Last week's forum on racial profiling, organized by Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Black Student Alliance and Griot Society, brought students, police and administrators together to discuss a burning topic of late.
EVER LISTEN to the comments in a crowd? This particular crowd said things like "Wait! I need my arm!" and "I can't breathe!" "Ouch" and "cut it out" were popular as well, but my favorite was "I hate every person at this #$!&ing University who didn't camp out and is in front of me right now!" It was game day, and it was not a pretty scene.
WITH THE recent announcement of the Lawn selections for the coming academic year, we are again apprised of the University's biggest and brightest.
UNLESS you've been under a rock lately, you know that University elections are going on; the fliers make it hard to miss.
DESPITE the numerous Rugby Road fraternity parties and bar crawls on Thursday nights, I live for this particular evening for one reason - NBC's 'Friends.' I tune in every week to hear Phoebe's newest whacked out philosophy and hear Joey hit on another innocent victim, and believe me, if I happen to be out that evening and my VCR malfunctions, no one wants to be around to witness my rage. Now, an evil force may prevent 'Friends' from continuing to be at the top of the Nielson ratings: CBS's 'Survivor II,' which now competes against 'Friends' during its precious Thurs.
THE GRAMMYS have been a joke for as long as I can remember. The most ridiculous people always seem to be nominated.
I HADN'T planned to write about the honor referenda this week. Having mentioned the Committee repeatedly throughout the last two weeks, I figured it was time to give it a rest.
IN A TOWN not more than 45 miles from where I was born and raised, President Bush recently announced his proposals to increase Education Department spending by 11.5 percent.
TO BE WRONG is fine. To admit it, divine. I want to admit that I was flat wrong about the honor referenda.
ONE OF the problems with being the Ombudsman of The Cavalier Daily is the high standard of work that the paper produces.
SOMETIMES we say the right things for the wrong reasons. And sometimes we say the wrong things for the right reasons.
LIKE MANY college students, particularly out-of-state students at a state university, I am often asked why I chose to enroll at the University.
NAPSTER finally has resorted to bribery to win its escalating battle with the recording industry.
WE WRITE on behalf of the Contraceptive Coverage Committee, an organization of University undergraduate, graduate and professional students, advocating changes in the student health insurance endorsed by the University.
LET THERE be no mistake; this is an apology, not an apologia. I will be making some explanations, but this column is primarily an acknowledgment expressing regret and asking pardon for faults and offenses.
CAN ORAL contraceptives be included as part of the prescription benefits of the QualChoice health insurance plans available for student purchase?
WITH ELECTIONS looming up on us next week, students are being overwhelmed with chalkings and fliers.
THE PAST few days have seen an alarmed University and Asian-American community react fervently to The Cavalier Daily's Feb.
THE INITIAL "reforms" proposed by the Honor System Review Commission in November stagger belief.
ASIDE from the hundreds of other ways in which people may be divided into two camps, such as cat people and non-cat people, Yankee fans and human beings, and so forth, the Western world is comprised of NASCAR fans and non-NASCAR fans.
