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.
EVER SINCE the first
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.
ELECTION week, the annual exercise in the much-cherished and highly-touted act of student self-governance,? comes to an end for most of us on Sunday.
REPUBLICANS in Congress are generally upset with the new stimulus package.
THE UNITED States and Iran have had a troubled relationship over the past 60 years, to say the least.
IN CASE you haven?t heard, next month is Barbie?s birthday.
DURING my four years at the University there is much I have come to appreciate about Mr. Jefferson?s University.
WE WAHOOS are a proud group. Typically, we don?t covet other schools.
I HAVE A love/hate relationship with the Amazon Kindle.If you don?t know what the Amazon Kindle is, Amazon describes it as ?a wireless reading device.? It?s about the size and shape of a book, but it functions like a handheld computer to which you can wirelessly download magazines, newspapers, ?e-books,? and other forms of electronic media.
IF I WERE to reluctantly put on my patronizing fourth-year hat for one column and advise undergraduates to do one thing at the University, it would unquestionably be undergraduate research.
