LAST FRIDAY I attended a forum at the Miller Center of Public Affairs in which Washington Post contributor Michael Dobbs, a specialist in Russian and Eastern European affairs, discussed his research and his book on the Cuban Missile Crisis.
THERE ARE some discouraging statistics that indicate the United States may be falling behind in the quality of its K-12 schools, and with the emerging global economy, the state of our education system may be more important now than ever.
IT ISN?T often on Grounds that you see University students and Charlottesville residents collaborating together.
SOMETIMES, the difference between a good newspaper article and a great newspaper article is very small.
IN THE buildup to the 2008 presidential and Congressional elections, several prominent Democratic representatives began to whisper about how a sweeping victory would offer an opportunity to reinstitute an ancient relic of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the so-called ?Fairness Doctrine.? If codified into law, the Fairness Doctrine would empower the FCC to silence any news program that it deemed was presenting blatantly biased and unbalanced coverage.
IMAGINE you or someone you love is suffering from a chronic, painful illness.
NATURALLY, just about every sane person in this country is sick of politics and elections. After all, we've endured presidential campaigning for nearly two years now, and although this was undoubtedly a historic election, most people are ready for the electioneering to be over and the real work of governing to begin. While this is a more than understandable sentiment, things are a little bit different here in Virginia.
THE AVERAGE course packet at Brillig Books costs $34.61. The cost of the same materials posted to Toolkit or Collab?
I?VE BEEN writing this column for three years now. And, to be honest, I?ve grown weary of composing the typical University article.
LIKE MANY conservatives, I was disappointed but not surprised by the outcome of last Tuesday?s election.
WHEN YOU are a bit behind schedule, half-walking, half-running to class on McCormick Road, there may be no finer sight than the blue and white paint of a University Transit Service bus emerging from around the corner to save you from tardiness.
IT IS ALWAYS refreshing to see positive, progressive changes around the University, particularly ones that come from students.
EVERY SEMESTER since 1980, the queer community at the University has joined together for a week of celebration of our culture, our lives, and our connections to the larger Univeristy community.
BY NOW we?ve all had time to comprehend how momentous it was for Virginia to change from red to blue in the 2008 presidential election.
TWO weeks ago, I wrote a column expressing my distaste for California proposition 8, a measure intended to amend the California State Constitution to define marriage as a union between one man and one woman, thereby invalidating a California Supreme Court decision to allow marriage between same-sex couples.
LET THIS be a newsflash to University students: Your vote does count.
WELCOME back, John McCain. After months of vigorous campaigning, tainted most notably by the unconscionable selection of Sarah Palin as a vice presidential nominee and by a vitriolic series of attack ads on Barack Obama, the real John McCain made a stunning and unexpected reappearance late Tuesday night.
LAST WEEK, Student Council passed a resolution supporting the creation of the community Garden Project proposed by the Environmental Sustainability Committee.
OCTOBER is always a hectic month for upperclassmen attempting to figure out the following year?s housing arrangements.
