WHO IS Al Weed? A 61-year-old vineyard owner who styles himself the quintessential Virginian "Farmer, Soldier, Statesman," Weed is the Democratic challenger to Republican Congressman Virgil Goode here in the Commonwealth's Fifth Congressional District.
I OWN a cell phone. I like my cell phone. It flips shut, and it has a great game called Push-Push, although I have been stuck on Stage 14 of Push-Push for six months.
IN THE 2000 presidential election, Ralph Nader received over 2.8 million votes and significantly altered the political landscape, yet despite Nader's legions of supporters nationwide, asinine laws in many states are currently forcing the Independent candidate to wage war just to get his name on the 2004 presidential ballot.
Can you name your Student Council representatives? How about which committee to contact if you have a problem with printing costs?
THIS PAST week marked another round of frantic basket deliveries, dinner and dessert dates, hotel slumber parties and revelations in front of the Rotunda.
UNLESS you've been living under a rock, you would know that the Supreme Court upheld the use of affirmative action in higher education last summer.
THE COLOR of a person's skin means nothing more than any other physical component of his or her appearance.
COMING back after Spring Break, the CD still was dealing with the aftermath of a Life column by A-J Aronstein published March 2.
SPANISH voters sent a strong message to Madrid last week: They told their leaders they could do without "Mr. Bush's war." No doubt incensed by the horrific train bombing a few days before the elections, Spain's record voter turnout demonstrated what every poll and protest in the country has been saying for over a year: that the Spanish people were overwhelmingly against the U.S.
ASK MOST University students what our student identification numbers are, and we'll rattle them off without a second thought.
AS ONE of Bill O'Reilly's biggest fans, I feel a certain obligation to criticize one of his favorite topics of discussion: gangster rap.
Kristin Brown argued in these pages two weeks ago that seeing Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ," "made me think a lot about the sacrifices of Christ.
MUCH OF our national life following Sept. 11, 2001, focused on "not letting the terrorists win." America conducted its business like America because changing our ways because of al Qaeda would mark an ultimate defeat at the hands of barbarians. Unfortunately, few in the United States seem to understand the terrorists' concept of victory.
MY BRACKET has number 16 seed Alabama State as a virtual lock to beat Duke tonight. After all, the Blue Devils have gone 0-1 in the last four days, while the Hornets are red-hot coming off a victory in their conference championship game Saturday.
THIS WEEK marks the one-year anniversary of the American-led coalition intervention in Iraq. The tragic events across the Atlantic in Spain offer appropriate incentive to pause and take stock of the international political landscape, with special attention to the effects of the Bush administration's policy of unilateral intervention.
WITH MOST of us at the acme of our healthy lives, the price of prescription drugs is hardly anything for young voters to get worked up about.
FOR THOSE who ask, "What liberal media?" when conservatives cry foul, it appears that the "big three" networks authoritatively answered that question with slanted broadcasts favoring John Kerry in the beginning months of an exceptionally lengthy campaign season.
AND PRESIDENT Bush thought he was taking the "positive" campaign route. Bush has recently come under attack for displaying quick images of Sept.
JOSE LUIS Rodriguez Zapatero, Spain's new prime minister-elect, announced yesterday that Spanish troops will be withdrawn from Iraq over the next few months.
I WENT UP to Boston to visit my brother during break last week, mostly to maintain familial ties that seem to atrophy over hundreds of miles and busy schedules.
