CLEVELAND'S public schools have been deemed underachievers. In an attempt to ensure students living in the district adequate education, Cleveland's lawmakers decided to experiment with a voucher program.
IN AN editorial appearing in The Washington Post on Sunday, Sen. Robert Torricelli (D-N.J.) called for an independent board of inquiry to determine what went wrong with American intelligence that allowed the Sept.
MARK R. Warner has been in office for less than six weeks and University students already have deemed him the Antichrist.
THE FEDERAL Trade Commission recently has filed lawsuits against the originators of illegal chain letters and pyramids via SPAM e-mail.
AS A MEMBER of the Board of Visitors, I feel it is important to my understanding of student opinion that I read The Cavalier Daily's editorials and I manage to do so online almost every day.
THE STATE of the Union address traditionally has been a national dialogue from the president to the nation.
THE SUPREME Court is preparing to hear arguments in the appeal of a school voucher case concerning Cleveland-area schools.
UNDOUBTEDLY, Gov. Mark R. Warner recently has engaged in regular episodes of cowering under his desk.
I DO NOT belong to either political party. But this does not mean that I share the growing contempt in America for political parties.
WHEN FLIPPING through the Course Offering Directory, there is one letter many students seek to avoid: F.
IT'S ABOUT that time of the year that first years receive the shock treatment. After the first semester of college, one learns the hard way that work and play must be balanced.
LAST MONTH, Gov. Mark R. Warner proposed letting Virginia's public colleges and universities raise tuition rates by up to five percent.
SPORTS are no stranger to scandals, many of them reading like a Hollywood script. Some actually have been immortalized on films, such as the 1919 fix of the World Series - known infamously as the Black Sox Scandal.
IN THE Virginia General Assembly, constitutionality has just flown out the window. In an attempt to levy their own religious beliefs on Virginians during the past weeks, many of the Commonwealth's lawmakers have forgotten the freedoms a non-secular state guarantees to its residents. On Feb.
UNTIL recently, I have thought of the University as a collection of intelligent, hard-working people - students, faculty and staff - who care about one another and the world at large.
SOMETIMES coming up with a topic for this column can be difficult, but this week it was easy, thanks to an e-mail I received Wednesday.
LAST THURSDAY, it was reported that, due to funding constraints, the economics department will lose 11 instructors between this year and next.
DESPITE the tendency of the "U.Va. Bubble" to cut students off from the outside world, most of us at the University are, at the very least, vaguely aware that Virginia is in some financial trouble.
APREVENTABLE tragedy hit me hard this week: A high school friend is hours away from being put into the ground. I'm sorry to ruin everyone's Friday on a sad note, but I am glad to reach you before you go out this weekend. My friend, Dan, a University of Maryland-College Park student, was found unconscious inside a fraternity house after a rush event last Saturday.
A BILL is before the Virginia House of Delegates that would add a non-voting faculty member to the Board of Visitors of each of the public colleges in Virginia.
