IT'S THAT time of year again. As students are finally getting settled into life back at the University, we are now faced with what may very well be one of the biggest events of the semester.
AT THE Republican National Convention last week, former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani explained President George W.
LAST WEEK, the Republican National Convention provided an entertaining and diverse set of speakers who each represented a different movie genre.
AS THIS year's presidential election edges closer, it has become increasingly evident how worried many Americans are about its outcome.
WATCHING my friend aimlessly scroll through the course offering directory's hundreds of intriguing courses and interdisciplinary departments, I realized that students are becoming less interested in undergraduate humanities courses.
WHILE Newsweek andTIME released polls conducted during the Republican National Convention showing Bush up by 11 percentage points, one has to wonder what the Republicans did right and how the Democrats managed to get a bounce essentially equivalent to a big fat goose egg.
THINGS ARE looking a little dull around Mr. Jefferson's University as of late. The University is now fully enforcing the recently updated International Fire Code.
AS A veteran of the Civil Rights Movement, a former Georgia legislator and now chairman of the NAACP, Prof.
STUDENTS returning to Charlottesville last week were greeted by new, prohibitively strict regulations on dorm decorations.
THE SICKENING thud heard by the American electorate a few days ago was the sound of John Kerry plummeting to the ground in the most recent national public opinion polls.
THIS WEEK, my father will fly out from my family's home in California for his first and, since I am graduating this year, probably his only trip to a University home football game. Game day in Charlottesville is a special experience.
LAST WEEK, the Managing Board of The Cavalier Daily exchanged jabs with administration officials concerning a hike of the Student Activity Fee.
ON JULY 1 of this year, the Virginia legislature passed an amendment to the 1997 Affirmation of Marriage Act designed to clarify the limitations on gay marriage and civil unions in the Commonwealth.
WHILE we students were away enjoying the booze and blahs of summer life, our University administration was hard at work to ensure a warmer and fuzzier community for us to come back to.
WHAT is an ombudsman, and why should you care about this column? I'm sure many of you are wondering that right now.
WELL, LADIES and gentlemen, that's it. Election 2004 is over. The candidates can pack their bags and go home, the voters need not even bother going to vote.
WAS ANYONE paying attention? On July 1, Virginia took up the mantle of one of the most backward states in the Union.
THE EDUCATORS who initially promoted the SAT wanted college to not be merely a haven for the privileged, but a honing ground for the country's best and brightest, a vision steeped in America's meritocratic spirit. Over the decades that vision has evolved, and it continues to guide most college admissions today.
MY ROOMMATE, a transfer student from Boston University, put it best: "This really sucks." He was, of course, talking about ISIS, the proverbial elephant in the room, one of the first things everyone complains about, yet very few students have taken action to amend.
AFTER THE PASSAGE of the much-touted 2002 McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform, one would think that this election season would be relatively benign in terms of negative ads.
