IN ANCIENT Greece, the Oracle at Delphi was known for the ability to predict the future; at the entrance to the Delphic temple read a simple inscription: Know thyself.
CHOICE is a double-edged sword. In a university setting, students are supposed to be free to make their own choices and learn from their mistakes.
AS SECOND semester begins to wind down, first-year engineering students enrolled in the Science, Technology, and Society 101 course are beginning work on "Katrinasim." Katrinasim is a culminating project that engages students with a real-world example of the effect of technology on society, and vice-versa.
THINK back to elementary school for a moment: What was your third grade teacher's name? How about second grade?
WHEN YOU were a kid, how many times did your parents remind you that money doesn't grow on trees?
IN RECENT weeks, the University has exhibited a disturbing trend of measures and ideas that provide benefits to small numbers of students while curtailing or interfering with the rights of other students.
VIRGINIA has a long history of denying its citizens the right to vote. Today, there are still more than 300,000 disenfranchised men and women in this state, whose entire adult population in the 2000 census was about 5.6 million.
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THE RESIDENCE Life Office recently announced that incoming first-year students will no longer be allowed to specify a preference between Alderman and McCormick Road residence halls.
I WENT to the Take Back the Night Rally for the first time my second year. It didn't really affect me.
SOMETIMES, very subtle things perpetuate stereotypes and promote prejudices. About eight years ago, for a course on the civil rights movement, I looked at the original local coverage of the Montgomery, Ala., bus boycott.
"CHINA has blocked all media on Tibet. Come hear the other side of the story", read the bright orange flyers stapled on the walls around Cabell Hall last week.
ASPIRING Cavaliers recently received the University's admissions decisions for the Class of 2012.
WITH THE exception of the Tibetan and Han people (and a few foreign travelers) living in Lhasa, nobody really knows what actually happened on March 14, when the so-called peaceful demonstration turned out to be violent.
MANY STUDENTS have experienced the frustration of trying to travel from the University to Northern Virginia and Washington D.C., especially those of us who live in the area.? Whether it is trying to find a ride or dealing with the traffic on Route 29, the transportation infrastructure connecting Charlottesville to Northern Virginia is clearly not adequate to meet the needs of these two expanding regions. The creation of a commuter rail line connecting Charlottesville to Northern Virginia and Washington D.C.
FREEDOM of expression has played an important role throughout my University career and throughout those of my peers, and Juicy Campus now gives many more students the same opportunity we have had.
LAST WEEK, the Take Back the Night program held a series of events to remember University sexual assault victims and to heighten awareness about these crimes.
TODAY'S society sends teenagers increasingly mixed messages about alcohol consumption, such that it is not surprising how many teenagers end up hurting themselves through alcohol abuse.
THIS WEEK is Take Back the Night at the University. Survivors of sexual assault and their advocates have been working to raise awareness of resources for survivors and ultimately prevent sexual violence against men and women.
ALL IT takes is a stroll down the Lawn to see that University students are politically active and engaged.
