THANK you, Brett Meeks, for using your Life section column space to celebrate the life of Johnny Cash.
REMEMBER that movie from "A League of Their" Own? Geena Davis and Madonna portray members of a professional women's baseball league fighting to be kept open by their corporate sponsorship, Harvey's Chocolate.
THERE was a time in Virginia when "debt" was more a political taboo than "tax." Today, as schools and other state services wilt under the burden caused by the recent series of heavy budget cuts, the burning anti-tax sentiment of Virginians has tied the hands of legislators.
I NEVER thought I'd see the day when designer "wife-beaters" were in season. But then again, I shouldn't be surprised. The poor man's cloth has now become a fashion statement from street thugs to the suburban preppie set, and with the advent of hip-hop's heralded 50 Cent sporting Calvin Klein's stylized version of what only used to be seen on the backs of drunken spousal abusers on reruns of "COPS," we should all take note.
"JAYWALKING" has by far always been my favorite part of Jay Leno's "The Tonight Show." In the bit, Leno wanders the streets of Burbank, California asking ordinary citizens simple questions all Americans should know the answers to -- such as "Who is our vice president?" and "Who were the Allies in World War II?" The answers are always wrong, and typically the lack of knowledge is hilarious.
A WEEKEND visit to nearly any undergraduate institution in the country will reveal that underage drinking is a widespread phenomenon.
WE AT THE University are supposed to operate within a community of trust, but over the past few months my trust in the University has been broken.
TODAY I am angry. I am angry becausetwo years ago, our country was viciously attacked by terrorists who hated us.
REMEMBER back in the day when your school teacher would bring in something fun, something new for the class?
A RECENT poll released by ABC News revealed that 70 percent of Americans feel that the economy is in "bad shape" and only 42 percent of Americans approve of President Bush's handling of the economy.
FROM ANDOVER to Yale, to the governor's mansion and now the White House, the career of President George W.
THE CAVS lost a football game against South Carolina last weekend, 31-7. That's a 24-point margin.
APATHY is the biggest threat to the University's honor system. Cheating, lying or stealing pales in comparison to the incredible indifference the student body displays towards the system they are supposed to run.
LAST TUESDAY, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the nation's first federally funded voucher program by a margin of a single vote.
SITTING next to me as I write this column is a check made out to the United States Treasury for my quarterly estimated income tax payments.
THE SHOCK and disgust which the Bush administration's actions over the last three years have caused used to be relegated to the sophisticated, highly educated classes, who predominantly fall squarely on the left side of the political spectrum.
Our nation has come a long way in the last hundred years in regard to practicing an equal view of its citizens instead of just preaching one.
The morning-after pill (MAP) should be called the Mendacity Anytime Pill because of the fabric of deception supporting MAP coming from frat house playboys, the FDA, MAP promoters, and politicized doctors in the University's Student Health clinic.
MY BEST friend and I were pulled over to the side of the road by a traffic cop, again. Of course it's not the first time this has happened, but this time we sat confounded by the notion that we were getting stopped while cars zoomed passed us on the highway.
SINCE LAST spring, Manassas Del. Bob Marshall has led a crusade to deny Virginia students their rights as patients within their own student health clinics.
