Microfinancing seems to be one of today's biggest buzzwords. Microfinance, according to Consultative Group to Assist the Poor, is the "supply of loans, savings, and other basic financial services to the poor." Microfinance is significant in that it usually involves the provision of small amounts of money that are too small for banks to loan.
Unfortuantely, a plethora of information has been published pertaining to the health care overhaul signed by President Obama.
During the final meeting of the 2009-10 Student Council administration, the representative body discussed and voted against a resolution that would promote relations among a number of school and class councils across Grounds.
If you have sat through any large lecture class at the University, you have most likely encountered the infamous "class study guide" or contributed to a study group.
To lead, you must serve. Because the University recently chose new student and administrative leaders, it is timely to contemplate about the best ways to lead.
During the past few days there has been a flurry of reporting about the campaign that Workers and Students United has spearheaded to encourage the University to guarantee its lowest paid workers an indexed living wage.
The Minority Rights Coalition announced its new executive committee Monday and is set to transition this Thursday.
"It's not fair," I tearily protested, "It's just a stupid popularity contest." I was embarrassingly defeated in the 6th grade student council election.
The living wage campaign seems to be making a comeback. Currently, the University imposes its own minimum wage of $10.14 per hour for employees directly employed by the University, although Workers and Students United claim that some workers who should be making this amount, such as individuals working for subcontractors, are in fact paid less.
The possession and use of marijuana for recreational purposes is illegal in America, but anyone who has spent even a brief time at the University knows that it is a highly visible substance both on Grounds and in the surrounding community.
Gov. Bob McDonnell signed his ninth executive order last Friday, establishing the Governor's Commission on Higher Education Reform - a committee dedicated to higher education reform, innovation and investment.
A few weeks ago, Gerald L. Baliles, director of the Miller Center of Public Affairs, told a Roanoke ballroom full of Virginia newspaper people about a report called "Old Media, New Media and the Challenge to Democratic Governance." You can read it at the Miller Center's Web site, if you like. For the past year, the center has studied and hosted discussions about the decline of American newspapers, what effect that might have on American government and what might be done about it.
Recently, major celebrities in the fashion industry have taken it upon themselves to speak out against the use of unrealistic models in their campaigns.
Chivalry is dead. This phrase usually carries a negative connotation as men are becoming less and less knightly in their conduct.
With the great number of crises facing the American people today, environmental legislation often gets shunted aside by congress.
The March 26 editorial cartoon by Jane Mattimoe about the measure to legalize and tax cannabis in California, evokes the tired stereotype that medicinal use is nothing more than a smokescreen for "recreational" pot smoking.
The Workers and Students United organization held a forum this Saturday to discuss the living wage campaign and how it pertains to University.
Leading up to the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, I was one of the more than 40 million uninsured Americans ... and I didn't mind it that way.
Last month, controversy erupted following the volatile remarks of Del. Bob Marshall, R-Prince William, when he stated that after a woman has an abortion, "nature takes its vengeance on the subsequent children." Marshall also referenced the Old Testament practice of dedicating firstborn children to God, adding that "there's a special punishment" when those first pregnancies are aborted. Much has been made of the exact wording of Marshall's statement, to determine whether he was implying that children with disabilities are God's punishment for a prior abortion.
The Honor Committee held a forum Wednesday night to discuss honor and academic ethics within the University community.
