AS A SELF-CONFESSED bleeding-heart liberal, adamantly in favor of the separation of church and state, I should really be getting riled up about Virginia's adoption of a moment of silence in its public schools.
One of the frustrating things about journalism is that almost every non-journalist has an opinion on how to be a reporter.
Although classes have been in session for less than two weeks, it has occurred in almost every class at the University: the blaring, distracting ring of someone's cell phone in the middle of a lecture or class discussion.
EVERY year the same thing happens. Classes fill up and professors are either forced to turn away students who in many cases are fourth-year majors in the subject, or deal with the consequences of an over-crowded classroom.
I'M NOT sure about you, but I just can't remember the last time I walked past the Rotunda and saw a group of close-to-naked students climbing all over each other while pretending to play football.
N EW CABELL Hall is the largest classroom building on the Lawn and without a doubt one of the most heavily used on Grounds.
IT'S EASY to go through your time at the University without wondering how things used to be.
S OMEWHERE between the blaring music and exotic displays, there was a sagging white banner at last week's Student Activities Fair that Caucasian students overlooked.
U NITED States District Judge James L. King made the proper decision last week when he upheld the Florida law banning homosexual adoption of children.
L ast week, the University unveiled a study analyzing the decorations of children's bedrooms, sampling from a group of partnered heterosexual and lesbian parents.
LAST WEEKEND, the United Nation's World Conference on Racism in Durban, South Africa, reached a rather horrific point.
MONEY is a very touchy subject in modern life, from cocktail parties to politics. Americans probably seem obsessed with money to the rest of the world.
WITH THE fall semester just beginning, it seemed like a good time to bring our readership another installment of the extremely popular segment entitled "Ask Seth." Sponsorships are still available for this segment, as is the option to pay not to have your name associated with this column. Our first question comes from an A.
AFTER 50 years of fighting it, school segregation hasn't gone anywhere. Like a virus, it has survived by adapting amidst changing times and pressures.
WELL KIDS, it's that time again! As lazy memories of hot summer nights spent with friends from home begin to fade, we again are immersed in the fast-paced madness that we call U.Va.
IT MAY be hard to believe, but it turns out that the education gurus who developed aptitude tests like the SAT, LSAT and GRE intended for them to be more than just the bane of every student's existence.
AS A THIRD-year transfer student, I have heard much grumbling about the honor system at my new school.
BASEBALL is supposed to be America's game, the quintessential summer pastime. But, like so many other supposedly simple pleasures, baseball has become increasingly complicated.
Who is Matthew Branson, and what's an ombudsman? As the academic year gets rolling, and my weekly column makes its debut, I hope to answer both of these questions. I graduated from the University in 1996, and I am currently in my final year of law school at the University.
STUDENT Council has earned a new name: Stupid Council. It has placed such a strong priority on something it really cannot affect - eradicating the "Not gay" chant in the Good Ol' Song. First off, this is not to condone the chant.
