IN THE eyes of Hollywood, nothing is quite as tragic as the death of one of its young stars. Heath Ledger died at the age of 28 last week from causes still unknown.
AT ITS first meeting of 2008, Student Council reviewed possible amendments to its constitution. The most controversial of the proposed changes include removing the voting power of the transfer student liaison and the First-Year Council president.
THE MEDIA'S love affair with the Hillary-Obama slugfest is approaching the heights of total stupidity.
IT'S THE end of January, which means we're right in the middle of Inter-Fraternity Council Rush. For hundreds of students this means lots of fun and the start of lifelong friendships.
EACH TUESDAY evening, Student Council holds its weekly meeting in Newcomb Hall. There, representatives and committee chairs address students' concerns, listen to administrators' presentations and discuss University issues.
DO YOU think The Cavalier Daily isn't meeting your needs? Is it not covering the issues that affect your life?
I ONLY had about 20 minutes until my next class, and on the walk back from the AFC the other day, O-Hill seemed like a perfect option for a quick bite to eat.
IN THE movie Superbad, the character Fogell (aka McLovin) claims to be 27 years old, a resident of Hawaii, 5-foot-10, and 150 pounds, not an ounce of which is true.
THE PRESIDENTIAL election and the tumult surrounding it has become just about the easiest thing in the world to complain about, to point out flaws and gripe about the candidates and their relative stances on the whole gamut of issues.
IN PHYSICS, the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle states that merely by observing a particle, one changes its position.
I HAVE asked myself many times in the past two weeks whether the politics of this country will be tolerable for the next ten months if Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic presidential nomination.
IN ORDER to understand which candidate will be the true "change agent," look at how the people who actually need change in their lives have voted so far. According to CNN exit polls, of the 23 percent of primary voters with postgraduate degrees in New Hampshire, 43 percent of them support Sen.
LAST WEDNESDAY, the first day of class, many professors began discussing their syllabi by remarking that it is under revision because they were unaware until very recently that class would be cancelled for Martin Luther King Day.
WE HARP on about how Barack Obama isn't really black, and how Hillary Clinton isn't even human. So, it befuddles me when the headline story on CNN rambles on about the "tough choice" black women face between an African American and a woman in the South Carolina Democratic primary.
"THE AMERICAN people are hungry for something different," declared Sen. Barack Obama in a speech last Saturday.
THE 2008 presidential election was supposed to be about Iraq, following the midterm election trend in 2006.
THE RECENT subprime mortgage crisis and the slump in the housing market are starting to take their toll on the American economy.
AFTER a long day of classes and work, I usually follow the same routine. I grab a snack, catch up with my roommates, check my e-mail, and finally, peruse Facebook.
THIS FALL, thousands of high school seniors applied early to their colleges of choice. They sent applications to Duke, Maryland, Yale, and other schools across the country that accept early applications.
BACK ON grounds after a delightful Winter Break, I've noticed an increasingly popular trend that has me at a loss.
