"The Pulitzer is for the birds - for the pullets. It's just a dummy newspaper publicity award given by crooks and illiterates." So wrote Saul Bellow, in his novel "Humboldt's Gift," which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
One of my hobbies is watching foreign films. Not necessarily films which are awarded best film at the Cannes Film Festival, but whatever films are popular in a certain country.
It isn't the greatest invention since the wheel, but a new application for smartphones, the "Cville Bike mApp," could change the way we ride.
Earlier this year, I wrote an article titled "Syllabus by natural selection" (Feb. 2) expressing discontent about how Indiana was close to passing a bill which would enable the teaching of intelligent design in public school science classes.
The general election season may have provided its first exaggerated controversy when Democratic strategist Hillary Rosen criticized Ann Romney, wife of probable Republican candidate Mitt, for being out-of-touch by saying Ann "has never worked a day in her life." Mrs. Romney, a stay-at-home mother of five, retorted that "My career choice was to be a mother ... we need to respect choices that women make." Many have attacked Rosen, saying she suggested that being a mother is not work, and fellow Democrats have distanced themselves from her remarks.
The Cavalier Daily reported Monday that the University "has mitigated tuition price increases in recent years by limiting salary adjustments [and] managing workforce size through attrition" ("BOV approves tuition hikes," Apr.
Days on the Lawn have come and with them students who are accepted but lost, unsure of where to go in Charlottesville or elsewhere.
Two weeks ago, Nobel Prize-winning German writer Gunter Grass published a controversial poem in several newspapers across Europe.
I guess there is something odd about April which brings an ambivalent, nervous sentiment to the fore.
In California, a recently introduced bill would give some university students veto power to oppose the enactment of new fees by their administrators.
Part of a reporter's job is to give readers, in addition to the facts, a sense of the conditions in which those facts exist.
In the forty years or so since the first woman was admitted into this University, there have been many advancements which have led to an atmosphere many might argue is closer to full gender equality.
Meeting with administrators on a Thursday in Clemons sounds less than inviting - but several students did so yesterday for a "Student Tuition Meeting." Colette Sheehy, vice president for management and budget, and Assistant Vice President for Budget Melody Bianchetto hosted a presentation which explained why the Board of Visitors plans to raise tuition today, and why students should understand this decision. The important thing is not to panic.
It required less than fifteen minutes for the Charlottesville City Council to pass its nearly $150 million budget Wednesday, and rightly so.
I consider most college vernacular such as "pre-gaming" or "townee" rather benign, but there is one category of phrases which infuriates me to no end.
Instead of making a church the heart of its Grounds as all other universities had done prior, Jefferson made the Rotunda, a library, the heart of Grounds.
Homelessness is an unfortunate and perpetual aspect of society. Different organizations have tried to find ways of fixing the problem.
In recent years, the decriminalization of marijuana has generated widespread support, and states have begun to use this policy to balance budgets and allocate resources.
I was at Sabato's lecture on Tuesday evening, and contrary to the article which ran in yesterday's paper ("Sabato talks election," April 11), there were many students there.
I enjoyed reading the recap on Sabato's lecture last night, but I just wanted to point out that although there may have an under-representation of University students in the lecture room, many of my friends arrived before 6:30 and could not find a seat.
