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That tapping noise is the sound of me knocking on the woodwork, wondering why all the Groh-haters have faded away and crawled back inside.
Is it a city or a town? Try the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the state of Virginia and the largest west of Richmond. The article "Rockin' Roanoke" (Oct.
Michael Khavari wrote in his recent article, "Deadly decisions," (Oct. 12) that the death penalty is "barbaric" and "ancient." You may disagree with the "eye for an eye" sense of justice that is the foundation of the death penalty, but to act like it's some kind of relic of an ignorant past is ridiculous.
Student Council's "Free Newspapers on Grounds" initiative has begun providing students with free issues of The New York Times and USA Today.
Students at the University have no shortage of committees that claim to represent their interests. The most obvious among these groups is Student Council, but the list does not stop there: class councils, Greek councils and school councils are all part of the civic landscape. Of these committees, the school councils - like the Arts & Sciences Council, Engineering Student Council, Commerce Council, and so forth - seem uniquely well-positioned to tackle the more focused issues that each community faces internally.
Shortly after the inauguration of President Barack Obama in early 2009, Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions released a masterfully constructed video in support of the president.
President Barack Obama has recently been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize amid a great deal of controversy.
The Honor Committee revisited the Semester at Sea issue this week. At Sunday night's meeting, Committee Chair David Truetzel presented a proposal that would allow expelled Semester at Sea participants the right to request a second trial on-Grounds if found guilty of an academic honor offense during the program.
Fox's new musical-themed show Glee is a fresh, more mature take on Disney's High School Musical. The show's creator, Ryan Murphy, has discovered a way to unite Disney's HSM with the edginess of his previous show, Nip Tuck.
In writing against the death penalty in Deadly Decisions, Mr. Khavari twists the Constitution, makes unwarranted assumptions about the psychology of murderers, and ignores the deterrent effect of the death penalty. Mr. Khavari argues that the death penalty is a "cruel and unusual" punishment, which is prohibited by our Constitution.
I think there's nothing wrong with the idea of a "nontraditional candidate" being picked to be the next President of the University of Virginia.
It's the middle of October, and the last thing most University students are thinking about is the clock winding down on anything.
More than a century ago, Nellie Bly checked herself into an insane asylum. She wasn't a lunatic, but she wanted to document the inhuman conditions people in these alleged sources of care were subjected to.
By now, we all know the Michael Vick story: he was convicted and served time on federal dog-fighting charges.
The United States has the unpleasant honor of being the only liberal democracy in which the death penalty is still carried out.
"They dropped you the day you graduated." These words sank into my chest. I graduated from U.Va. this May and moved to California.
The search for the University's next president presses forward. To date, the Special Committee on the Nomination of a President has held six open forums for public comment - five on Grounds and one at the University's College at Wise.
With the increasing number of bikes around Grounds, we need an agreement or at least an understanding between pedestrians and bikers.
