"IF WE'RE an arrogant nation, they will resent us. If we're a humble nation, but strong, they will welcome us." - George W.
TWO YEARS: That is how long it took our "justice" system to fix an atrocious sentencing that served anything but justice.
Once upon a Lawn night dreary, while Bob pondered weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of fundraising lore, While Bob nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping the pavilion door. "Tis some visitor," he muttered, "tapping my pavilion door -- Drunken frat boys, nothing more." But then Bob flung the door wide, setting some donor biographies aside, In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore. Not the least obeisance made he; not a penny wasted nor stayed he; But, with mien of (rich!) lord or lady, perched above the pavilion door -- Perched upon a bust of Jefferson just above the chamber door -- Perched, and sat, and nothing more. But the raven, sitting lonely on the pricey bust, spoke only, three words, as if from the Board of Visitors did his soul outpour. Nothing further then he uttered -- not a feather then he fluttered -- Till Bob uttered "Lawnies protested once before for using pavilions clearly to whore Jefferson's dream in a clever scheme.
"I want President Bush to die in flames," cries an energetic young Muslim girl in a school in Gaza.
"MY PARENTS decided tosend me away," said Rukshan Jonny Uddin. "I came home one night and something was amiss." His room had been cleaned; a suitcase was in it.
AN OLD maxim suggests that during our youth, it's okay to be "young and dumb." Unfortunately in our after-hours habits, many University students have taken the latter part of this advice a little too literally.
PERHAPS YOU didn't notice, but we're in the midst of arevolution. More than any other, this one shows that the personal is the political.
THERE IS a large, brick building on Rugby Road where the floor is free of beer, the rooms remain uncluttered with solo cups and the walls are covered with art.
THIS COLUMN was supposed to be about why dining hall food is so expensive. But like a good journalist, I needed a source: I called Brent Beringer, director of Dining Services.
CHINA is about to ignite a new space race,hoping to land its first mission on the Moon in a few years and challenge American dominance in the field.
ON APRIL 13, 2007, I participated in a direct action against the Society of the Purple Shadows during their annual dawn march on Founders Day.
EVERY STUDENT has on occasion been frustrated by an apparently unjust decision of an instructor. Last minute changes or sudden announcements don't occur often, but they can turn an easy week into a frantic intellectual thrashing.
CLOAKED in the shadow of a lonesome alley, a transaction is made. This scene may go unnoticed, but it repeats itself night after night across the globe, the product of a human behavior stretching back to the beginnings of civilization.
DISCUSSION sections are odd. After days of class and lecture, discussions fill a strange niche in the academic schedule at the University.
IN 2001, physics professor Louis Bloomfield put the University's acclaimed community of trust to the test.
IN LAST week's column I advocated making study abroad a requirement for all undergraduates. I wrote that the University should set the goal that by 2010, 100 percent of incoming students go on at least one study abroad experience during their four years on Grounds.
LAST WEEK I argued that secret society tags should be removed from Grounds, but did not really address the argument that I most frequently hear on their behalf, which is summed up by the word "tradition." The tags have always been there; they were good enough for our predecessors; therefore, they are good enough for today's University. I realize my argument faces an uphill battle because tradition is an incredibly powerful force.
?THE CITY of Portland, Maine is allowing King Middle School to make available to its students a full range of birth control products, including birth control pills and patches, a decision which is both staggering and exceedingly reprehensible.
LAST YEAR a student group on Grounds, Green Dining, attempted to start a trend where once every week students would eat in the dining hall without trays.
THE TIMES, they are not a-changin'. They've ground to a halt. A few weeks ago, undergraduates flocked to the John Paul Jones Arena to listen to Bob Dylan, the hero of those who wouldn't trust anyone over 30 -- now a senior citizen.
