IT IS INCREDIBLE what claims are being made in the name of freedom as the memory of Sept. 11 fades into the recesses of our minds.
THE NINTH Federal Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that it is unconstitutional for public school teachers to lead their classes in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, specifically the phrase "one nation under God." The enormous shockwave of outrage that has emanated from our nation's capital following this ruling is both patently ridiculous and directly frightening.
THE YEAR is 1969. Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas writes the majority opinion in the case of Tinker v Des Moines, in which the Court decided, by a 7-2 margin, that it is unconstitutional to deprive public school students of their freedom of speech.
WITH THE Supreme Court's ruling in favor of the Cleveland school voucher system, conservatives are crying a victory for allowing families to "choose" their education.
BOTH CONSERVATIVES and liberals have been trying to politicize the molestation scandal surrounding the Catholic Church.
CONGRESSIONAL Republicans managed to get the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a bill, H.R. 4737, which would force many welfare recipients to work more hours a week, and spend less time getting an education.
WE'VE ALL heard them. Internet rumors and urban legends about the Sept. 11 attacks have spread like wildfire, with new ones springing up even to this day.
LAST WEEK the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops adopted a new national policy where priests who sexually abuse minors would lose their jobs with the church, but still retain their official title as priests.
A NAIVE few of us in the journalism business truly believe that our colleagues strive to bring integrity to the job.
COME UP with a list of school children's top nightmares and it would probably include a number of old favorites.
IT SHOULD be referred to as "The un-scandal." Conservatives endlessly berated the Clinton administration for allegedly vandalizing executive offices before the presidential transition in January 2001.
RECENT MONTHS have seen no end to the debate about the merits of racial profiling. With new terror warnings issued weekly, it's unlikely that an end is in sight.
TALK ABOUT whiplash. About two weeks ago, the Bush administration finally decided to acknowledge what scientists have been claiming for years: global warming exists.
IT'S DIFFICULT to look back on my entire college experience and attempt to summarize it in 600 words.
FOUR YEARS ago, my life was all about firsts: first time away from home, first roommate, first college course. This year, all I can think about is lasts: last football game, last spring break, last final exam.
GOV. GOODHAIR, aka Rick Perry (R-TX), would have made a good topic for my usually political column.
AS I COMPOSE this, I feel the weight of its impact as my last chance to reach out in publication to communicate to my readers.
THERE I WAS huddled in my barren room, trembling - the loneliest and most forlorn first year at the University.
THIS IS the first and only time I can use the word "I" in The Cavalier Daily, with it not being in a quote from someone else.
I'VE FIGURED it out. Finally. The answer's in the genes. Thanks mom and dad. When your father's the type of guy who spends a good part of his free time with a newspaper in hand, another one waiting to be read, and the voices of Katie, Matt and Dan in the background on a daily basis, it's not easy to escape the news - even when you've left for college. Add my mom's gift of gab, keen eye for detail, and perceptive nature to the mix and you've got a future journalist - sort of. While I'm still not sure if I have a future as a professional journalist, thanks are in order for the people who got me down to the basement of Newcomb Hall and the ones who made me stay.
