"SILENT night, holy night. All is calm, all is bright round yon Virgin Mary and child." These words from the traditional Christmas carol "Silent Night" are appropriate for Christians, but what if a non-Christian were forced to sing them?
EVERY year, around the beginning of October, students begin a mad scramble for housing, afeeding frenzy for the finest apartments and a shuffle of "who's in, who's out" to put together the ideal living situation.
LIBERALS are often shrugged off,ignored or burned in effigy bymoderates for being too "condescending." Taking into consideration the liberal mentality of "how dare you be so intolerant, you ignorant hillbilly" that surfaces whenever people vote differently than they do, it is not hard to understand why moderates tend to side with Republicans.
OPPOSITION to the proposed "de-Westernization" program has mostly centered around "anti-Southern" beliefs or "anti-Western" accusations, disturbingly similar to the Bush administration's "for us or against us" policy that makes informed debate impossible.
IF YOU perused the News section of The Cavalier Daily last Friday,you might have come across an interesting article about drinking at the University ("Report finds social norms campaigns ineffective," Oct.
WE SWING the doors open every Sunday night. And noone comes. About five minutes before every Honor Committee meeting, I get the feeling that someone is going to walk in and sit down.
IN RECENT weeks, the University's Office of Admissions decided to do away with its early decision program.
VIRGINITY pledges surfaced in the early 1990's as a way to promote abstinence among young adults.
IN LAST week's column, I talked about the utility of Wikipedia as an encyclopedic resource and its general benefits for society.
GROWING up in New York City, I learned that even with the largest police force in the country surrounding me, it was still necessary for me to take precautionary measures to ensure my own safety.
CONTEMPORARY government policies have for decades strived for diversity in schools (among other places). Diversity in schools seems to be a matter of augmenting minority representation.
THE UNIVERSITY last week did its potential students a great disservice. Following colleges such as Princeton and Harvard, the University decided that it would no longer continue its early admission program for students, instead opting for an application deadline in early January for all applicants, which will take effect for applicants entering in 2008.
ONE OF the biggest problems in America today is its polarization. Liberal or conservative? Hawk or dove?
DURING campaign season, politicians trek all over their district, state and even country to drum up support.
SEN. JOHN McCain has let me down once again. In recent months, the renegade Republican senator's presidential aspirations have led him to court voters on the far right, often in ways that lack his usual rationality.
COMING into last Tuesday'spresentation of the South Lawn Project, I had little idea of what to expect.
THE MARSHALL-NEWMAN Amendment, which will appear on Virginia ballots for the Nov. 7 election, defines marriage as "a union between one man and one woman." A careful look at the complete amendment text, however, reveals that it does significantly more than this.
A GREAT deal of noise has been made recently over allegations that incumbent Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) supposedly used racial slurs while he was a student at the University.
LAST WEEK, as I ordered a tallvanilla latte, I couldn't help but notice that two of the three conversations in the Starbucks line were about foreign policy.
In abject disillusionment my professor referred to the United States Congress as a circus last week.Being wide-eyed, I thought, 'what a terrible thing to say about such a distinguished institution.' But then, once again, my optimism was undermined by the newly revealed indiscretions and inappropriate emails of Florida Republican Rep.
