IT'S AS if many of us live in a hole. As easy as it is to become completely absorbed in the University community, it is no surprise that many of us are unfamiliar with the topics introduced by following headlines.
TO STATE the obvious, the construction of a large building is not an overnight phenomenon. Rather than conjoining a series of 15-story Legos and Lincoln Logs, contractors build skyscrapers through a tenuous arrangement of cinder blocks, girders, concrete, plumbing and electricity.
MOST college students will watch TV at some point tonight. Some of you will watch the presidential debates.
A WOMAN'S right to choose to have an abortion is a godsend. With abortion's legalization through Roe v.
PERHAPS the most frequent complaint heard by the Ombudsman is that a story's coverage wasn't "fair." Upon explanation of such complaints, typically the complaints are over two aspects of journalistic objectivity: balance of coverage and subjectivity in reporting.
UNIVERSITY life truly dulls our senses. Natty Light, the routine of classes, and dining hall cuisine acutely diminish our awareness of the surroundings.
WHEN LITTLE boys play video games, they sit cross-legged about six inches from the TV screen with a glazed look in their eyes, a control pad in their hands, and their mother's voice in the background telling them not to strain their eyes. When big boys play video games, they sit six inches from a computer screen in a college dorm room.
COLLEGE REP. Justin Pfeiffer proves that a little bit of knowledge can do a lot of harm. A petition, requiring 2000 signatures from College students for Pfeiffer's removal from office, is in circulation.
THIS PAST weekend, Ronald Edward Gay quietly walked into a gay bar in Roanoke, pulled out his gun, and with the pull of a trigger changed the lives of everyone present in that bar.
IT'S OFFICIAL: If Texas Gov. George W. Bush wins the upcoming presidential election, I'm moving to Canada.
DESPITE all my mom's quirks, I love that woman. She bakes me pies. She still calls me her "baby." And last week, she sent me a stack of newspaper clippings in hopes of swaying my presidential vote. This surprised me, as she and my dad have always encouraged me to make my own decisions.
WE WANT to address it, but all we really do is dance around the issue at hand. When it comes to race relations, the University has yet to face the most fundamental, underlying truths about the question of race.
SEPTEMBER 22 marked the first day of fall, three months until winter, 12 inches of snow in Wyoming, and 46 days until the presidential election.
THUMBING through the Sept. 19 edition of The Cavalier Daily, I came across a lawsuit filed against the University.
RAPE IS not something I like to think about on a Friday afternoon. Except for when deciding if a first date is safe to be alone with, women generally repress the thought.
WHICH is more important, comfort or diversity? Which is worse, separation or forced integration?
IF IT weren't so insulting, it would be funny. The resolution proposed by College Rep. Justin Pfeiffer to require the Pledge of Allegiance at Student Council meetings is so insensitive that it's hard to believe Mr. Pfeiffer is serious. The wording of the resolution is atrocious.
THE GLOVES are off, and the Ombudsman is impelled (nay, forced!) to comment on the running battle.
I T'S A RELIC of our adoles- cence, something we all can relate to: the feared "birds and the bees" talk that our parents attempted to force upon us.
C OMPLEX ISSUES don't have 30-min ute solutions. Unfortunately, the Labor Action Group at the University has yet to learn this lesson. When you're discussing "fair" wages and benefits and "fair" labor practices, it pays to be intellectually honest, to offer facts grounded in serious research, and moreover to be truthful. LAG has been dishonest in two key areas -- their claim that the University uses sweatshop labor and their stake in the living wage debate. On Labor Day, a member of the student Labor Action Group, Roger Clarke, wrote and distributed a small flyer that claims that the University -- the University bookstore specifically -- uses sweatshop labor.
