ON TUESDAY, March 18, at 9:45 in the morning, the University held a tornado drill as part of Tornado Awareness day.
LOOKING over the e-mails I've received about two comics about the conception and death of Jesus that ran in this newspaper recently, I have come to the conclusion that a review of some basic matters is required. First, The Cavalier Daily is an independent student newspaper.
WHEN GOD told Mary he hadn't had a vasectomy in a Cavalier Daily comic two weeks ago, it was cast as a broader, week-long newspaper assault on Christianity.
A FEW WEEKS ago, a couple cartoonists at The Cavalier Daily decided to return to the familiar punching bag of Christianity.
IN LAST week's column, I addressed criticisms and complaints about the McIntire School of Commerce, which are often leveled by students and faculty who advocate a liberal arts education.
RECENT rumors about the possibility of a CVS Pharmacy replacing three well-known Corner spots -- Plan 9 Music, Just Curry and Satellite Ballroom -- have created a small panic around Grounds and throughout the Charlottesville community.
IMAGINE a world where people addicted to cigarettes, alcohol or even prescription painkillers were plucked from society and treated as criminals.
TIME IS against Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. With 10 months left in the Bush administration, the opportunity for a Palestinian and Israeli peace may soon pass her by.
FOR A WHILE, I tried to avoid calling myself a feminist. I avoided writing too many columns about women's issues, and I avoided heated talks about gender in discussion sections.
AS THE Student Council Executive Board officially transitions today, incoming members ought to have the eyes of the University community on them.
RECENTLY, I made my way home to celebrate with my older brother who was just released from jail. He was serving time for the distribution of crack cocaine.
AFTER the madness of St. Patrick's Day (and night) subsided, I began the thankless task of chipping away at work I had ignored.
IF YOU are one of the many people of this University who happens to be from Northern Virginia, you know the hassle that traffic can be.
Using preemption to justify invading Iraq or Iran is debatable. Using it to arrest allegedly crazed individuals who violate community laws is not.
LAST WEEK, The Cavalier Daily published at least six comics that made light of people's religious beliefs and practices.
"GET READY to rumble!" These were the exclamations emitting from Charlottesville on Nov. 26, 2007, as WWE Smackdown/ECW Live arrived at JPJ.
CHARLOTTESVILLE'S preservation community believed that it made cultural, economic and environmental sense for the Jefferson Scholars Foundation to incorporate Eugene Bradbury's historic Compton House (Beta House) into the plans for its Fellows Center on Maury Avenue.
FOR A POLITICIAN in America, there is no quicker way to fall from grace than by cheating on his wife.
OVERSHADOWED by the near panic over the specter of apossible recession, the principle of limited government intervention in the economy has gone out the window.
WHO SAYS complaining never changes anything? At Harvard University, a group of Muslim women claimed that working out in front of men offends their sense of modesty.
