TO SAY that the University's honor system has flaws is a major understatement. From troubles with the definition of "seriousness" and "non-trivial" to problems reporting intent to commit an honor offense, a guilty verdict at the honor court is an arduous and subjective process for the Honor Committee.
POLITICAL PARTIES like to claim whole groups of people as sure votes during the election season. Republicans and big business go together like peanut butter and jelly.
HONOR has seen better days at our University. It took two open honor trials within the last year, but I have lost all faith in the honor process.
KARL MARX and Robin Hood may have fought against it, but the natural tendency in our world is for the gap between rich and poor to grow with time.
IN THE run-up to the Iraq War, President Bush proudly boasted to his critics that despite his failure to garner the United Nations' approval for the operation, he could still plunge ahead with the help of his "coalition of the willing." This impressive-sounding phrase referred to the list of 46 nations that offered military support to the United States and Britain as they sought to liberate Iraq (or its oil, or its weapons of mass destruction, depending on whom you listen to). Considering that most of those countries committed well under 1,000 personnel, it was always more of a rhetorical device than a fighting force.
RADICAL xenophobes in the immigrationdebate want to build walls and prosecute alleged "sympathizers." Only this time, the potential repercussions are global.
WHATEVER else may have come from last Sunday's open honor trial, the debateresulting from the verdict is an exciting development.
DESPERATE to absolve the national guilt of prejudice and hate that has stained our past, the United States of today actively strives to welcome diversity in all its forms.
SEVERAL readers were upset with the Comics page last Thursday. That day, each comic included a tribute to Mitch Hedberg, a stand-up comic who died March 30, 2005.
IN A letter discussing education, Thomas Jefferson wrote, "There is a natural aristocracy among men.
CHARLOTTESVILLE voters will go to the polls on May 2 in the midst of an affordable housing crisis.
PRESIDENT Bush has been hop-scotching around the country over the past weeks to regain the public's support for the war in Iraq.
IN THE WAKE of the recent open honor trial of Steve Gilday, who was expelled from the University for lying to his teaching assistant, it has become clear that these trials do not enhance the legitimacy of the honor process.
AS STUDENTS, we've always been told to write with our audiences in mind: that is, to recognize whom we are trying to persuade and to target our appeals to that group.
FOR MANY Mexicans and others illegally immigrating into the United States, there are only two options -- continue living in squalor for the rest of your life or risk life and limb in order to receive a livable wage.
WHAT COMES to mind when you hear the word "privilege?" We hear it all the time, but we often fail to stop and ponder its true meaning.
THE MELTING of the polar ice caps, the rise of sea levels and massive flooding covering nations across the globe?
STEVE Gilday is a victim on several levels. First, he is a victim of his own poor judgment, which led him to falsify an academic document (albeit not for the purpose of cheating) and then to lie about it under pressure from a professor.
AS A precocious elementary school boy, I remember when bathroom stalls were forums of forbidden romance.
IT IS an unfortunate fact that formany students at the University, honor is virtually synonymous with the single sanction.
