AS THE country heads into another election year, even the politically uninformed have a pretty good idea what most of this year's talk will be about: national security and the slow recovery of the economy.
VERY FEW people will complain about having too much money. Perhaps that is why you can hear so much complaining around the institutes of higher education in this state.
IN APRIL 1998, then-Dean of Students Robert T. Canevari said to hell with student self-governance and banned first years from rushing fraternities in the fall.
LAST WEEK some Cavalier Daily readers exercised their writing muscles and supplied my e-mail inbox with interesting and important comments. The most substantial came from David L.
AS IOWA demonstrated, Dr. Dean may have been too bitter a pill for most Americans to swallow. His mediocre showing in Iowa, a full 20 points behind John Kerry, has certainly slowed the pre-primary favorite down.
THE PAST week has certainly proved to be a politically thrilling, edge-of-your-seat compilation of many major events, including the Iowa caucus and the State of the Union address.
IMAGINE if the U-Hall security personnel only frisked fans who were yellow, brown or black-skinned.
GROWTH is a phenomenon that challenges policy-makers and elected officials just as it presents difficult decisions for members of the business community in the Old Dominion.
LIKE MILLIONS of college students around the nation, I've been recently finding the time in my hectic schedule to return back to an era when life seemed so much simpler.
TODAY is a day of mourning. Today we must stop for a moment in our busy lives and remember the nearly 45 million people who have been killed.
THERE are two types of students at the University. Science and math students who spend lots of money each semester on a few thick textbooks and humanities students, like myself, who fork over the big bucks on a more numerous set of cheaper books.
PRESIDENT Bush recently announced his plan to issue an executive order opening up billions of dollars to faith-based programs.
ON MONDAY night, Iowa voters emerged from their town halls, libraries and living rooms to proclaim Massachusetts Sen.
SINCE the beginning of this month, Texas A&M University has been embroiled in a controversy over its practice of "legacy" admissions, an admissions criterion that favors applicants if they have a blood relative who attended the university.
TO HEAR some academics tell it, not since the Alien and Sedition Acts have our civil liberties been more under siege.
ON MONDAY, hundreds of second and first-year women around Grounds received bids from one of the 16 Greek houses of the Inter-Sorority Council.
LOST IN all the unpacking, book-buying and partying before classes began was a marathon of innocuous meetings regarding a project that may change the face of the University: a new student center.
LESS THAN two weeks ago, President Bush rolled out his first domestic policy initiative: an immigration reform proposal aimed at allowing those working in the country illegally a chance to join a new temporary guest worker program.
As the new year unfolds, I'd like to offer up some resolutions I hope the staff of The Cavalier Daily might adopt.
REVISIONIST views of history can be quite dangerous. It is to that end that the uproar recently raised over the Enola Gay is indeed unfortunate.
