Don't jettison 'Jackass' for stupidity
By Brian Cook | February 1, 2001COMMON sense tells us a lot of things. It tells us not to buy overpriced clothes. It tells us not to drink too much on a school night.
COMMON sense tells us a lot of things. It tells us not to buy overpriced clothes. It tells us not to drink too much on a school night.
THERE'S a war on, in case you didn't know. We don't get too many reports from the front lines, but it is a war nonetheless.
AFTER a brief hiatus, the royal family is back in Washington, D.C. Now that coronation week is over and George II's seat on his father's throne is warm, we can step back from the situation to examine the lamentable trend he demonstrates - the gradually but steadily narrowing circle of political involvement.
THE DEBATES over President Bush's tax plan have centered on the role that it will have in stopping an impending recession that many economists are predicting on the horizon.
STARTING on the first week of February, the Law School will begin restricting access to its facilities between the hours of 9 pm and 6 am.
AFTER a relaxing, peaceful, month-long winter break, every college student faces an inevitable struggle - the realization that he or she must return to that dreaded state of reading, writing and attending lectures, otherwise known as learning.
THERE'S a new chief in town, and he's lookin' for a fight. President George W. Bush's recently unveiled education plan has a distinctively "tough on crime" feel to it.
MY FELLOW Wahoos, lend me your ears, take out a pen and write down this date: Thursday, Feb. 1, 4 p.m.
MOST OF us don't like to acknowledge our prejudices, but we have them. I remember my attitude when I started college and my grandma offered to recommend me for membership in her sorority.
The 111th: This week was the last official week of the 111th Managing Board of The Cavalier Daily.
PRIORITY seating. When I wrote about this issue early last semester, it was in reference to the academic arena.
NEXT TO NOTHING can overcome the sheer beauty and elegance of the market system. Student Council, unfortunately, would strip the market of its fancy clothes, leaving it naked, exposed and undignified.
SIMPLY put, I hate the Republican Party. No matter how well Bush's administration does in the next four years, I will always find Dubya a little slow, and Vice President Dick Cheney a little fat.
NO NEW opinion this week. In place of your regularly scheduled programming, we'll be presenting reruns of "The W.
THE BUSH administration, version 2.0, is full of interesting contradictions. George W. Bush lost the popular vote, but he ended up getting into office.
OUR NEW president has an aggressive agenda for his first days in office, but so far his major announcements have been in the area of domestic affairs.
THE FREE, sober and earnest pursuit of truth is one of the fundamental objectives of any academic institution, and should be a goal of any thinking person.
IN THE wake of the election crisis, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has introduced his campaign finance bill again, daring President George W.
BEFORE we begin, let me just take my hat off to both sides in this debate. Over the past weeks, the University community has been privilege to some of the most clever fliers ever posted on Grounds.
HOW YOU do something is just as important as what you do. Recent events in American politics, particularly the closest presidential election in history, suggest that Americans are more divided and agnostic than ever about whether to consider themselves Democrats or Republicans, whether they favor a liberal or conservative outlook.