A problem undoubtedly exists when the Secretary of the Board of Visitors has to assure students that the commencement speaker for the 2009 graduation ceremony is in no way ?a racist or an ideologue.? Yet Secretary Alexander Gilliam and other members of the administration responsible for the selection of Judge J.
In recent times, there has been some anti-French sentiment and a few caustic remarks made regarding our neighbors across the pond.
?Medical miracles do not happen simply by accident,? said President Barack Obama on March 9, following his decision to overturn the Bush administration?s policy restricting funding on embryonic stem cell research.
Since this is my last semester at the University, I often find myself evaluating my overall experience at this institution.
?I don't want to get into detail about [contraception]...Everyone should be abstinent... but it?s not realistic at all,? Bristol Palin told Fox News back in February.
People around the world are suffering and dying needlessly. Ills ranging from preventable diseases to heinous human rights abuses are destroying the lives of millions.So why are we spilling so much ink squabbling over comparatively petty University issues like the University Board of Election?s botched ballot for next year?s University Unity Project?
This week, I?m going to complain and Cavalier Daily Managing Editor Tom Madrecki is going to respond.
Tick, tock, tick, tock: the clock moves forward. For most, Jack Bauer?s fictional world in the drama-series ?24? is an entertaining escape from the real word; however, for some, it is a reality.
A few weeks ago, while watching Law and Order: SVU on the USA Network, the usual commercial breaks were interrupted by a corporate-sponsored public service announcement.
If midterms have been plaguing you for the past few weeks, you might have missed the ads run by Americans for Prosperity (AFP), an organization that fights for free market economics.
On Monday, President Obama signed an executive order reversing the ban enacted by former President George W.
The recent legalization of physician assisted suicide in Washington state once again thrusts the issue to the forefront of American minds.
Let's say you?re watching a movie on televsion and a character says "baloney? instead of another supposedly more offensive b-word that censors dubbed over, either sounding stupid or ruining a funny or serious moment in the movie.
In case you missed it, Sunday was International Women?s Day, a holiday intended to highlight the condition of women all over the globe.
Art history and architecture in Rome, French in Lyon, International Finance in London, jet setting around the world on a cruise ship.
Nearly six years ago, an American surge towards the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad marked the start of the war on terror and created a panic that left Iraq?s National Museum looted and destroyed, its hallowed halls dark and dusty and its displays empty behind shattered glass panels.
As a political junkie, nothing sweetens my Spring Break vacation more than a dose of international justice.
It's like a scene out of the YouTube sensation Unforgivable skit: I want a taxicab ride, FO? FREE.
ON ANY weekend night at the University, one could potentially find thousands of students at any of dozens of locations on or off Grounds drinking alcohol.
Last Wednesday, a cartoon ran in The New York Post that depicted two police officers shooting a chimpanzee.
