THROUGHOUT America, the prospect of an impending baseball strike has captured the hearts and minds of sports talk show hosts.
CLASSES start today. For many, it represents an end to summer's freedom and a new beginning of late nights in the library and cramming before midterms.
CRITICS from both the United States and abroad have lambasted President Bush for his refusal to back down on his preparation for a military campaign to topple Saddam Hussein's regime.
IMAGINE my surprise when, upon arriving home from work one day early this summer, I found a new car waiting for me in my driveway.
ON JULY 22, three unidentified incoming freshmen at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and the Family Policy Network, a conservative Christian group based in Virginia, filed a lawsuit against the University of North Carolina claiming violations of students' First Amendment rights.
THE LAST TIME I stepped into a McDonald's restaurant, I was prepared to eat a tasty, albeit unhealthy, meal.
A FEW FOLKS down in North Carolina are getting ready to build themselves a big old bonfire. In anticipation of the upcoming school year, they've been struck by the desire to burn books, and academic freedom along with them. In late July, three incoming freshmen at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill filed suit against the school in federal court.
DON'T WORRY about failing classes this semester. Should you party instead of study, save money by not buying books and sleep through the all-important discussion section, you'll be fine.
IT BEGAN with Enron and Arthur Andersen, spread to WorldCom and Adelphia, and most recently may even engulf AOL-Time Warner, the United States' largest telecommunications provider, pending an accounting investigation.
FORGET the War on Terrorism or the War on Drugs. Recently, the federal government has come up with a revolutionary new concept: the War on Fat. Congress has put together a $200 million legislative package targeting Americans' waistlines.
DEAR AL Gore, After reading a story about you in The Washington Post the other day, I felt moved to write you a little note.
DEFINE the word "project." At first, it didn't seem like a difficult task. After a minute, though, the students' blank stares indicated otherwise.
GOLF: THE gentleman's game. There are many who want to keep it that way - not so much the "gentleman" part as the "man" part.
THOUGH it is only late July, media attention for the upcoming ballot decisions is heating up. The Northern Virginia regional sales tax for transportation infrastructure is the most noteworthy of three public referenda that various regions of the Commonwealth will be voting on.
THINK of a happy place. Then get up and go to it. However, finding such a spot for a study break or blitz on Grounds is a little more complicated than it sounds.
THE FIRST thing that a person notices about another, no matter how unjustified it is, is appearance.
LIKE IT or not, the focus of college is on the classes you take. This column is meant to help out incoming first years in the College make it through their first year or two as painless as possible. As you may have noticed, the College has an absurd amount of required courses.
IF THERE'S one thing that can live up to the hype, it's college. There's no other time in your life when you find that perfect blend of childhood dependence and adult freedom.
FORGET everything you've heard about the black pants, and throw your pastel polo shirts out the window.
THERE are probably several things you expect to get out of your four years of education here at the University: some great memories, a few life-long friends, and the ability to discuss the symbolism in Dante's Inferno like nobody's business.
