THE HONOR system is one of the University's most hallowed traditions. Many students, faculty and administrators alike laud the merits of the system and the benefits such as proctor-free exams and a sense of trust that the system provides.
IN 1996, presidential politics took a leap into the digital age with both Republican candidate Bob Dole and President Bill Clinton launching their own Internet campaign sites.
IT WAS delightful to grab a Cavalier Daily on Friday and see the headline "University to increase hourly pay rate for staff." It's comforting that even in the midst of a budget crunch, the administration is thinking of its own.
ROY MOORE got what he wanted. In a hearing on Wednesday, the Court of the Judiciary of Alabama voted unanimously to remove the so-called "Ten Commandments Judge" from his position as chief justice of the state supreme court after he defied a federal court order to remove a 5,300-pound Ten Commandments monument that he had installed in the central rotunda of the supreme court building. The ruling brought an end (at least for now) to Moore's judicial career, but his return to private citizenry has been anything but private.
EVERY now and again, it is good to take a step back and just reflect upon life and what is really important.
IT SEEMS like every presidential candidate, Democrat or Republican, talks about how their campaign for the country's highest office is different than all the rest.
GUN CONTROL is a topic trotted out by leftists all over the country on a fairly regular basis. It will only be a matter of time before one of the Democratic presidential candidates embarks on a self-righteous crusade to eliminate guns from our lives.
THE ROLE of the government in American society today is dramatically larger than it was a century ago.
THE "FIRST year experience" isone of those buzzword phenomena that is tossed around at the University along the same lines as "student self-governance" and "community of trust." Though it comes with no shortage of definitional baggage, there is a unique, concrete occurrence that every University student experiences during their first nine months in Charlottesville.
LAST MONDAY's paper reported the news that 22-year-old Charlottesville resident Walker Andrew Sisk was stabbed to death at 14th and Wertland streets.
While browsing through the University's online calendar of events, I came across a lecture with a rather peculiar title: "The Liberal Case against Affirmative Action." Mainstream liberal thought definitely does not coincide with this notion.
We think too hard. It explains a comment that girls at the University "are too smart to know what they want." In reality, both genders are guilty of this.
IF YOU see me this week running around Grounds, covering my ears and humming loudly, don't be alarmed.
WITH ONLY two General Assembly sessions left in his term, the clock is quickly winding down for Gov.
UNIVERSITY Housing Division's new policy allowing first years to apply for on-Grounds housing during the period traditionally reserved for upper-class students is a misguided attempt to find a "quick fix" to a larger housing problem that plagues all University students.
IT MUST be "Groundhog Day." Every morning, I turn to the homepage on my computer, CNN.com, and stare in shock at reading virtually the same headline that runs something like "Attack kills U.S.
THE ROOM selection process used by the Housing Division has been modified for the current year. The change is the result of a joint initiative between the Office of the Dean of Students and the Housing Division, looking at ways to increase the number of second-year students that live in on-Grounds housing and provide programming in a residential setting targeting their needs.
OTHER than reading my column, you have something else to look forward to on Wednesdays. I am no longer afraid to admit that I am an avid viewer of Fox's new show, "The O.C." The show has been deemed the soap opera of our generation or the next "Beverly Hills 90210." Around Grounds, students are either asking what happened on last week's episode or complaining that the show portrays our generation as rich, snobby, druggie, sex slaves.
JUST as the University of Virginia will always outrank Maryland by leaps and bounds, if we were to rank the concerns of college administrators, they would remain fairly constant over time.
MY PARENTS, my siblings and I were all born and raised below the Mason-Dixie. We have a tendency to say "y'all," never celebrate a holiday without fried chicken and according to my California roommate, cannot pronounce "nuclear." Obviously, we are a southern family.
