FOR MANY Americans, the defining image of the last few weeks' immigration debate has been an infuriating one.
DURING WEEKS like these -- when congested sinuses softly wheeze the sweet song of spring -- some neglected topics might merit our attention.
TOO OFTEN good intentions go awry, leading to detrimental, ineffective action. The No Child Left Behind Act has been in effect for over four years and fits this criteria.
ON JUNE 28, 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court yet again reaffirmed the basic principles of Roe v. Wade when it struck down the improperly labeled "partial-birth abortion" ban.
THERE IS a fundamental law of economics which says that the more money there is chasing a finite quantity of goods, the higher the final price of that good will rise.
THE BOARD of Visitors announced a new goal for the University at last week's meeting: one day, we will be ranked number 15 in the U.S.
LAST WEEK, a congresswoman from Georgia struck a police officer who put a hand on her as she tried to walk through a security checkpoint at the U.S.
SO HERE'S where we stand on the immigration issue, the policy question that has split the nation: The Senate, led by Democratic Leader Harry Reid and Republican Leader Bill Frist, had agreed to a "compromise" bill that allows for a "guest worker" program and limited amnesty for some long-term illegal immigrants.
WHAT DO Tom DeLay, Newt Gingrich, Richard Nixon and yours truly have in common? No -- it's not that we're all crooks.
The Cavalier Daily's Managing Board -- comprising the Editor-in-Chief, Executive Editor, Managing Editor, Operations Manager and Chief Financial Officer -- gathers daily to debate, decide and shape the opinion they will put forth as the lead editorial.
IN 2003, a Sudanese government-sponsored campaign of rape, pillage and genocidal mass murder began in Darfur and has since left nearly 200,000 dead.
WITH scandals plaguingAmerican politics, it iseasy to dismiss theimportance of politics in everyday life.
MODERN FEMINISM has become less of a representationof the scope of women's beliefs and more of an opportunity for female liberals to decry the suburban woman's plight from atop their comfortable, academic soapboxes.
Rajesh Jain's April 5 column "Losing faith in honor" said that the Honor Committee defines the criterion of triviality as, "Would open toleration of such an act impair the community of trust sufficiently enough to warrant permanent dismissal from the University?"The Honor by-laws, in fact, say that "an act is considered to be non-trivial if open tolerance thereof would be inconsistent with the community of trust."
IT HAS become ubiquitous:"$10.72! $10.72!" We've heard it shouted and repeated on the Lawn the past few weeks and seen it plastered around Grounds on flyers and in chalk.
TO SAY that the University's honor system has flaws is a major understatement. From troubles with the definition of "seriousness" and "non-trivial" to problems reporting intent to commit an honor offense, a guilty verdict at the honor court is an arduous and subjective process for the Honor Committee.
POLITICAL PARTIES like to claim whole groups of people as sure votes during the election season. Republicans and big business go together like peanut butter and jelly.
HONOR has seen better days at our University. It took two open honor trials within the last year, but I have lost all faith in the honor process.
KARL MARX and Robin Hood may have fought against it, but the natural tendency in our world is for the gap between rich and poor to grow with time.
IN THE run-up to the Iraq War, President Bush proudly boasted to his critics that despite his failure to garner the United Nations' approval for the operation, he could still plunge ahead with the help of his "coalition of the willing." This impressive-sounding phrase referred to the list of 46 nations that offered military support to the United States and Britain as they sought to liberate Iraq (or its oil, or its weapons of mass destruction, depending on whom you listen to). Considering that most of those countries committed well under 1,000 personnel, it was always more of a rhetorical device than a fighting force.
