NOW I KNOW how Larry Summers feels. Two years ago the former president of Harvard University made a speech saying that it's possible that there are fewer top women scientists because there was a greater variance in scientific ability among men than women.
THIS MONDAY, Senator Hillary Clinton decided to share her new plan to provide each and every American with health insurance.
SUPPOSE someone important to you had e-mailed you three months ago -- or three years ago -- and you wanted to see, now, what she said then.
THIS WEEK, Congressman Charlie Rangel (D-NY) presented papers granting United States citizenship to the family of a fallen U.S.
EVERY CAVALIER Daily comic controversy goes through the same cycle: community outrage, followed by an apology (or not), and then the saber-rattling between intolerance-haters and freedom-lovers.
ONE NEED only spend a few minutes on Grounds to realize that the University is a very different place to go to school.
WHEN THE air turns cool and the leaves turn colors, University sports fans gear up for that timeless rite of autumn: the annual debate over whether to fire the football coach.
IF YOU weren't hiding under a rock last week, you reveled in the plummeting career of Britney Spears.
I was outraged when reading Josh Levy's column, ("Over-AccessUVA," Sept. 17).I would like to start out by stating that I am a recipient of a large amount of financial aid afforded by AccessUVA.That being said, it is obvious to see why I was offended and appalled by Levy's column. Levy argues, "People who truly want a college education have a ready and willing financial system to provide for them."If this is true, I'd love to know more about that 'system'!In reality, attending the University for four years roughly costs over $150,000.
Josh Levy's largely baseless and highly politicized assault ("Over-AccessUVA," Sept. 17) on need-based financial reveals an undercurrent that is rarely discussed on grounds: the widening gap between socio-economic groups.
The soft drinks in the libraries are way too expensive. They probably weren't much cheaper last year, but I was particularly irked to find that the price is now one dollar and forty cents.
NO TWO words have been more fetishized by the University community than "tolerance" and "diversity." Through endless performances of carefully choreographed public displays and earnest public moralizing, the?
RUDY GIULIANI has staked his candidacy for the White House on the issue of terrorism. The former New York mayor is hoping that his tough-guy image during the September 11th tragedy will be enough for him to spearhead the Republican ticket next year.
AS AMERICANS, we often pride ourselves on our forward thinking and initiative. When we wanted independence from England, we fought for independence.
FOR STUDENTS, there are definite penalties for being late. Whether this is a deduction of a letter grade for turning in an essay after its deadline or a specified number of tardies allotted each semester, being late can have a significant impact on a student's grade in a course.
STUDENT FINANCIAL aid is the hot new policy topic. Considering the University estimates the cost of attendance at just shy of $20,000 for Virginians and over $38,000 for non-Virginians, it's not hard to understand why.
Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2007, this was printed in your newspaper. Would you tolerate it?" Naseem Alavian said she posted that denunciation of Grant Woolard's "Ethiopian Food Fight" cartoon on her Lawn room door because she did not think the comic should be tolerated.
THE UPCOMING presidential election looms over conversations across the country as 2007 comes to its final months and as candidates gain an increasing amount of attention from the public.
IN MY column last week I took aim at U.S. News and World Report's influential "America's Best Colleges" issue, asserting that its use of irrelevant and arbitrary criteria made it a useless way to rank universities.
IN HIS farewell address to the American people, George Washington, first president and founding father, warned the country to beware of the divisive nature of political factions -- of placing the interest of the few over the interest of the many.
