As part of the Virginia 2020 plan, each of the University's academic departments is conducting a comprehensive curriculum review, with general results to be announced this spring.
Sex is a hot topic among college students. Since Kelly King's Sept. 10 "Under the Covers" column, there has been a fair amount of talk about sex printed in the opinion section of The Cavalier Daily.
The business headlines over the past few weeks have centered on former General Electric Chief Executive Officer Jack Welch.
Without question, the University is diverse. No, diversity is not the many different colors of Polo shirts the boys wear or the unlimited styles of Vera Bradley purses the girls carry.
When I accepted admission here, I was excited to come to a community where -- unlike my high school -- people couldn't make outrageous claims without having someone demand that they answer for their beliefs.
AS HARVARD University opens its doors to the student body for classes, they also welcome a new sexual assault policy implemented over the summer.
After a month in class, and with midterms rapidly approaching, the time seems ripe for a classroom etiquette Public Service Announcement.
A free society upholds a man's right to speak his conscience without fear of reprisal, no matter how heinous, offensive or patently false his opinion might seem.
Pbs has generously chosen to re-broadcast Ken Burns' "The Civil War" over the course of the upcoming week.
Last Friday, Buzz at the club Nation -- Washington, D.C.'s longest running rave dance party -- did not open its doors to the hundreds of D.C.-area electronic music fans as it has for the past nine years.
IN THE middle of Manhattan on the lower level of Rockefeller Center, a sculpture of a dying woman was removed last week due to the fact that many passers-by deemed it to be "too disturbing." The sculpture was emotionally striking and was an accurate display of human suffering during tragedy, but Rockefeller Center was nonetheless justified in its decision.
FOR A LITTLE while, it looked like Oscar might not be the only grouch on "Sesame Street." This week, the South African version of the highly-acclaimed children's television program debuted a new Muppet -- Kami, an HIV-positive furry orphan.
FOR MORE than five years, I have been able to dodge a bullet headed my way. Bob and weave, I told myself time and time again, but even the fastest man alive can't escape life's ultimate burdens, let alone the burdens of U.Va -- where everyone knows that if you don't speak up, you won't be heard.
STUDENTS ARE being bombarded by budget cuts. First there was "Papergate," when ITC cut off free public printing privileges.
HOOTERS Air Inc. What a wonderfully lucrative idea. Entrepreneurs are always looking for new money-making ideas and this time, Robert Brooks, Chairman of Hooters of America Inc., has livened up the game.
BABIES are being kissed. Mud is being slung. And that can only mean one thing: It's election time again.Politicians seeking election or re-election have various media at their disposal, including campaign ads in broadcast and print forms, Web sites, and of course, news outlets. The content of campaign ads and candidate Web sites are almost completely up to the individual campaigns, and thus don't always tell the whole story.
AS ONE of the few conservative Cavalier Daily columnists and open member of the -- ahem -- "God Squad," I guess I should have caught on earlier to Kelly King's Sept.
UNDER HEAVY pressure from the United Nations and its Arab neighbors, Iraq pledged on Monday to readmit United Nations weapons inspectors immediately and without conditions.
OVER A decade ago, after Anita Hill accused him of sexual assault, many Americans thought poorly of Clarence Thomas.
It seems like the only thing students have to do is complain; to talk about what is wrong with their lives, other people and society in general.
