AS A HIGH school junior, I attended a school assembly on affirmative action. Given that I went to high school in a liberal college town in the 1990s, the assembly was not all that notable.
EUROPEAN professors are petitioning for a boycott of Israeli cultural and research institutions, because of Israel's military actions in the West Bank.
IMAGINE someone who has run for Honor, University Judiciary Committee and class representative, and lost three times.
IMAGINE children having sex. It's repulsive, it's immoral and the mental image is both painful to the head and nauseating to the stomach.
THE CHANCES are greater that you will be struck by lightning twice tomorrow than have bought a winning lottery ticket for the Big Game, as of last Tuesday afternoon.
YOUR LIFE is validated in America when your chewed gum makes headlines and sells for $10,000. For star baseball player Luis Gonzalez, the sad reality of what it means to be a celebrity in America finally was realized this week when a piece of gum he chewed was part of an auction and ensuing scandal.
I GOT A Masters degree in philosophy from the University in 1997 and had learned so little that I stuck around and foolishly helped the Labor Action Group push for a living wage for University workers.
AS IS CUSTOMARY, the Board of Visitors invited Gov. Mark R. Warner to speak at this year's graduation ceremonies.
THE SUBJECT of living wage campaigns has gained prominence in many communities (including Charlottesville) during the past five years.
AFTER the horrors of Sept. 11, it was comforting to hear expressions of support from around the world.
AS PLANS for the new proposed student center continue to take shape, the question of what services and programs specifically should be included in the center is a top concern.
MAKE NO mistake, spring is finally rolling in. As students shed off bulky winter clothes, and rediscover forgotten activities, such as frisbee and the ever popular sunbathing, one thought pervades through the collective student psyche: There is less than a month to go until school is out.
THE AMOUNT of promise human cloning holds for the future of humanity is exceeded only by the immense confusion and misleading rhetoric that surrounds it.
O N WEDNESDAY, April 10, President Bush strongly encouraged the Senate to adopt a blanket ban on human cloning.
STARTING next fall, Information Technology and Communication, or ITC, will change their computing labs to a setting unfamiliar to many current students.
BLACK or white. Right or wrong. Honorable or dishonorable. Patriot or traitor. With us or against us. While some leaders try to construe the world in such absolute terms, in reality most of life is more complex.
SPORTS should alleviate stress, not create it. Multitudes of University students live for athletics, and through Intramural-Recreation Sports, they find an outlet for both fun and relaxation.
AS A FOURTH year, when coming upon the last few weeks before graduation, I'm beginning to think about all the things that I didn't do during my four years at the University.
EACH DAY of my life it seems I learn something new about strength: What it means to possess this quality, to increase it and to share it with others.
THROUGHOUT history there have been many walls of oppression and exclusion throughout the world.
