DISCUSSING rape always brings out strong emotions in people. Rape is illegal in the United States, but because of difficulties in interpreting what counts as rape, many cases go unreported or without convictions. Unfortunately, a victim often feels the need to keep quiet for fear of rejection, retribution by the offender or out of shame, allowing the perpetrator to go unpunished.
THAT THE United States currently suffers from a crippling economic situation should surprise no one.
There is much to commend in last week's report issued by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, in which it outlined its annual budget recommendations to the governor and the General Assembly.
TO BE SUCCESSFUL, newspapers -or any kind of media, really - need to focus on the long term. They need to connect dots, pose questions, consider connections and implications that may not be readily apparent and then explore and explain all that. At the same time, they have to provide context.
IT HAS always struck me as odd that college students have to fulfill certain distribution requirements completely unrelated to any academic interests they may have.
"MY BAD," "We should have went," "I did good," "The reason is because
Earlier this week, President Obama announced he was taking unilateral action to restructure the process by which some individuals are expected to repay their student loans.
WHAT MAKES a debate? Merriam-Webster defines it as "a regulated discussion of a proposition between two matched sides." The type of competition implied by this definition is a far cry from the free-for-all contests which television viewers have taken to calling the Republican "debates" of the 2012 election season. The debates have proven popular: According to The New York Times, the Republican debate aired on Fox in September attracted 6.1 million viewers, almost twice as many as some of the Republican debates in 2007.
"NICE GUYS finish last." Even though most of us have been stung by this idiom from an overly competitive coach, parent or friend many times before, is there actually any validity to this notion?
The University's announcement Tuesday that it will implement a new financing model in fiscal year 2013-14 has not generated much discussion among students.
AS A YOUNG adult, I am at a critical juncture in life where I feel myself developing and discovering what I hope to be a unique self-hood.
A NEW RESTAURANT has recently opened in Las Vegas. The eatery, named the Heart Attack Grill, specializes in foods laden in fat, grease and sodium.
At a Monday meeting of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, Mark Emmert, president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, announced that this week he will propose a plan to the Division I Board of Directors that would help close what is known as the "scholarship gap" for student-athletes.
WHEN I was young, whenever I watched a movie or television show that was bound to have some bad content, my dad would say: "Now, you know this isn't real, right?
COLONEL Muammar al-Qadhafi is dead. This information may or may not shock you, but it most certainly surprised me.
