EVER SINCE the University was founded nearly 200 years ago its storied traditions have prospered with each new generation, and one particular urban legend about secret societies merits attention.
Think back to senior year of high school. Between homecoming parties and planning senior trips, college applications weigh heavily on a soon-to-be graduate's mind.
The living wage campaign seemingly has been in a stalemate for years, with many adamantly in favor and many adamantly opposed (see, for example, The Cavalier Daily's Oct.
The changes to athlete eligibility requirements recently made by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) likely will be met with criticism.
New Brunswick, New Jersey Frank Lautenberg is on his way back to the U.S. Senate tonight, defeating his Republican opponent Douglas Forrester by 64 to 36 percent of the vote in a truncated campaign defined more by legal and ethical questions than any issues of substance. Lautenberg, who replaced the ethically challenged incumbent Robert Torricelli a month ago, fought a lengthy court battle to get his name on the ballot and Forrester has made the legality of his candidacy a campaign issue much as he did Torricelli's ethical lapses. But if there is any lesson to be drawn from Forrester's defeat, it is that a campaign of moral indignation is sufficient only to defeat an opponent who is already thoroughly discredited.
Baltimore, Maryland There is absolutely no way that Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, the Democratic candidate for Governor, should have lost last evening's election.
Call the campaign of the indifferent, where the only issues have been non-issues. Call it David versus Goliath.
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.
