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(05/17/02 4:00am)
WHEN YOU read this, I will be within hours of becoming a college graduate. I probably will be having the same shiver down my spine I just got writing those words. All of us sitting on the Lawn, even those who found jobs in this awful economy, will ask, what do I do now?
(04/24/02 4:00am)
POLITICIANS have always had a love-hate relationship with American college students. They love using us as interns, yet they also distrust colleges as hotbeds of dissension, and many conservatives see them as responsible for moral breakdown. But they used to at least like those hard-working foreign students. Not anymore.
(04/17/02 4:00am)
AFTER the horrors of Sept. 11, it was comforting to hear expressions of support from around the world. But many of us worried that this sympathy would lead to free rein that would let us do things we would regret. This did not happen. Our allies, particularly in Europe and the Middle East, cautioned us to limit our campaign.
(04/10/02 4:00am)
I DON'T expect all of you to like all my columns. What makes me mad is when people criticize me without bothering to understand my arguments.
(04/03/02 5:00am)
PARTY Patrol is perhaps the least popular group on Grounds. Most students don't understand what it does, beyond the fact that it checks up on underage drinking. Party Patrol doesn't deserve students' hatred, but its focus on stamping out underage drinking at IFC parties is unrealistic. Concentrating on regulations that increase safety for everyone, including those over 21, would better serve the community.
(03/27/02 5:00am)
FLIERS on Grounds went up right before Spring Break about "End Violence Against Children Week." That sounded reasonable. But then the same group began the week with a barrel of plastic replicas of fetuses in the middle of the sidewalk. Last week's anti-abortion protests were both deceitful and tasteless, and serve only to further polarize the abortion debate.
(03/20/02 5:00am)
ABOUT 90 percent of my mail is junk, so I'm skeptical of anything I didn't solicit. But I open it. My friend, though, threw out an invitation to Phi Beta Kappa because she didn't know it's a prestigious honor society and thought it was one more group taking her money. I can't blame her, though, when there's little information out there. Student organizations like Student Council and Residence Life need to provide access to information on college honor societies so that students can decide which ones are worthwhile.
(03/06/02 5:00am)
PEOPLE who can't write their own admissions essays don't deserve to be here. Getting your mom, your best friend or your English teacher to look it over is fine, and makes sense. But now you can pay consultants or get essays on the Internet.
(02/27/02 5:00am)
THE University is in a tight spot financially because the Commonwealth has decided to make us beg for pennies. As usual, though, private benefactors are coming through with funding for us. John Kluge's gift of 10 farms, one designated specifically for educational use, provides an opportunity to continue innovating during difficult times. There certainly will be a long list of proposals from different departments. But the University needs to select proposals based on the most practical usage of the property: a self-contained entity for conferences or long-term research.
(02/20/02 5:00am)
I DO NOT belong to either political party. But this does not mean that I share the growing contempt in America for political parties. These days, anything involved with political parties is viewed as inherently corrupt.
(02/13/02 5:00am)
I USED to be puzzled as to why my boyfriend likes to buy me presents online. But now, Frank, I've figured out your secret. You'd rather use the enclosed card than try to pick one out.
(02/06/02 5:00am)
OPINION is the section of the paper where it's OK, even expected to make people angry. What we don't want to do is offend people with prejudice. I hope that if I submitted something that could be construed this way, my editor would pull it. My editor - not the administration or an outside watchdog.
(01/30/02 5:00am)
THE DEPARTMENT of astronomy at the University has become involved in a highly promising telescope project. Now, Native American and environmental activists are attempting to intimidate the University into abandoning it. Yet withdrawing from the project would not only take away a unique opportunity for research, but would do nothing to solve the ecological and cultural issues opponents are fighting.
(01/23/02 5:00am)
STUDENT Council has a lovely office complex in Newcomb Hall. The president has her own office and phone. The Graduate Council, though, does not. To interview their president, I call him at home.
(01/16/02 5:00am)
APPLYING to college is a difficult process no matter what. Some students, however, apply once and get it over with by Christmas. Early decision makes sense if you know what you want early on.
(11/28/01 5:00am)
IMMEDIATELY after Sept. 11, individuals of all political persuasions spoke of the need for unity. But it didn't last long before the finger pointing started. Currently it has become fashionable to blame former President Clinton and his administration.
(11/14/01 5:00am)
WHAT HAPPENS if you have an election and nobody comes? I pondered this when I found out that Student Council elections are starting today. I like to think I'm pretty well informed. I actually read those Connections e-mails, and I always vote. But these elections were a shock to me.
(11/07/01 5:00am)
COVERING the local delegates' races this year made me long for the 2000 race. Not because 2000 was a cliffhanger, but because the two candidates clearly engaged each other on the issues.
(10/31/01 5:00am)
THE ANTHRAX scare has brought a new word into the American consciousness: Cipro. Even though most Americans are learning about its capabilities, they don't consider who will pay for those expensive prescriptions.
(10/24/01 4:00am)
AS A COLLEGE student who has taken Commerce courses, I'm happy to know that future generations won't have to share my Commerce School envy. Now that the Board of Visitors has voted to tear down New Cabell Hall, future students won't bear the shame of loud air-conditioning window units you can't use, chairs bolted to the floor, and very un-Jeffersonian architecture.