LESS THAN a week ago, we saw one of the most tragic anniversaries in our nation's history come and go quicker than many anticipated it would just one year ago.
SCHOOL, ALTHOUGH it is seen as a place of academic learning, also teaches students social skills that cannot be learned from books.
THERE IS a beautiful phrase that every college student longs to hear at the start of each semester: "You can find all of the class lecture slides online." The idea of having lecture notes easily accessible to students before and after class has both its positive and negative aspects.
THE HBO hit "Sex and the City" has inspired more than one college column about the nude and the lewd, and last week, The Cavalier Daily proved it isn't immune to the trend.
This summer, illions of Americans watched the progression of "American Idol," the latest attempt at "reality" television, with an almost religious zeal.
Now that the second full week of classes has ended, most people have their schedules set and have gotten the required books.
BRING YOUR bloody flag out of the closet, everyone, and prepare to wave vigorously. Just in time for the first anniversary of September 11, the Bush administration has announced it is once again en vogue to patriotically rally against an enemy who purports to wreak imminent destruction on democracy, freedom and our American right to a second helping of apple pie.
IN 1972 a total of 29,992 women participated in college sports. By 2001, the number of women athletes was more than five times that at 150,916, according to a Chronicle of Higher Education study ("Title IX at 30," June 21). No doubt such a dramatic increase in the number of athletes has had a positive effect on the quality of women's sports and, through also-growing scholarships, on the opportunities available to women in education.
IF YOU haven't watched one bit of news, watched one documentary, listened to any programs, read any newspapers or searched Internet news sites during the past week, you're better off than most people.
If you're looking for the correct way to pronounce "monsieur" inorder to impress a pretty girl the next time you order wine from the maitre'd, the French are the folks to ask.
The graduate Labor Union and graduate students as a whole at the University are very concerned about the recent budget cuts at the University's Library.
A media cliche repeated time and again is that "the world changed on September 11." That is inaccurate.
Alarm clocks buzzed in residences around the city, pulling sleepy Americans out of bed to start a new day.
TOMORROW, IN places where people can convene in America, there will be many ceremonies dedicated to the tragedies of Sept.
IN A TIME when the stock market each day comes closer to resembling the wild ups and downs of Vin Diesel's XXX stunts, the majority of the country has been forced to reexamine the source and subsequent investments of its income.
LOOK AT me. No, really -- take a serious look at my face in the picture next to this column. What exactly is your impression?
ANY ORGANIZATION can get a bad rap. The bigger the group's membership, the easier it becomes to uncover faults.
The Foxfield Races are one of the University's most cherished traditions. They are both a rite of spring and a rite of passage for many students.
SOME THINGS at this university become more ridiculous as the years go by. The continually increasing amount of red construction walls decorating Grounds for instance, or even the cutting back of parking spaces at the AFC just to put in another basketball court.
A NEWSPAPER lives and dies by its credibility. Readers don't have to believe everything they see in print, and journalists must strive to gain and keep their trust and respect.
