EVERY TIME I hear someone around Grounds speaking an unfamiliar language, I'm thankful that the University truly is an international institution.
When I accepted this job last summer, then-Editor-in-Chief Chris Wilson told me I was free to tackle almost any subject related to The Cavalier Daily.
A WEEK ago today, President John T. Casteen III delivered a riveting rendition of his annual State of the University Address.
THE IMAGE of President George W. Bush emerging as a strong wartime leader after the Sept. 11 attacks remains an integral part of the self-image of the Republican Party.
THE UNIVERSITY'S revised sexual assault policies, released last week, demonstrate a substantial and necessary change from previous policy, with an increased focus on the prevention of sexual offenses while providing adequate protection and support for the victims of sexual assault.
SOCIAL SECURITY is the biggest monetary crisis facing our country. It will be completely bankrupt by the time the current youngest working generation retires, because people are living longer, retiring earlier and there is a shrinking base from which to fund the program.
THERE are some days when I would enjoy traveling to New York City and personally beating up members of the mainstream media.
WHILE WE students were on Spring Break, many of us found ourselves drawn in on Friday, March 11 to the story of Brian Nichols.
DAVID Horowitz, the dean of conservative campus paranoia, is having a rough month. First, the right-wing activist's latest attempt to expose the left wing conspiracy was received with gleeful ridicule throughout the blogosphere.
ON WEDNESDAY evenings, while most are busy studying or watching "The West Wing," a few University students volunteer at the Charlottesville Adult Learning Center's English as a Second Language Program.
EACH YEAR, there are about 3 million unintended pregnancies in the United States -- and about half of them happen to women who are using a regular method of contraception. Many women experience anxiety after if a condom breaks, she misses a pill or she has sex when she didn't plan to -- or want to. However, there is another option for women who experience contraceptive failure or unplanned sex -- emergency contraception (EC), sometimes called the "morning-after pill." It's a short, higher dose of the same hormones found in regular birth control pills, and women can get it to have on hand just in case there is an emergency.
WHAT'S WRONG with politics today? Gov. Mark Warner, who spoke in Larry Sabato's politics course on Monday, blamed partisanship for stalling productive legislation.
ANY DAY now, the new Course Offering Directory will become available with selected data from online course evaluations to help students pick which classes and professors they would most like to take.
THE CULTURE of capitalism is a disease that exists in external economic and internal mental realms, and thus afflicts both society and the individual.
A HUMAN being is either alive or dead. There is no gray area in between the two. Terri Schiavo is alive; as House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R
MANY STUDENTS who vote in elections have no idea who they intend to vote for before logging on to vote.
COLUMNISTS must be some of the most self-confident people in the world. While reporters relate the news, columnists purport to tell you what to think about the news.
THE STORY that many Virginia basketball fans had been waiting months to read finally showed up on the front page of Tuesday's Cavalier Daily -- Pete Gillen was out as head coach. Gillen resigned just days after the Cavaliers finished his seventh season at the University with a losing record, the team's first since 1998-99.
ONE OF the most marked and distinct trends that has emerged in constitutional law in recent years has been the increased citation of international law in interpreting the U.S.
WE OPINION columnists, unlike our colleagues in the Life section, aren't the type to self-reference.
