IT SURE is an interesting time to be an American. Not yet recovered from the shock of the unprecedented terrorist attacks on New York and Washington that shook our nation but a month ago, our country is now faced with the reality of a new threat: biological terrorism.
AMERICA watched solemnly and quietly Oct. 7, as America began its first overt military strikes on Afghanistan.
POP QUIZ: Which did more for world peace, the Treaty of Versailles or the Marshall Plan? The winners of World War I, "the war to end all wars," dictated the terms of the Treaty of Versailles to punish the losers.
MANY POLITICIANS are accused of running on only one ideal. In 1996, Steve Forbes ran for the Republican presidential nomination primarily on his flat tax proposal.
THE BEGINNING of October means that the housing hunt has begun for any student who wishes to live off Grounds next year.
FOLLOWING any major newsworthy event, the media is scru-tinized for its response. It is charged with responding without bias and with covering a story fully without becoming sensational.
THE UNIVERSITY welcomes racial minorities with open arms. There's a student organization on Grounds for nearly every underrepresented race: The Black Student Alliance, La Sociedad Latina, the Asian Student Union and a wealth of other student organizations are dependant on race as a uniting factor.
ONE WEEK ago today, The Washington Post reported that "there is a high probability that terrorists associated with Osama bin Laden will try to launch another major attack on American targets here or abroad in the near future." In light of Sunday's air strikes on Afghanistan, the likelihood of these predicted attacks taking place is undeniably heightened.
IN A LETTER sent Monday to the United Nations Security Council, U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte brought up the possibility of expanding the strikes against Afghanistan to other countries.
FORMER VIRGINIA Gov. Doug Wilder has reappeared on the state political scene. His re-emergence will give Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mark Warner some reasons to doubt his support in the African-American community.
WE HAVE survived the month since what pundits call the defining moment of the MTV generation/Bush administration by hanging flags, donating blood, giving to the rescue efforts and moving on with our daily routines.
THOUGH Sunday's military retaliation against the Taliban is just the beginning of a war, the assault brings a tedious three-week media frenzy and waiting period to a close.
PRESIDENT Bush's speech announcing aggressive military action against Afghanistan skewed and manipulated the truth to justify war as the only logical possibility.
THE UNIVERSITY has let many of its buildings become decrepit. As an Inside U.Va. Feb. 2001 report stated, many of the University's buildings are in need of major repair.
AT ABOUT 12:30 Sunday afternoon, America dropped bombs on the Taliban and entered a new phase in the fight against terrorism.
I WOULD like to clarify some of the discussion regarding the informed retraction proposal currently being debated by the Honor Committee.
IN THE past three weeks since the attacks on our native soil, Arab-Americans have not had it easy.
UNITED we stand: One can see the phrase everywhere, often accompanied by an American flag. Walking through Fashion Square Mall, it is put up in shopkeepers' windows; driving down Route 29, it is in the announcement boards of churches and hotels, usually reserved for messages about prayer service times or vacancies.
ANTHONY Dick's Oct. 5 column, "Christian fanaticism poses greatest threat to America," made a mockery of journalism, opinion and reason.
IT'S A KNOWN fact that students from all over the world come to this country to pursue higher education.
