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.
LAST WEEK, a debate exploded over Bob Sweeney's nomination to live on the Lawn. Though few people have made the point, the Sweeney controversy really isn't about Sweeney at all.
IN APRIL 2001, a task force convened as part of the Virginia 2020 initiative recommended that each varsity sport be assigned to one of four tiers, based primarily on their revenue production and competitive track record, in order to better allocate funding among them.
FOR ALL its noise last spring, the Living Wage Campaign has since maintained a low profile. Though a living wage for all employees is a common conversation topic, the disruptive demonstrations have all but ceased.
ON MONDAY, Maryland joined a growing number of states in a decision to ban smoking in restaurants and bars across the state.
THE CHARLOTTESVILLE Transit System recently took steps to improve public transportation within the city of Charlottesville.
GERMANY has seen a disturbing growth in "infanticides" in the past several years. They usually occur when a mother decides she does not want or cannot keep her newborn baby.
DEPRESSION and suicide are two issues many students do not think about on a daily basis. Others, however, cannot stop thinking about them and their effects on their lives.
It began with nonsense. "Bong hits 4 Jesus," the banner proclaimed. But the principal took it to advocate smoking marijuana, and she took the banner away from a student and punished him.
ON MARCH 27th and 28th, Washington & Lee law students stood up and voiced our shared community values.
TRANSFER STUDENTS provide the University with a different perspective and social dynamic that could not be achieved in an environment of exclusively traditional students.
LAST WEEK, President Casteen issued a statement saying that he did not intend to sign the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment on behalf of the University.
A MIXTURE of dried plant materials like cedar or cypress wood shavings, lavender or rose leaves and flowers, and cinnamon bark can make a sweet-smelling potpourri. Smell, however, wasn't the main sense originally associated with "pot-pourri," a French word linked to another of the senses -- taste -- as the word came from a Spanish stew. Tasty, sizzling-hot ingredients mixed into a stew are reminiscent of church potlucks, which are even more entwined with the five senses as men, women and children can pick and choose what looks, smells and tastes good.
ONE OF the greatest appeals of our University, for students and alumni of all ages, is the appearance of Grounds.
