THE OLD saying goes that there are two certainties in life: death and taxes. For the average University student however, the saying should instead read "death, taxes and ISIS frustrations." For an inanimate object, ISIS incurs far too much anger and frustration among students than it should.
SPEECHLESS. As unusual as it is, I have yet to be able to coherently express the experience I have had this summer and how my life has changed.
ALAN DERSHOWITZ is at it again. Dershowitz, portrait of the pop culture intellectual, is a regular guest of primetime TV, eagerly opining on everything from Monica Lewinsky, the pro-life movement and even Jewish theology (for which he regularly receives a thrashing from real theologians). He is perhaps most famous for his circus-like legal exploits -- the tenured Harvard professor's most (in)famous clients include Patty Hearst, Jim Bakker and Mike Tyson.
When I achieve my lifelong goal of becoming the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, I want to put a giant statue of the Buddha in the rotunda of my court house.
UNIVERSITY first years encounter many new pleasures in their first week in the dormitories: the abolishment of curfews, readily available kegs and high-speed Internet connection courtesy of the school, free of charge.
AS THE University's primary news source, The Cavalier Daily plays an important role in the community.
THERE has been a lot of talk about sex in the Commonwealth lately. Well, not so much the sex itself, but rather what comes next: the "morning after." Ever since Del.
AS FRESH new students arrive at the University this fall, a sparkling array of orientation programs await to re-educate them on a number of topics held near and dear to our administrators' bleeding hearts.
HERE'S ONE word of advice: study. And I don't mean later on this semester or sometime next week in between classes.
IMAGINE the ever-stoic President John T. Casteen, III walking down the hall while muttering the words of R&B heavyweight and fraternity party lyricist, Nelly, "I am number one." This past week, admissions officers and administrators throughout the University breathed a collective sigh of relief thanks to the U.S.
AS THE United States and its allies attempt to free Iraq of former dictator Saddam Hussein and finally bring peace to that troubled nation, the U.S.
CALIFORNIA, without a doubt, has been the hot topic of politics in the nation all summer. With a historic recall possible and over 130 candidates vying for the governor's mansion, it's no surprise that the state has been in the spotlight of every news broadcast, talk show and late night stand-up routine for the past two months.
WHO WOULD have thought that ten little rules could cause such a commotion? Last week, Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore was suspended after defying an order by U.S.
WELCOME back to the Old Dominion. For the rest of the country, it has been a summer relatively free of serious political debate in the news.
IT'S OFFICIAL: California is the new Florida. With Gary Coleman, Mary Carey and Leo Gallagher vying to replace Governor Gray Davis in the upcoming recall election, the Golden State has surpassed the Sunshine State as Worst Practitioner of American Democracy. It's easy to poke fun at Californians -- who else will pick from a field of 135 porn stars, child actors and watermelon-smashing comedians when they enter the voting booth on Election Day?
AH, ANOTHER semester begins. And, like any new semester, there are some exciting changes in store for students.
THE CANDIDATES for the Democratic presidential ticket made headlines last week despite what has become an ongoing battle for any press coverage.
THOUGH the season won't officially end for another 27 days, the summer of 2003 is fading fast. In years past, the splendid sunny season usually acquired some sort of moniker to distinguish itself from any ordinary summer.
THIS SUMMER I learned that the world might as well be flat, because as far as the public education system is concerned, that's what we've been teaching our kids. When I began to set up my camp classroom for this summer's course on the United Nations and current events, I was prepared to teach impressionable 12- and 13-year-olds a world of knowledge about foreign affairs, political posturing and why history has unfolded into this great imbalance that we call earth.
FOR TWO years, liberals like myself have been frustrated about the state of the union. September 11 made President George W.
