I STILL remember the first day I worked at The Cavalier Daily. I even still remember the title of my first article: "Faculty work for Judaic major." When I entered the University, the Jewish Studies major still was in the planning stages.
THE FALL semester started out with the first anniversary of Sept. 11, accompanied by frighteningly low water reservoir levels.
THE STORIES in this newspaper impact our lives in profound ways. One changed mine forever. I was excited yet paralyzed with fear.
I NEVER wanted to attend the University of Virginia. It was probably my last choice of schools, but when all the acceptance and rejection letters were in and all the tuition numbers had been crunched, U.Va.
FOR A LONG time now I've wondered what it is going to look like when I head up to the top step of the Rotunda and set off on my last walk down the Lawn as an undergraduate.
AS I SIT here writing my last words in The Cavalier Daily, I can't help but remember how petrified I was when I came to write my first article during the first week of my second year.It was not that I did not want to write for The Cavalier Daily; I had wanted to do that ever since I went to the Newcomb Hall Crawl my first week at the University. But for some reason there was always something holding me back.
I'VE WANTED to write this column ever since I started at the paper. Hoping to have acquired some profound fourth-year wisdom to espouse to my fellow Wahoos, I sadly am at a loss.
THE INDIVIDUAL who penned the aphorism, "It's not the destination that counts, it's the journey" had no connection with the real world.
AS THIS is my last column, I want to thank a number of people who have helped me along the way. First off, I want to thank everyone at the Cav Daily for all of their help and support over the years.
EARLIER this month, perhaps in preemptive celebration of Earth Day, the National Highway Safety and Traffic Administration announced that it was raising the required average fuel efficiency standard in the "light truck" category.
JAMES Madison University's Board of Visitors voted last Friday to ban the controversial "morning after" birth control pill from the JMU Student Health Center.
EVEN THOUGH as opinion writers, we're asked to put our thoughts down on paper, I often refrained from adding any personal beliefs out of a genuine fear of what people would think of me.
PROTECTING public higher education in Virginia is a team effort. With a reputation as one of the nation's strongest public university systems to preserve, much is at stake in the coming years as state budget cuts promise tuition increases, pressures to reduce programs for students and increase tuition costs.
UNIVERSITIES should not give preferences to some students and discriminate against others on the basis of skin color and the countries their ancestors came from. That simple proposition should not be controversial.
AS THE summer approaches, all eyes are on the Supreme Court as it decides the fate of affirmative action for higher education.
In a comic strip titled "Secret Asian Man" on March 28, The Cavalier Daily published a comic that relied on a common stereotype of Asian Americans for its humor.
EDLF 555, better known as Multicultural Education, is in dire need of funding. With a waiting list of over 200 people, there are simply not enough sections available to meet the high demand created by this class.
With both American and Iraqi casualties mounting in the Middle East, the past four weeks of Operation Iraqi Freedom have proven without a doubt that war is a terrible thing.
Every year when the weather warms up and the winter jackets are finally stowed away, it seems like the amount of activity on the South Lawn multiplies exponentially.
Howard Dean is my hero. And if you are, like me, dismayed by the direction the country's been going in lately, he should be your hero too. Conservative Republicans have been steering the nation ever since the 2000 election fiasco, and the past few years haven't been fun for those of us who are frustrated at the course they have chosen.
