IN AMERICAN politics, we have come to bemoan election season. On the federal level, it rolls around every two years, bringing the actual work of governance to a grinding halt.
WHILE high school seniors anxiously watch their mailboxes for acceptance letters during the next few weeks, their schools continue to discuss the role of class rankings.
TO THE many people who are frustrated about the Lawn Selection Committee and ultimately question its fairness: I feel your pain.
IT IS absolutely amazing that in the United States of America, lawmakers, even governors, are willing to ignore the very law they swore to uphold and protect.
LARGELY thanks to the media and anti-choice extremists, the majority of Americans think the pro-choice and "pro-life" controversy centers around one issue: abortion.
The University's honor system is based on old notions of chivalry, in which a single taint or mistake constitutes an abdication of one's honor.
SOUTH Dakota is for real. It might seem like a far away state that has little relevance to University students, but the state's new law banning almost all abortions has serious implications for every young woman in the United States.
WHEN YOU'RE counting pennies, every penny counts .The announcment by University President John T.
THE CURRENT borders of Iraq were created at the end of World War I as a League of Nations mandate to be controlled by the United Kingdom.
IT"S NOT alwayss possible to get all the answers. Often-times conflicts comedsown to he said, she said,arguments.
AT THE national and state levels, America's immigration policies are coming to a head. Currently in Congress, there are proposals to completely fence off our Mexican border and to prosecute businesses and charities for employing and aiding illegal immigrants.
COLLEGES ALL ACROSS the country, including the Universityof Virginia, proudly host a branch of the ROTC.
IT WAS barely a year ago when the Bush administration trumpeted its "triumphs" in the Middle East as elections sprung up in scattered capitals.
IMAGINE you are sitting in thepassenger seat of a car in heavytraffic next to an intimidating middle-aged man you have never met.
IT IS ALWAYS with us. Whether in the whispers of polite political conversations, in the shouts of protests or dressed in coy names like "reproductive rights" or "right to life," the abortion debate is always with us.
A COLLEGE degree is an essential prerequisite to make it in the fiercely competitive workforce. But "what counts to a degree in the College of Arts and Sciences?" wonders Frank Papovich, Assistant Dean for International Studies.
EACH YEAR, the University's diversity pie includes a certain slice of admitted students who left their race blank on their applications.
LAST WEEK Iran decided to create animosity for animosity's sake. One of the Iranian delegates for the United Nation's International Atomic Energy Association promised "harm and pain" to the United States if they allowed the U.N.
WHEN CANADIANS went to the polls earlier this year and elected a government led by the Conservative Party, relations between Canada and America barely skipped a beat.
IF RHETORIC is the only standard, then American universities are certainly the most tolerant places in the world.
