YOU HAVE to take pleasure in whatever victories you can gain, even if they are small. Never was this message more apparent than at the Omni Hotel in downtown Charlottesville last night - the site of the Democratic party reception in which State Sen.
RICHMOND-Virginia is known for its colorful history, and now, a historic election can be added to its laundry list of momentous political events.
IT WAS an uphill battle. It was also a losing battle. So it came as little surprise when the results were so prominently displayed across the large television screen in the Omni Hotel in Charlottesville - Ed Wayland couldn't unseat his challenger, incumbent Del.
RICHMOND -- The chandeliers were sparkling, the liquor was flowing, and the room was filled with enough suits to clothe an entire law firm.
BOOM, BOOM, boom. The hardwood floor of the Boar's Head Inn ballroom shook from the thundering bass.
AS THE final minutes of Halloween night ticked by, heads began popping out from behind closed Lawn room doors.
A FIRST glance at Paul Harris' victory party shows what you might consider a surprising amount of diversity for a Republican event.
THE UNIVERSITY is lovely this time of year -- leaves are changing, midterms are over and finals are a month away.
A GROUP of white supremacists at Northwestern University is seeking that university's recognition as a campus religious group.
AS WORLD War II was spreading in the beginning of 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt gave his famous speech in which he outlined four essential human freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.
WITHOUT a doubt, The Cavalier Daily is a student newspaper. Yet, at the same time the paper is also a self-supporting, independent business.
TUESDAY, Virginia's future made history. Kids from Charlottesville, Albemarle County and surrounding areas voted in the largest secure Internet election ever.
TO RUSH or not to rush. This would have been an interesting dilemma for me last fall. Unfortunately, I never had the chance to face that decision. Last spring, when I did have that decision to make, I chose not to rush.
IT'S HARD enough to understand how we can lose someone so early in life. It's even harder when that someone stood out in a crowd and effortlessly effected change in the world.
Should students who are caught streaking the Lawn be arrested? No. My personal opinion is that students shouldn't [be arrested] because of tradition.
IT'S HARD enough to understand how we can lose someone so early in life. It's even harder when that someone stood out in a crowd and effortlessly effected change in the world.
SO THEY put up a big white tent, but tables and shade do not an intellectual community make. And they moved fall rush, blaming kegs and frat boys for the erosion of the academical village.
Should students who are caught streaking the Lawn be arrested? No. My personal opinion is that students shouldn't [be arrested] because of tradition.
THE EMERGENCE of a third political party shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. Voters are tired of having a choice of only two candidates - especially when it is hard to find real differences between the two. With a robust economy and few pressing issues to divide public opinion, there's little forcing candidates to take stands.
SYNCHRONIZE your watches, people. In T-minus four days, Halloween festivities will descend upon America's streets, engulfing the nation in a huge, candy-scented mushroom cloud of blissful entertainment.
