about the honor, his plans for study at Oxford and the influence the newspaper had on his nomination. Why did you apply for the Rhodes Scholarship? I’m interested in […]
In 2006, when I was editor-in-chief of The Cavalier Daily, I woke up one December morning, put on a suit and walked to my car to drive to Richmond. I was going there in order to give a deposition about how the newspaper’s rights were being infringed upon by the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage […]
U.Va. Reunions Weekend will take place on Grounds June 6–9. The following undergraduate classes will be celebrating this year: 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003 and 2008. On Saturday, June 8, the Cavalier Daily Alumni Association will host reception from 3–5 p.m. in the lower garden of Pavilion V. In case of inclement weather, the rain location is the Cavalier Daily offices in the […]
On April 20, the Cavalier Daily Alumni Association and The Cavalier Daily hosted a day-long series of workshops and panels with digital media experts intended to explore the critical business and editorial decisions that will define America’s news organizations in the coming decades.