ON WEDNESDAY evening, Paul Hill, a former Presbyterian minister, was put to death by the state of Florida for murdering an abortion doctor in 1994.
WITH THE beginning of the school year, many students are feeling ambushed again -- but this time, not by classes and tests.
It's a crazy, mixed up world down in Washington these days. Black is white, up is down. Renaming French fries "Freedom Fries" is seen as a good idea, and one of the most intelligent schemes to come out of the Bush administration -- the Pentagon's issuing of futures on terrorist attacks -- is deemed an atrocity.
LABOR day has come and gone: Pools are now closed, seersucker slacks have been shelved, the football season is revving into high gear, and political candidates are ratcheting up their campaigns.
SATURDAY was a great day for Cavalier football. The humidity had cleared up. The sky was clear for the majority of the game.
WITNESSING significant change is an important part of a University's growth. We can be certain that as of this date, the face of the University is undergoing a minor makeover, as many of the structural changes that have seemingly sprouted from the ground up have taken shape over the past couple of months.
I REMEMBER a day back in high school, when I was a mere lass of 17. I was about to embark on a college-hunting trip with my parents, a trip where I would spend a whole lot of time in our car.
NOTHING quite lights up the eyes of administrators like saying we have a "diverse" university. The administration is so concentrated on achieving racial diversity that students soon will be required to take an online exercise promoting diversity education.
AS THE American recording industry rallies behind its newest tactic to combat online music piracy, it is finally meeting with an unprecedented degree of success.
IT ALL seemed so simple. Having toppled Saddam Hussein, American forces would establish an interim authority to coordinate Iraq's rebuilding.
THE OLD saying goes that there are two certainties in life: death and taxes. For the average University student however, the saying should instead read "death, taxes and ISIS frustrations." For an inanimate object, ISIS incurs far too much anger and frustration among students than it should.
SPEECHLESS. As unusual as it is, I have yet to be able to coherently express the experience I have had this summer and how my life has changed.
ALAN DERSHOWITZ is at it again. Dershowitz, portrait of the pop culture intellectual, is a regular guest of primetime TV, eagerly opining on everything from Monica Lewinsky, the pro-life movement and even Jewish theology (for which he regularly receives a thrashing from real theologians). He is perhaps most famous for his circus-like legal exploits -- the tenured Harvard professor's most (in)famous clients include Patty Hearst, Jim Bakker and Mike Tyson.
When I achieve my lifelong goal of becoming the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, I want to put a giant statue of the Buddha in the rotunda of my court house.
UNIVERSITY first years encounter many new pleasures in their first week in the dormitories: the abolishment of curfews, readily available kegs and high-speed Internet connection courtesy of the school, free of charge.
AS THE University's primary news source, The Cavalier Daily plays an important role in the community.
THERE has been a lot of talk about sex in the Commonwealth lately. Well, not so much the sex itself, but rather what comes next: the "morning after." Ever since Del.
AS FRESH new students arrive at the University this fall, a sparkling array of orientation programs await to re-educate them on a number of topics held near and dear to our administrators' bleeding hearts.
HERE'S ONE word of advice: study. And I don't mean later on this semester or sometime next week in between classes.
IMAGINE the ever-stoic President John T. Casteen, III walking down the hall while muttering the words of R&B heavyweight and fraternity party lyricist, Nelly, "I am number one." This past week, admissions officers and administrators throughout the University breathed a collective sigh of relief thanks to the U.S.
