Nearly six years ago, an American surge towards the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad marked the start of the war on terror and created a panic that left Iraq?s National Museum looted and destroyed, its hallowed halls dark and dusty and its displays empty behind shattered glass panels.
As a political junkie, nothing sweetens my Spring Break vacation more than a dose of international justice.
It's like a scene out of the YouTube sensation Unforgivable skit: I want a taxicab ride, FO? FREE.
ON ANY weekend night at the University, one could potentially find thousands of students at any of dozens of locations on or off Grounds drinking alcohol.
Last Wednesday, a cartoon ran in The New York Post that depicted two police officers shooting a chimpanzee.
Considering the relative indifference of students towards the spring elections, one would think that Monday?s results would please those of us who long for more student involvement in choosing the people who run Student Council, the Honor Committee, and the University Judiciary Committee.
Recently, Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner revealed that he believes that the United States economy may require yet another infusion of cash from the federal government, this time lending as much as $1.5 trillion.
In these times of economic crisis, the University is looking for ways to cut the budget without negatively impacting students.
With the elections now decided, it is time for the newly elected officials of our student government to lay the groundwork for building positive relationships with their constituents, including the organizations of the Minority Rights Coalition.
APATHETIC. Uninterested. Lazy. As members of the ?Me Generation,? we?ve heard these terms used to describe us before.
IN THE last four years I have had the honor and privilege of pursuing my Ph.
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IF YOU?RE an out-of-state student at the University, chances are that when you first arrived on Grounds you felt at least a tinge overwhelmed by the sheer number of students from Virginia.
NO ONE likes service cuts. No surprise then that students huffed and puffed after the Information Technology and Communication office announced its plans to gradually phase out public computer labs from the University last week.
THE UNIVERSITY Board of Elections has been a failure. Since its inception in 2003, the organization has drifted away from its duties and established procedures with disastrous results.
WE ASK how the other person is doing, but already know. We smile, one of us says we?re good, the other says we could be better.
IN THE past, the University of Virginia has shown its reluctance to adjust to outside social dynamics.
IT?S BEEN just a few weeks since Barack Obama took office as President of the United States, but judgment on his presidency is hardly premature.
THE SIREN wails, traffic slows, your eyes lock on our worst nightmare: blue and red flashing lights.
