THOUGH generally frowned upon in journalism, this column begins with a personal anecdote. This past Tuesday was election day in Virginia.
WHILE our generation is often said to be apathetic and oblivious to the fine points of grand political theory, the recent pot bust at the University rekindled a healthy skepticism of government paternalism over self-respecting behavior.
THE GRAVEYARD for the victims of the monster known as political correctness is filled with corpses.
SIXTEEN American soldiers were killed in Iraq on Sunday when the Chinook helicopter they were traveling in was downed just outside of Baghdad.
MAINTAINING the status quo is in the best interest of the Republican Party in our fine Commonwealth, and that is just what happened last night.
LAST WEEK, University of Maryland President C.D. Mote, Jr. caused quite a stir down in these parts by describing the University's number one public university ranking as "ridiculous." Specifically, what's ridiculous, according to Mote, is our tie for the coveted spot with the University of California-Berkeley, apparently a far better school and Mote's own alma mater. Well, I've decided I agree with you, Mr. Mote.
THE ONLY thing quieter than downtown Richmond last night was Virginia's Democratic Party headquarters.
AN ACT of intolerable cruelty is about to take place. In two weeks, CBS is set to air a shameful, slanderous, smear job of a miniseries that inaccurately portrays one of America's greatest presidents.
WE UNIVERSITY students don't know anything about Charlottesville. This is a fact that struck me when I was voting on my absentee ballot for a county election back home.
IT IS FAIR to say that most Americans during their daily routines have more personally pertinent things to think about other than national security.
IT IS DISHEARTENING to find that plagiarism again found its way to the pages of The Cavalier Daily.
COMMUNISM doesn't quite have the scary undertone to it today that it did during the Cold War. Socialists and communists, like everyone else, have been busy redefining themselves into kinder, gentler, socially acceptable groups.
TODAY, there are roughly 1.3 billion Muslims in the world. Islam is the fastest growing religion worldwide, both in terms of converts and sheer birth rates among the populations and in the countries where it is most prevalent.
Heart is pronounced corazon, not corathson. Empanadas are more filling than tapas. Samba excites more than flamenco.
Liberals like to embrace the idea that their party is emblematicof open-mindedness and acceptance of all viewpoints.
When discussing recent suicide bombings of the Red Cross in Baghdad earlier this week, President George W.
"THE MORE successful we are on the ground, the more these killers will react." So said President George W.
WILL THOSE Maryland Terrapins ever learn? Almost a year ago, during the week leading up to the Terps' visit to Scott Stadium, a careless insult led to the visiting team's demise.
HALLOWEEN is tomorrow. However, Virginia will face a much scarier holiday next Tuesday: election day.
DIRTY rush: the connotation of the word, alone, characterizes a mean, lascivious act conducted by Greek societies aimed at soiling the minds of innocent first years.
