AT LONG last, Family Weekend is upon us, which means parents and families descending on Charlottesville en masse and, for some students, their first reunion with relatives since the start of the semester.
ROME WASN'T built in a day. Nor, we can now say, was the new Iraqi government. But having successfully drafted a referendum and having conducted a second national election, the Iraqi people are moving closer and closer to an independent democracy.
WHEN UNIVERSITIES first began wiring dormitories with Ethernet, it was widely assumed that expanding students' opportunities to access the Internet would be beneficial to their educations, enabling them to conduct research and complete assignments more efficiently.
IF YOU haven't noticed from the "mad-lib" like red shirt floating around Grounds reading "I Love My ________,"it is Love Your Body Week sponsored by the U.Va.
CALIFORNIA recently passed legislation that bans shackling female prisoners during labor and delivery.
WHILE many University students thoroughly enjoyed the Rolling Stones concert a few weeks ago, some were caught in an unfortunate bind -- Thursday night classes.
WE ARE all familiar with the history of western civilization. The Greeks invented democracy, and possibly reason itself.
SEVENTY-TWO percent of American college and university faculty describe themselves as liberals. This, according to a recent study in the political science journal "The Forum." Meanwhile, the campaignmoney.com Web site shows that professors have contributed more than 10 times as much money to Democrats as to Republicans over the past six years.
IN ADDITION to the blinding panic that comes with impending graduation, fourth years who hope to attend graduate school must add the Graduate Record Examination to their list of headaches.
THE U.S. House of Representatives is currently giving consideration to a resolution with great implications for both the University and the world of higher education.
STAY THE course: this is the lesson of the Iraq war and the ongoing rebuilding process. On Saturday, millions of Iraqi citizens turned out to vote on the country's constitutional referendum, which is being reported as likely to pass.
The Arts and Sciences Council is raising its fee for students in the College of Arts and Sciences from four dollars to $10 over three years.
AS HE watched Tim Kaine and Jerry Kilgore duke it out in last week's gubernatorial debate, Independent candidate Sen.
AS WE go about our business, a pandemic that threatens to kill millions is gathering steam. As we speak, scientists are crying Cassandra about the bird flu and the growing threat of a worldwide pandemic.
THE ENTIRE premise of "freedom of speech" is that there is no absolute truth, no absolute orthodoxy.
DO THE math on 87 percent of 8.5 percent of the undergraduate body. It's no mandate. Public opinion is fickle, and student referenda in fall elections carry very little weight.
WITH TWO consecutive losses to ACC rivals, criticism of Virginia's football coach Al Groh has become quite common.
THE UNITED States House of Representatives is scheduled later this term to consider authorizing a so-called "Academic Bill of Rights," a bill that the creators believe will force additional amounts of time and funding to be spent in universities to represent "pluralism." Additionally, the bill would have professors appeal to a wide variety of methodologies among differing viewpoints, according to the Students for Academic Freedom Web site.
THIS PAST weekend I was schooled in the art of being profoundly shamed by another university's newspaper.
IMAGINE walking by a flyer threatening the lives of you and your family if you were to vote. As you are reading it, in the distance you hear an explosion and horrifying screams.
