IT FEELS almost like déjà vu: George W. Bush running against a Democratic candidate whose main deficiency may well be his apparent lack of charisma, and also against a third party anti-establishment candidate who appeals to the most liberal voters in the country.
FIFTY years after the legal integration of American schools, aHarvard study shows de facto segregation at its highest level since 1969.
I ENJOY a good Bush joke as much as the next person. "What were George Bush's three hardest years?
THE MAYOR of San Francisco created a new wrinkle in the hot-button topic of gay marriage last week.
LIKE SO many other buzzwords of our political landscape, the term "fiscally conservative" is an overused phrase among many voters.
ON FEB. 28, 1969, Lt. John Kerry led three Navy patrol boats up the Dong Cung River, delivering a group of local fighters to a dangerous region at the southern end of Vietnam's Ca Mau Peninsula.
DEAN OF African-American Affairs M. Rick Turner owes a sincere and detailed apology to the entire University community.
LAST WEEK saw the kick-off of another season of student elections at the University. Posters went up, messages were chalked on the ground and Web sites were launched. And if it seems like there are more of these media in this election cycle than in previous ones, it might be due to the lack of a campaign spending cap, a rule incorporated with the ratification of the University Board of Election's constitution. Leaving aside the debate on the normative ideals of student elections and campaigning, the no-limit spending policy for student elections overseen by the UBE isn't something to worry about, even for its most ardent critics. For those who do not like the new policy, the situation is clear: It pits students from the "two Universities" (to borrow part of presidential candidate John Edwards' stump speech) against each other in an unfair manner. One University's students come from well-off backgrounds and have cash to spend on extra things like campaigns.
THE LAST pages of The Cavalier Daily's first section aren't the only places in a newspaper where readers can turn to find a heavy dose of opinion.
WILD CRAZY monkey sex! It is indeed unfortunate, but these four words may have just grabbed more readers than any other I have ever penned.
UNIVERSITY graduates Andrew Bond and Andrew Borchini made a splash last week when they announced a campaign, centered around the Web site www.DontGiveToUVA.com, which encourages patrons to withhold donations to the University until administrators agree to provide domestic partner benefits to gay and lesbian employees.
SOME POLITICOS wonder why a huge number of Americans are turned off by politics. I don't. Look no further than our beloved University for the answers.
THIS WEEK, fraternity pledges finish attending the five events of the Inter-Fraternity Council's Pledge Education Week.
WE SEE other drivers doing it all the time, and most of us do it ourselves without a second thought.
THROUGHOUT its long history, the University has had a shameful tradition of pushing civil rights protections to the back of the bus.
ANEW WEB site,DontGivetoUVA .com, has recently attracted news around Grounds for its attempts to "end the discrimination" of homosexual faculty and their life partners.
I'M STARTING to like this whole political correctness thing. Don't get me wrong, I certainly don't admire its tendency to put a damper on the vitality of open debate by setting up arbitrary parameters on what can and cannot be said.
AT FIRST glance, the playing field for student elections seems quite fair this time around. The rules and regulations have been publicized, and problems we have witnessed in the past seem to have been alleviated for the time being.
NEVER fear, all you defenders of state sovereignty, the Virginia General Assembly is taking up the banner of "states' rights" and sticking it to the federal government.
THE RECENT media frenzy over President Bush's war record truly demonstrates the media's lack of objectivity.
