OF THE University, Thomas Jefferson once said "the great object of our aim from the beginning has been to make this establishment the most eminent in the United States, in order to draw to it the youth of every state." Jefferson wanted to create an excellent school not only for Virginians, but also for students from across the country.
I CAN make your life better. Here are some of my ideas for making your Valentine's Day extremely special.
WITH VALENTINE'S Day just around the corner, I can imagine what's on most people's minds. Beat Duke!
THE IMPORTANCE of investigative journalism: Investigative reporting is the single most important task journalists can engage in.
I WANT TO thank the Board of Visitors. After the story last week about how the Board may have suggested some of the changes in the honor system that we will be voting on this spring, my initial reaction was that of smug satisfaction. I've always thought that the honor system could not exist in its current form for much longer, and that it would only be a matter of time before some outside force took matters into its own hands.
SOMETIMES there seem to be only a few dozen contributing members of the University community. These superhuman students run the publications we read, decide which speakers and musicians we hear and allocate funding for the organizations whose meetings we attend.
WHEN A child is brought into this world, a mother must accept an amazing life responsibility as role model and teacher of this child.
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THE FAILURE of bill 2506, which would limit out-of-state enrollment at Virginia universities to twenty five percent, ensures that the University itself can decide how many applicants from outside the Commonwealth will be admitted.
WHEN I began researching and brainstorming for this article it was tough to distill a single point why students should not pass the honor referenda.
HI, I'M JOHNNY Knoxville and this is Extreme Irresponsibility. It happens far too often in our society that parents will seek to shift the blame for their own incompetence from themselves to the media, or even more obnoxiously, to "society." You and I know how absurd this is, but it makes for an interesting story, so most news outlets will continue to publish this plea no matter how ridiculous it gets. By now, most of us are familiar with the planned lawsuit on behalf of Jason Lind, a Connecticut 13-year-old who set himself ablaze while mimicking a television stunt.
IN ABOUT three weeks, the student body will have the opportunity to vote on four packages of amendments to the Honor Committee constitution.
LITTLE things bother me. A hamburger with too much ketchup. A desk that wobbles. Sitting on an airport tarmac for six hours.
DATE RAPE drugs. Those may be the three scariest words I've ever read. But never in my wildest dreams did I think that phrase could ever become more than words on a page - that it would jump out of a book to touch my life.
PICTURE this: a board meeting. The new recruit, fresh out of U.Va., is busily scribbling, taking note of everything important.
AS OFFICIAL North Grounds Goodwill Ambassador to this newspaper's readership, it only seems appropriate to alert those in the University community to the arrival of a new neighborhood resident.
WALKING down Main Street late Tuesday night, I was stopped by the mumblings of a man. "I'm angry," the man muttered as he stumbled past.
RUSH. THE word kind of makes your stomach turn, doesn't it? Associated with it are images of black pants, small talk and hard core partying.
THE 112th Managing Board is off to a strong start. I suspect by now they are mostly stunned by the amount of work and time they will have to put in on a daily basis, and so I was pleased to see such a good job this first week.
BETWEEN the continuing ethical lapses of the Clintons and the hoopla over whether or not President Bush is living up to his promises of bipartisanship, most University students -- like the country as a whole -- have become skeptical about government.
