ONCE, DURING my senior year of high school, my friends and I huffed three cartridges of model airplane propellant and tried to go to a football game really high because we heard a few seniors had done it the year before.
JIMMY Fictional wants to be cool. Ever since he came to the University last fall, Jimmy has wanted to be one of those ultra-cool kids everyone envies and imitates.
HEY YOU! Yeah, you standing over there! What are you doing with those campaign flyers? Don't you know that you can't hand those out here?
MORALITY, like honor, is a word often misused and misunderstood. Much like honor is more basic than not lying, cheating or stealing, morality is not about specific issues or agendas.
COLLEGE is an interesting environment to analyze. During this tumultuous transition from adolescence to adulthood, elders take a big step back and students run a great deal of life in and around the University on their own. While students sometimes play only a small role in decision-making at the University, we are given the responsibility of deciding what behavior is and is not acceptable in the University community.
TRADITIONS at the University die hard. Even in light of recent citations, students continue to streak the Lawn.
LIKE MOST college towns, Charlottesville exists largely because of students. Students support the city economically, and we're the reason most Charlottesville businesses thrive. The city, however, does not allow students to support and benefit from the city's real estate business.
BY THIS point in the semester, undergraduate life has a certain monotonous rhythm. Each morning, we get up and go to class.
NOBODY should be surprised that the Inter-Fraternity Council sent a letter to Dean of Students Penny Rue last week, requesting that she open negotiations with them about moving formal rush back to the fall.
IF I WANT to skip class, it is my choice. If I decide not to study for an exam, that is my choice.
I CAN'T remember when I met Merton or the Duncan Sisters. All I know is that the American Studies Class of 2000 made me do it.
ISOLATED in our college world, the University community as a whole doesn't tend to pay much attention to the everyday workings of the federal government.
ONE WONDERS if a $17 million increase in federal spending on "promoting character education efforts" would have prevented Texas Gov.
First, congratulations to The Cavalier Daily for its recent award. Few realize the amount of work required in producing any student publication, much less an award-winning daily.
LAST WEEK the Republicans captured both houses of Virginia's General Assembly. This victory gives the party a historic opportunity to further its agenda.
DANGER! If you receive any e-mail within the next 24 hours, do not open it! The entire Internet is closed down for annual cleaning, so any e-mail must be a virus!
NEED-BLIND. Anyone who's been on a college tour or read a book about universities has heard this term.
COMMUNITIES such as ours quickly become galvanized into action when a violent stranger enters its sanctum, creating chaos and fear.
AS THE vice president for development, it is my job to ensure that the University works with its alumni and friends to secure private support that will sustain the University and its students, faculty and programs into the future.
TRUE! -- CYNICAL -- very, very dreadfully cynical I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?
