THE VILLAINS on Captain Planet were obviously Republicans. Wanting nothing but to destroy the ecosystem and make money doing it, the sinister characters on that Emmy-worthy cartoon truly embodied the environment-hating ideals of the GOP.
LAST SPRING, the idea of diversity education surfaced as one of several possible ways to expose students to differences among people within the University community and society at large.
IN THE last year, there have been several instances in which the University has been publicly shamed on the issue of diversity.
MOST STUDENTS and faculty at the University would agree that race relations on Grounds are not terribly good.
THE WINDS have died down. The waters have retreated. And all along the Mid-Atlantic coast, the remnants of Hurricane Isabel are painfully visible.
BY NOW, some people are doubtlessly tired of hearing about diversity. But until we reach the day when skin color is no longer an issue, no amount of spilled ink can be too much.
WITH THE appearance of the Individual Rights Coalition on Grounds last Monday, the heretofore-little-known diversity training exercise stepped into the University spotlight and became the controversy du jour of discussions around Grounds.
LAST WEEK, the last major independent newspaper in Zimbabwe was shut down in the latest move by tyrannical and thuggish president Robert Mugabe ("Zimbabwe Police Close Down Nation's Largest Daily Paper," NYTimes.com, Sept.
THERE are currently ten, count them, ten Democrats poised to take over the presidency in 2004 from the evil George W.
SOCIETIES, like the laws that govern them, necessarily change and evolve over time. In America at least, those changes have tended to be positive ones over the last two hundred years, as the onward march of Western liberal progressivism has abolished slavery and child labor, granted universal suffrage, extended civil rights to all racial groups and set up a welfare system to assist those in need.
THERE are three groups of Americans who do not have voting representatives in Congress: felons, children, and the 500,000 residents that live in the District of Columbia.
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?
