Former St. Paul Mayor Norm Coleman will most likely be the new Republican senator from Minnesota after defeating the Democratic candidate, former Vice President Walter Mondale.
Of the many traditions this University holds dear, none gets the heart pumping and adrenaline racing like streaking the Lawn.
Being the progressive humanitarians that they are, the citizens of the great state of Oregon had the opportunity yesterday to save our country from the evil aspirations of both greedy moneymaking corporations and dangerous gene-splicing scientists, just by making a quick trip to the voting booths.
Baltimore, Maryland. A Republican revolution struck Maryland tonight. Too bad the revolution had little to do with the ideologies of the GOP.
Some parts of the city of Washington, D.C., have changed greatly in the past four years. The streets are cleaner.
FLORIDA, the "sunshine state," may just be casting clouds into its own forecast. With one of the closest gubernatorial races in the country reaching its climax in the polls today, we can't help but be reminded of the slight discrepancies in Florida voting that took place two years ago in the 2000 presidential election.
S'MORES, campfires, God and merit badges: Pick the word that does not belong. If you, gentle readers, chose God, you apparently are more perceptive than the Chief Seattle Council of the Boy Scouts.
IN MASSACHUSETTS and Colorado, voters today will have the chance to determine how students who have no English background will be taught in the public schools.
Tomorrow is a big day. Public schools and government offices get to have the day off. University students, however, will continue to have classes, and more likely than not, a small percentage of us will realize why Tuesday, Nov.
A recent survey by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies reports an increase in the percentage of black Americans that identify themselves as Republican.
Most news in Virginia's public colleges and universities this year has not been about the real work here and in other colleges.
I use this week's column to address a perennial complaint levied at The Cavalier Daily: coverage of the swim and dive team.
Mandatory graded discussion sections must go. Although there are many wonderful, caring and intelligent TAs out there, the discussion section serves only as an unnecessary bridge to the small and focused classes of high school.
The idea of a commerce minor has been around for the last few years, but has been more of a tease than anything else.
The Washington, D.C., Metropolitan area has the third worst traffic of any area in the United States, according to the Texas Transportation Institutes 2002 study.
Bill Clinton is black. Well, not really. However, just last month, on Oct. 19, former president Bill Clinton was inducted into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame.
"The Chechens knew there was no escape for them, and to avoid any temptation to run, they had strapped themselves together, knee to knee, and had their guns ready, and were singing their death song." So wrote Tolstoy in his 1863 novel, The Cossacks, wherein a young Russian officer travels to the Caucasus to take part in his country's long, fruitless effort to subdue Chechnya. Last week, Russia's Chechen conflict flared again in similar fashion.
NO ONE who is working full-time should be living in poverty. This is a very basic concept of the American Dream: people who work hard day in and day out should be able to support their family and enjoy a decent standard of living.
IT'S COMING -- five days out and counting. Make sure the stamp is firmly affixed to that absentee ballot and get it in the mail drop-box before the end of the day.
If you were counting on the drought to shut down school and get you out of your Chemistry final, it looks like you're out of luck.
