THE DAY after the Virginia Tech shootings, in the face of an age that has made perfect security its reckless quest, when we have shampoo screening at the airport and metal detectors at some high schools, University President John T.
MORE THAN any other image from last week's Virginia Tech tragedy, I, like countless others, will remember the picture that appeared on the front of nearly every major newspaper in the country: Cho Seung-Hui, murderer of 32 innocent people, before a blue background.Unfortunately, many people do not see Cho Seung-Hui before a blue blackground; they see a Korean, or even worse, just an Asian, before a blue background.
AS FINALS and papers start to close in on the student body, students tend to reciprocate by making work their sole focus.
ALTHOUGH the student responsible for the Virginia Tech murders has been dead for over a week, some fear that the harm from his attacks is not yet complete.
SUSTAINED Dialogue founded De-Stereotype Day last year, and by this year, colleges around the country are hoping to start the event at their own schools.
THE EXPERIENCES within Sustained Dialogue are notmonolithic. Critics misrepresent the nature of the organization and what it seeks to achieve.
IN BUILDING a memorial for the World Trade Center, we must remember that the events of September 11, 2001 still remain close in the hearts of many people.
COMMUNITY service has gotten a lot of attention these days. With the emergence of debates on the value of Alternative Spring Break to the popularity of Madison House, there is no denying that community service has a powerful presence Community service requirements have sparked the question about whether these efforts really help to better society or merely bettering résumés.
RELIGIOUS FAITH meets the public square. For many decades this subject has confounded and tested the American judicial system.
There are times when I tire of speaking out, but after Lindsay Huggin's irresponsible article earlier this month giving the University a free pass on burying felony crime, I was appalled to read Christa Byker's hurtful opinion on sexual assault victims and how they are to blame ("Doing more to take back the night," Apr.
THERE ARE few sights sadder than that of a powerful person incapable of admitting a mistake. The Bush administration has treated us to that sorry spectacle many times over the past six years, but the Senate testimony of Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez last week was perhaps the worst case yet. Gonzalez, who has been under fire for his role in the recent firings of eight United States Attorneys, was called before the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday to explain exactly what that role was.
Monday's Opinion section contained a column by Ryan McElveen and Patrick Lee concerning Sustained Dialogue (Debunking De-Stereotype Day," Apr.
In Stephen Parsley's recent column ("The specter of wages," Apr. 19) he attempted to "articulate" for the rest of us the reasons why the Living Wage Campaign's position is fundamentally incoherent.
THE CLASS of 2008 Trustees met for the first time on March 26, 2007, and as such it is the youngest student organization at the University.
IT'S WONDERFUL to see all the attention that our LGBT Resource Center t-shirt project has generated.
I write to congratulate Patrick Lee and Ryan McElveen for the sparkling perfection of the art of self-parody they achieve in their April 23 column, "Debunking De-Stereotype Day." Masterfully weaving their words into a tapestry of social justice, they write: "In order for historically disenfranchised communities to confront a historically white institution, they must not play into its framework by reinforcing marginalization through dialogue steeped within the hegemonic system." Manifestly, these are the visionaries we need to guide us into the promised land of racial harmony.
TAKING a shower is one of the most relaxing periods of the day. It's a time where we immerse ourselves in water and carefree thoughts.
AS ACTIVE proponents of education about historical inequities at the University, we have not come to the decision lightly to critique De-stereotype Day and Sustained Dialogue.
LAST MONDAY morning, tragedy struck the nation. By Monday evening, the media started pointing fingers.
AS THE "Gay? Fine by Me" campaign comes to Virginia, it is instructive to remember some of the larger issues that will lead to wider acceptance and toleration of LGBT individuals in the University and the United States at large.
