KNOWLEDGE is power, as the saying goes. It's also just plain convenient. When it comes to managing information, small changes often can make the biggest difference in our daily lives.
SINCE 1987, the Commonwealth of Virginia has relied on a state-run lottery as one source of revenue.
DRUGS, when used properly, can advance the field of science and medicine beyond what humans ever dreamed possible.
MOTIVATION: the drive that fuels success and ambition. It can be found in abundance among a great majority of the student body at the University.
IMAGINE, for a moment, that you have diabetes. You have an illness caused by something in your genes or just bad biological fortune.
LOOKING at the pictures, I literally became sick to my stomach. I know racism and discrimination are alive and well in this country, but it is often easier to focus on the many positive aspects of race relations and glaze over the negatives.
ALTHOUGH people have waged the warfare of direct combat throughout the span of human history, only recently have the fears and thoughts of America's leaders and citizens turned to an even more frightening yet silent battle: bioterrorism.
ONCE AGAIN it is time to sign up for classes. For first years, this means taking part in an advising system which serves almost no purpose and inconveniences both students and professors.
LEAVE it to an English professor to lay the groundwork for a column topic, a topic that I have touched on before but have not given full attention: proofreading.
AS BOMBS continued to fall over Kandahar and Kabul, as troops were flown into Afghanistan to combat the Taliban, nearly 40 million Americans held their breaths and watched as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the New York Yankees.
THE UNIVERSITY'S chapter of the American Civil Liber-ties Union has, of late, come under attack for its involvement in the "NOT BLACK ... NOT JEWISH ... NOT FEMALE ... NOT GAY" flyers posted around Grounds.
TUESDAY, Nov. 20, be sure to tune your televisions in to the made-for-TV movie, "Prancer Returns." With Thanksgiving right around the corner, the movie appropriately will be dealing with the struggles of Christmas.
CONFUSION as to who the enemy is in our new war on terrorism is increasing. We think the man we're almost sure masterminded the terrorist attacks is in Afghanistan.
NO ONE ever claimed that the Internet wouldn't cause problems. Scholars, politicians and laymen alike have been troubled of late by the pornography, hate and violent information that the Internet now makes easily accessible to children.
AS STUDENTS at Mr. Jefferson's University, we all undoubtedly are aware of the constitutional provision explicitly declaring that, "Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion." The framers of our Constitution made the Establishment Clause the most preeminent law of the land in order to restrict the government's ability to propagate religion through legislative means.
IT COULD happen to any of us. Lots of situations could put you or me in a position of having to worry about an unplanned pregnancy, either for ourselves or for someone close to us.
ALTHOUGH he persists in saying President Bush "stole" the election, Prof. John Arras actually is a very diplomatic man.
THE WORD "pray" literally is a four-letter word. Considering the heated debate over the "minute of silence," it might as well be a four-letter word, figuratively.
COVERING the local delegates' races this year made me long for the 2000 race. Not because 2000 was a cliffhanger, but because the two candidates clearly engaged each other on the issues. In the race for the 58th District House of Delegates seat, however, this didn't seem to happen this year.
RICHMOND IN VIRGINIA'S gubernatorial race, victory was declared last night at the campaign headquarters of Mark Warner, a candidate who ran as a fiscal conservative, a moderate pro-lifer, and a champion of gun rights.
