OVER THE past forty years, America as a whole has made great strides in race relations. Things aren't perfect, but they are certainly remarkably better than the days of Jim Crow and "separate but equal." The country, though, is at a crossroads.
IS COLLEGE cheaper than we think? As poor, struggling college students in a recessionary economy, it's safe to say that college costs far surpass any of our wildest dreams.
LAST WEDNESDAY marked the arrival of the University's newest Contracted Independent Organization (CIO): Hoos for Howard Dean.
DRUGS are not a problem at the University. Either that or some of Charlottesville's finest should consider a career change. At a press conference last Friday, local authorities announced the indictment of 33 people on charges of drug distribution and sales and the seizure of marijuana, cocaine, opium, ecstasy and psilocybin mushrooms worth $20,000-22,000.
THERE comes a time in the summer before first year that the prospective economics major logs onto ISIS, clicks on "majors and advisors" and is faced with the harsh reality that he has been paired with a chemistry professor.
IN ITS 2000 rankings of the 50 most "wired" universities in the country, now-defunct magazine Yahoo!
THERE is no better word for uneducated situational compliance than sheer ignorance, especially with matters of race.
TOLERANCE: The rallying call of the left. We are taught to be tolerant of everyone and everything.
LAST WEEK, the State Department announced that this December the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra will perform for the first time in the United States in December.
Packaging counts. I've said it before, I'll say it again: Packaging counts. Bad wrapping plagued a few good articles this week.
DEPICTIONS of America as a fearless defender of democracy and freedom throughout the world pervade our daily political discourse and accounts of our nation's history.
It is hard to miss talk about the Individual Rights Coalition around Grounds these days. Despite the fact that the new group has already become the center of controversy, many students remain uniformed about what it is really advocating.
Not so many overstuffed minivans pull up to freshman dorms to begin the school year anymore. A gaze on McCormick Road this August revealed an increasing number of Jaguars, Land Rovers, and luxury cars dropping off their increasingly more affluent first-year Wahoos.
Despite the criticism and doom and gloom pictures painted by many naysayers about the condition of Iraq, the facts point to a completely different portrait of this country nearly five months after the topple of one the most evil regimes in history. Many among the fourth estate (the news media) have tried to portray Iraq as a failure and a complete and utter mess.
SEX: one topic that requires little guided instruction or clarification for students when they come to college.
INSULTS shouldn't play an integral role in the political discourse of a respected academic community.
IT SEEMS like a perfect idea. Put your name on a list and telemarketers can't call your home anymore.
THE PHONE rings at 8 a.m. on the day you have your latest class. Having gone to sleep just a few hours earlier after an intense night of studying, you groggily reach over to your phone.
SINCE Christmas Eve of last year, the Peterson family has been infamous through the United States.
REGARDLESS of how one feels about extending our country's military might abroad, most of us would agree that it is critically important and morally imperative to support the men and women serving in uniform.
