VIRGINIA legislators have once again responded to a legitimate social problem with imprudence and ignorance.
THE DAY after the presidential election, the partisan lines were drawn across our nation and the map was permanently dyed in electoral shades of blue and red.
PERHAPS the most unnerving part about applying to a law school is the process of taking the LSAT - the Law School Admission Test that acts as the standardized measurement for every legitimate school in the country.
EQUALITY. We claim to believe in it. At the same time, we preserve and defend institutions and structures that stand in its way.
LAST WEEK, U.S. Federal Judge Bernard Fried- man ruled against the University of Michigan Law School's affirmative action policy.
SOME African-American leaders are calling for reparations to be paid to American blacks by the U.S.
THREE weeks is not a lot of time. Ask any fourth year looking for a job - it can take longer than that just to get the interview.
LATELY it seems like the apocalypse is coming: Mad cow disease is killing cows in Europe. Hoof and mouth disease is killing off livestock everywhere else.
STUDENT self-governance. Its utterance causes some students to smirk, politicos to grin, the Office of Admissions to gleam and alumni to sigh in pleasant reflection.
AWEEK ago I received a forwarded e-mail from a friend of mine at James Madison University. The message was somewhat of a response to the second school shooting in San Diego in as many weeks.
IT'S THAT time of year again. Spring is here, the days are getting longer, tennis and other sports are starting their seasons, and shorts and sundresses are replacing pants and sweaters.
RECENTLY, I went to a training institute developed by the U.S. Department of Justice, where I attended a media training designed for people who have fairly controversial fields of work or, at the least, fields in which public and professional emotions run high.
FRUGALITY and economic discretion are commendable qualities, even more so when spending others' money.
FOR COLLEGE basketball fans, tonight is the night. In Minneapolis, the NCAA champions will earn their title after a long road to the finish.
LAST THURSDAY, Murray Sperber, an Indiana University English professor, spoke in Jefferson Hall about how undergraduate education has deteriorated due to a subculture of athletics and alcohol.
WE ALL know the drill. You drag yourself out of bed, into the shower and off to class. After class you try to get your work done, relax a bit and catch up with friends and roommates.
MONDAY'S lead editorial, "Disconnect Ethernet subsidies," wrongly attacked the University administration for helping fraternity and sorority organizations pay for the installation of expensive high-speed Ethernet service. The administration and the Inter-Fraternity and Inter-Sorority Councils should be commended for reaching a fair and beneficial agreement last semester to supplement two-thirds of the Ethernet installation cost with University funds.
YOUR FINAL few weeks here at the University can lead to a lot of reflection. You begin to think about how the University has changed you and how you in turn would like to see changes in the University.
ON THE other side of the Blue Ridge Mountains, students at James Madison University are getting riled up about an alleged "hate crime." On March 17, a male student reportedly harassed and assaulted three members of the women's rugby team. Why is this a hate crime?
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