SINCE December, five U.S. professors traveling in China have been detained. The Chinese have held them on counts ranging from divulging "state secrets" to espionage, giving their families and the United States little information about their whereabouts or the charges they face.
HOW SAD it is when women trade in their pedestal in order to become the butt of men's jokes." This quote, spoken by modern - and unconventional - feminist Wendy Shalit in her book A Return To Modesty, may seem absurd and ungrounded in our age of "liberated," independent women.
FOR ME, this has been the Summer of Contention. I'm living in Washington, D.C. this summer, and the experience so far has been fun and frustrating at the same time.
I HAVE seen the light. After receiving e-mails from members of the ex-gay community regarding my last column, I realized I was wrong to criticize these groups.
RISING second years are looking toward the upcoming school year with one ugly word on their minds: major.
TURN ON the television, and one thing is clear: America wants a Patients' Bill of Rights. Numerous surveys show overwhelming support for a Patients' Bill of Rights and overwhelming hatred of health maintenance organizations.
ALL OVER the country, so-called "ex-gay" groups wildly claim that they can turn gay people straight.
JULY FOURTH is just around the corner, so now is probably a good time for a sappy and platitude-filled discussion about what it means to be an American.
JOHN BOULAIS has taken care of his son, Tuan Anh Nguyen, ever since the woman who gave birth to Nguyen abandoned the child after her relationship with Boulais ended.
THE RECENT cheating scandal at the University showed the failings of the Honor Committee over the last few years.
THE ENVIRONMENTALIST movement is a modern hoax. Its substance is nothing more than a sense of self-righteousness, similar to the complacency found in religious fanaticism. Environmentalists would be free from attack if they were more sensible, for example, by acknowledging that there is a tradeoff between preservation of nature and modern convenience.
AFTER the execution of Timothy McVeigh last week, it looked like the best death penalty opponents could hope for was another 38 years without a federal execution.
A COUPLE of weeks ago many of the major reputable news sources of this country found themselves in a rather embarrassing game of limbo with much of the American public standing idly by wondering, "How low can they really go?" The lure of a story about President Bush's underage twin daughters attempting to purchase alcohol at a local Austin, Texas restaurant using a fake ID was more than most editors and anchormen could resist.
MAKING the same mistake twice is pretty foolish, so making a really stupid mistake twice may be a sign that you're not the brightest crayon in the box.
MANY of you went out last weekend. I sat in my Houston home mesmerized by the images on my local TV stations, hoping that my house wouldn't flood.
AFTER Sen. Jim Jeffords (I-VT) defected from the Republican party, politicians, pundits and analysts debated the motives and ramifications of this move.
A MAN WAS killed in Indiana Monday morning. He wasn't mugged and stabbed. He wasn't run over by a reckless or drunk driver.
THIS IS now the third draft of my "parting shot." These words, after all, are the final ones I will ever have printed in The Cavalier Daily, and thus cannot be taken lightly.
WHEN I was applying to schools, U.Va. wasn't on my short list by any means. I had no interest in coming here, but my parents really wanted me to apply.
EVERYONE needs a little lift-off in their lives. We are all blessed to be standing here this Graduation Day.
