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By Claire Shotwell | October 23, 2009Condom races, lube tasting, and how to make a dental dam - what better way to spend a Thursday night?
Condom races, lube tasting, and how to make a dental dam - what better way to spend a Thursday night?
This past weekend, the Virginia men's rugby team piled in a bus for 12 hours to face - and lose gallantly to - a nationally-ranked varsity side from Kutztown University.
Trash talk Student Council committee's plan to offer reusable coffee mugs should be a model for other sustainability initiatives Tuesday night, Student Council's Environmental Sustainability Committee laid out several proposals for increasing the University community's sustainability and environmental awareness.
As if you needed one more Internet distraction. To all you Facebookers, Myspacers, Tweeting-Twitterz, and the occasional G-mail chatter - meet your match.
Your editorial regarding my presentation to the Honor Committee Sunday ("Reaching Out," Oct. 21) included several fairly substantial errors. First, the group I presented is called the "Accused Outreach Program," not the "Student Outreach Program." It may just be a name, but it seems irresponsible to make so basic an erorr. Second, the AOP has absolutely nothing to do with Hoos Against Single Sanction or anything like HASS.
When I read the title of Wednesday's opinion piece "Putting its best foot forward: Family Weekend showed that the University is committed to academic excellence," I thought it was sarcastic.
In his address on Tuesday Fmr. Governor Allen expressed his thoughts on energy reform. His address focused on utilizing nuclear and coal technology to wean American society off of oil while noting the impracticality of using wind or solar technology as primary sources of alternative energy.
At Sunday night's weekly Honor Committee meeting, third-year Law student Sam Leven spoke to the Committee about the concerns of a recently created support group for students accused and convicted of honor offenses.
Every October, many a Wahoo parent flocks to Grounds to see what exactly their children have been doing with their lives for the past two months.
Last week I wrote an article entitled The New American Patriotism, with the subscript "Americans should unquestioningly accept the President's policies." I felt shocked by the response the article incited from my peers on Grounds.
Diversity has become one of those ideals that influences all sorts of decision-making. Corporations, governments and colleges all must remain aware of the role that diversity plays in shaping their actions.
President Barack Obama ran his campaign based on hope and change, more specifically the hope for a better tomorrow by changing the present.
Do you often find yourself at a dining hall with nothing to eat? Too many times have I gone to a dining hall, surrounded by food, only to find nothing that catches my fancy.
A recent editorial ("An expanded role," Oct. 14) expressed concerns about the Arts & Sciences Council's responsiveness to student concerns.
I was deeply troubled, if not appalled, by a column that went into print last week ("The new American patriotism," Oct.
A past lead editorial ("Governor's school," Sept. 24) advised readers to "take a closer look" at the Virginia's two gubernatorial candidates' positions on higher education, but ended up unable to follow its own advice.
The reason many individuals flocked to America in its founding days was to pursue freedom from religious persecution.
No one needs to be told how bleak the economy has been during the past year. At last, there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel - or, at least, "indications [are] that things are getting worse more slowly," as economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman wrote in August. Unfortunately, the implications of a financial fallout can linger well past the actual recession itself.