Making median grades open to all
By Kimberly Liu | January 27, 2003AN 'A' JUST isn't worth what it used to be. Often it's worth more. Grades exist to provide an objective measure of student performance in the classroom.
AN 'A' JUST isn't worth what it used to be. Often it's worth more. Grades exist to provide an objective measure of student performance in the classroom.
ABORTION. It is a word that has been on the lips of many individuals in the last few weeks, both at the University and throughout the nation as a whole.
STARTING on January 30, the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) will require universities around the nation to submit detailed information about their foreign students, particularly those of Arab descent.
HOSTILE dictators are a puzzle for America. Everyone knows they're dangerous and everyone wants to be rid of them, but sometimes the removal process is more problematic than the initial threat they pose.
DAVID Kay, the former chief weapons inspector of UNSCOM, the U.N. Special Commission on Iraq, wrote a piece in The Washington Post last Sunday about the current search for a "smoking gun" by weapons inspectors in Iraq ("It was never about a smoking gun," Jan.
THE UNIVERSITY feels the University of Michigan's pain this month, as President Bush petitions the Supreme Court to strike down race-based admissions policies at the law school and undergraduate colleges.
POP QUIZ: When does life begin? A. At conception B. At the fusing of the spinal cord (about 10 days after conception) C.
BLINDING headlights reflect in your rearview mirror. You can't see over the vehicle in front of you, and can't predict when you'll need to brake.
LAST WEEKEND, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg sent a uniformed squadron of police officers to interrupt The Rolling Stones in the middle of their HBO-televised concert at Madison Square Garden.
THE CURRENT traffic study being conducted to examine potential delays around the new Emmet Street parking garage is a positive step, as it actively includes city officials and seeks to assuage the concerns of residents of Lewis Mountain neighborhood.
LAST WEDNESDAY, the California Supreme Court began a hearing for a teenager who claims his rights to free speech have been violated.
YESTERDAY was a national holiday, but one could bet that everyone, except some faculty of the University, completely forgot about it.
COLUMNS that claim to be an affront to something that is biased, one-sided and non-factual should at least be factual in content.
BLAME IT on Southern pride. Look at it as a slight resurgence of that "Southern aggression." Whatever the reason, though, a recent proposal to erect a statue of one of America's most hallowed presidents, Abraham Lincoln, in Richmond aggravated more than a few residents south of the Mason-Dixon line.
THE APPROACHING war with Iraq could enter our homes in more ways than one. There's talk of the U.S.
ON SATURDAY, tens of thousands of Americans congregated in Washington, D.C., and other cities across the nation to protest the war in Iraq.
STUDENTS AT the University take a great deal of pride in being able to boast of one of the nation's oldest student-run honor systems.
Modern American "culture," permeated with shows like "Blind Date" and "Joe Millionaire," seems to have few scruples about deriving entertainment from the exploitation of human weakness.
Faced with the prospect of continued economic stagnation, President Bush last week unveiled a new package of tax cuts designed to promote growth and preserve America's economic vitality.
The upset victory by the Cavaliers in the Continental Tire Bowl over West Virginia was a major accomplishment for the football program.