RADICAL xenophobes in the immigrationdebate want to build walls and prosecute alleged "sympathizers." Only this time, the potential repercussions are global.
WHATEVER else may have come from last Sunday's open honor trial, the debateresulting from the verdict is an exciting development.
DESPERATE to absolve the national guilt of prejudice and hate that has stained our past, the United States of today actively strives to welcome diversity in all its forms.
SEVERAL readers were upset with the Comics page last Thursday. That day, each comic included a tribute to Mitch Hedberg, a stand-up comic who died March 30, 2005.
IN A letter discussing education, Thomas Jefferson wrote, "There is a natural aristocracy among men.
CHARLOTTESVILLE voters will go to the polls on May 2 in the midst of an affordable housing crisis.
PRESIDENT Bush has been hop-scotching around the country over the past weeks to regain the public's support for the war in Iraq.
IN THE WAKE of the recent open honor trial of Steve Gilday, who was expelled from the University for lying to his teaching assistant, it has become clear that these trials do not enhance the legitimacy of the honor process.
AS STUDENTS, we've always been told to write with our audiences in mind: that is, to recognize whom we are trying to persuade and to target our appeals to that group.
FOR MANY Mexicans and others illegally immigrating into the United States, there are only two options -- continue living in squalor for the rest of your life or risk life and limb in order to receive a livable wage.
WHAT COMES to mind when you hear the word "privilege?" We hear it all the time, but we often fail to stop and ponder its true meaning.
THE MELTING of the polar ice caps, the rise of sea levels and massive flooding covering nations across the globe?
STEVE Gilday is a victim on several levels. First, he is a victim of his own poor judgment, which led him to falsify an academic document (albeit not for the purpose of cheating) and then to lie about it under pressure from a professor.
AS A precocious elementary school boy, I remember when bathroom stalls were forums of forbidden romance.
IT IS an unfortunate fact that formany students at the University, honor is virtually synonymous with the single sanction.
LAST MONDAY, the Muslim Students Association kicked off their awareness week, nobly attempting to bring light on the completely misunderstood religion of Islam.Unfortunately, misconceptions and ignorant interpretations pervasively characterize a ubiquitous but accepted Islamophobia in the western world.
WHEN YOUNG women plan their futures, they often expect that they can balance the career of their dreams with a satisfying family life.
THE JURY is in on the merits and demerits of the single sanction, and it remains the best sanctioning system for the University's Honor System. For the past semester and a half, the Honor Committee's ad-hoc committee for investigating the single sanction has been studying student surveys and trial jury data to attempt to address many of the concerns commonly raised about the sanction.
IMAGINE an upper-middle class home in the Victorian era. The woman and the man have their separate spheres: The woman manages domestic life, ensuring the draperies are not faded and the food does not become cool before the man sits down at the table.
EARLIER this month, Virginia's General Assembly passed HB 1478, which would require public colleges and universities in the Commonwealth to develop guidelines to combat the rising cost of textbooks.
