A TEENAGER who did not want to become a parent was sentenced last week to more than six years in prison for attempting to avoid it by arranging the termination of a pregnancy, The Associated Press reported.
THE PROLIFERATION of computers in modern society is a double-edged sword. Quick, convenient access to outside information also means that anyone can quickly and easily get into your own personal data.
EARLIER this year, the University decided to amend the privileges given to Echols scholars, beginning with the Class of 2011.
THE DRUG prohibition causes crime," proclaims Jerry Cameron to a room filled with rapt libertarians.
ACCORDING TO U.S. News & World Report, the University of Virginia School of Law is the 10th best law school in the nation.
RECENT suggestions that the Living Wage Campaign is dying seem based upon the amount of coverage the Campaign has received in The Cavalier Daily, rather than upon the actual activities of the movement.
IT IS hard to remember a recent University decision that has galvanized such widespread student opposition as the recent news that Vice President for Development and Public Affairs Robert Sweeney might be chosen for residence in Pavilion VI.
IMAGINE carrying your bookshelf, mailbox, newspapers and a board game or two to class with your every day.
"THE HONOR system at the University is currently at a crossroads." The reason this phrase has become such a cliché is because of the simple fact that it has been at a crossroads for quite some time.
Last year the University implemented a smoking policy meant to reduce the effects of secondhand smoke.
IF I were to write that drinking is a problem at the University, I would likely face an insurmountable flurry of replies detailing why the drinking age is ridiculous and how responsible drinking can be enjoyable and good for your health.
MORE THAN a third of University undergraduates will probably leave you alone with a stranger if you are drunk.
THE WEATHER is getting nicer and the plants are starting to bloom. This can only mean two things: Miniskirts are coming out and April 15th is just around the corner.
THE BEST student columns are about local issues, events that are taking place close to home, not miles away.
SKEPTICS of intervention often argue that it is impossible to get engulfed in all wars, and that there are some cases where intervention is more warranted than others.
It seems to me as though people who decide to defend the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy really don't know what they are talking about.Their arguments always reference war, unit-cohesion and how discharging gays from the military really doesn't make a difference in how thinly the American military is being stretched.
I am writing to react to the ongoing controversy surrounding the consideration of Lawn Pavillion residency to Bob Sweeney.
PRIOR TO crying havoc and reacting to a supposed crisis, it is generally a good idea to take a step back and make sure you have fully considered the issue at hand.
LAST WEEK, the University released a response explaining its decision not to sign the American College and University President's Climate Commitment (ACUPCC). While disappointed with this decision, Green Grounds recognizes the challenges inherent in decision-making for a large public institution.
BARRING some Christian radicals who still support organized Christian prayer in public schools, most members of modern society realize the clear immorality of forcing Christian prayer upon children of other faiths.
