FRIDAY I was humbled to begin a one-year term as the student member of the Board of Visitors. For no particular reason, the work and role of the student member has been largely and traditionally opaque to the student body.
THIS WEEKEND, a team of students from Hamilton College engaged members of the Jefferson and Washington Societies in a debate over who was the greater founding father -- Alexander Hamilton or Thomas Jefferson.
BOTH PRE-PROFESSIONAL students and those hoping to enter graduate school must face one common obstacle: one exam whose score can carry as much weight as one's entire GPA.
THE LAWN. Only those who dedicate the greatest amount of time to the University, receive the best grades and get the least amount of sleep have a chance at living in one of the 54 prestigious Lawn rooms.
EVERY TIME I walk down the Lawn I'm subjected to the popular cause of the week. Last semester, Lawnies covered their doors with posters telling any passersby what was okay and what was not okay to think about race.
"GAY? FINE by Me" is not fine. The term "gay" is neither inclusive nor representative of the diverse sexual orientations and gender identities that make up what we commonly call the "queer community" at the University.
ONE NEED only an overview of classical history to know that sexual violence against women is not new.
IN TODAY'S world, being an activist for queer rights means you have to settle. It's a constant struggle between holding out for what's right versus achieving the politically attainable.
AS A Yankee from Pittsburgh, when I first started looking at colleges I didn't even know what UVA and VT stood for, much less the history of their long and storied rivalry.
WHILE YOU were watching Access Hollywood, I was watching Ralph Nader. Yes, that old warhorse of the left brought his act to Charlottesville last Thursday, delivering his new lecture, "While You Were Watching 'Big Brother,' Big Brother Was Watching You," to a full house at Old Cabell Hall.
AS A true credit to the YouTube generation, the video of Bill O'Reilly's recent temper tantrum has spread about the internet.
WHEN THOMAS Jefferson designed the University, he placed a library at the very center. This symbolic move demonstrates the important place libraries have to the University as a whole.
THE AGE-OLD debate about women in the workplace was discussed last Thursday, as the University Career Services hosted a discussion on the topic of women in law.
WHAT CONSTITUTES the need for police intervention? Hostage situations? Drive-by shootings? Armed robbery?
BOTH "STALLSMO" and "Max-um," the March 2007 gender-specific installments of the Stall Seat Journal, consist of 6-question sex quizzes along the lines of (obviously) Cosmopolitan and Maxim magazines.
IT IS the one Supreme Court case with which all high school students should be familiar
A TEENAGER who did not want to become a parent was sentenced last week to more than six years in prison for attempting to avoid it by arranging the termination of a pregnancy, The Associated Press reported.
THE PROLIFERATION of computers in modern society is a double-edged sword. Quick, convenient access to outside information also means that anyone can quickly and easily get into your own personal data.
EARLIER this year, the University decided to amend the privileges given to Echols scholars, beginning with the Class of 2011.
THE DRUG prohibition causes crime," proclaims Jerry Cameron to a room filled with rapt libertarians.
