IF YOU spent the past week wagering on whether Alberto Gonzalez will still be attorney general come April, you may have missed another Washington scandal almost as depressing as the secret campaign by the Bush administration to replace federal prosecutors perceived as politically disloyal.
IN LIGHT of recent skewedreportage and editorials concerning the rape of Liz Seccuro by William Beebe and his recent conviction and sentencing, I feel compelled to offer some insight into the conditions Seccuro faced in 1984 that today's undergraduates may not truly grasp.
IN 1960, Richard Nixon lost a close presidential election to John F. Kennedy. Defeat in an election of this magnitude normally gives the candidate a hint that they probably should not run again, but Nixon persevered and came back in 1968, in a nation plagued by an unpopular war in Vietnam, for an ultimate triumph.
THERE IS no racial bigotry
It requires intellect and legal knowledge to navigate through the smoke and mirrors of Supreme Court decision-making.
OVER THE last few years, the Honor Committee has found that international students and athletes are the most likely to be convicted of Honor offenses.
THERE are many shocking and offensive words in the English language. Most of them are four-letter words that have very specific connotations.
WHEN THOUSANDS of scientists around the world agree, when George W. Bush brings himself to mention it, and especially when you can buy coffee mugs that show the land that will be underwater, you know that there actually may be an issue of concern: Global warming is a proven and immediate problem, and proven to be a direct result from the human effect on Earth.
THE PERIOD immediately following World War II was a time of great possibility for the United States.
WANT TO pose for a nude drawing? Can't get Leonardo DiCaprio to sketch you? Now there's a solution: Just fly to Arizona.
IN THE early 1900s, the United States saw the rise of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. The organization was instrumental in the passage of laws banning drug use, alcohol and prostitution.
WATCHING our basketball team fall to the University of Tennessee Sunday, one of my friends commented that it sounded like the Tennessee contingent vastly outnumbered the Virginia fans in attendance.
DESPITE decades of hard work and progress, there are still those in the University community who cry racism at every opportunity.
THIS MARCH, almost 500 individuals participated in Alternative Spring Break with a goal of entrenching their community service mindset, broadening their outlooks and encouraging themselves to take their experiences further into their lives beyond college.
ATTRACTIVESS is a cultural value. It is important in the clothes we buy and wear, in our furniture, in cosmetics and any number of life habits or activities.
RACISM, racist and race itself are peculiar words, as their definitions change constantly and shift according to context.
BEFORE JABERWOKE was Jaberwoke, it was The Greenskeeper, a nondescript bar and restaurant frequented by underage students and, in the fall, by visiting football fans.
TAKE ANY early American politics or history class and you will easily learn that freedom was once widely considered a gift from the Creator, something to be tended and respected with limits and boundaries.
SOME BUZZ has been generated in the black student community over the last week concerning the implementation of a new dress code at Jaberwoke.
IT IS with great horror that I read Lindsay Huggins' incredibly irresponsible and error-filled column regarding Commonwealth v.
