Few things are more quintessentially American than standing up to tyrants. Those who persecute innocents, rule arbitrarily and capriciously, dismiss settled science as a hoax and lie with impunity deserve not only our silent scorn, but our overt disapproval.
With the end of syllabus week, most students have already spent several hundred dollars on bulky textbooks for their new classes.
Repealing the Affordable Care Act, the mere discussion of which has already generated mass backlash, would be just the first stage of the Speaker’s Randian revolution.
$134.80 is the figure I confronted last week when searching for my Economics of Public Policy textbook online.
It borders on intellectual dishonesty not to assess that after a week in office, President Donald Trump is shaping up to be just as much of a revolutionary figure as Napoleon.
379: Days Otto Warmbier has been in detention in North Korea
By declining to release their immigration statuses, the University takes a vital step in providing them greater assurance of protection.
Alternative facts go hand in hand with fake news and the perpetuation of either issue could damage American democracy beyond repair.
If we do not punish Manning’s brand of whistleblowing, then we have endowed American citizens — particularly those in the intelligence community — with the power to thwart our security at their whim.
In his Nobel Lecture, Alexander Fleming, the biologist whose discovery of penicillin has saved the lives of thousands, cautioned that “man may easily underdose himself and by exposing his microbes to nonlethal quantities of the drug make them resistant.”
Students who have founded their own clubs, and gone through the process of forming a CIO may provide helpful perspectives for others who seek to follow in their footsteps.
The Virginia Senate recently introduced two bills addressing the drastic rise in college tuition costs.
James Berg, the editor-in-chief of Science, recently voiced concern about what he sees as a “crisis in public trust in science,” the rejection of scientific findings by large parts of the public.
A lack of proportionate representation of SIA residents — particularly the lower income residents — could have similar consequences as the Vinegar Hill incident.
By citing only data where minority students are found to be underperforming, Wong effectively — intentionally or unintentionally — aggrandizes the issue of mismatch.
With the recent election and inauguration of President Donald Trump, his policies have been heavily debated by citizens and academics alike.
The idea of paying congressional staffers more is not one many people intuitively support.
Doing away with these two agencies would represent a complete disregard for the contributions the arts and humanities have made to many aspects of American life.
Today, I have chosen not to attend class, work or spend money
Students do not make up the entirety of the paper readership
