Throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, Europe was plagued by continual religious wars. But Europeans learned a valuable lesson from the years of turmoil: tolerance.
IN THE Balkans, the unresolved issue of Kosovo has dominated the region's modern political affairs and left a bitter taste in the mouth of everyone involved.
BASED on the public attention the issue of racism has gotten in the past two and a half years I have been here, at first glance one might compare the University community to a relapsing alcoholic.
LAST WEEK, Virginia Del. Frank D. Hargrove Sr., R - Hanover County, caused quite a stir when he opposed a circulating slavery apology resolution on the grounds that black Virginians "should just get over" slavery.
IN HONOR of Mr. Jefferson, who never obtained a Ph.D., students at the University refer to all of their professors as Mister and Misses regardless of doctoral status.
FOR STUDENTS and parents who struggle to keep up with rising tuition costs, textbooks can be a heavy burden.
MOST STUDENTS worked painstakingly hard during high school to gain admission to the University. I remember it vividly: all-nighters, difficult classes and tests and more homework than you could fathom.
"DEAD TREES walking" is a catchy phrase. I first heard the words last year at a state press association training session for newspaper editors and publishers.
Steph Shaw brings up an important topic in her column "Keeping women safe," (Jan. 24). Women's health is an issue that must be discussed candidly and detached from political or emotional bias.
First of all, I understand the term "backyard" used by the United States for Latin America. But as a Latin American I am offend by the use of theterm in the article by Allan Cruickshanks ("The disease of socialism," Jan.
IN THEIR never-ending attempt to buy voter support with government handouts, Congressional Democrats have turned their attention to universities.
WHAT has Student Council done so far this academic year? That's the question that I am supposed to answer, but before writing this column, I thought about the ways in which I could express this simple idea: a song, a comic, a witty dialogue or a memoir (now, that sounds academic; I don't really know what it is, though). I even thought about an interpretative dance, but last night I was inspired by a certain TV show: VH1's "The White Rapper Show," a show in which "American Idol" meets "Real World" meets the "8 Mile" rap battle scene.
WHEN THE Honor Committee met for the first time last March, oneword dominated discussion of plans for this academic year: transparency.
WITH President Bush's State of the Union Address on Tuesday and President Casteen's State of the University Address fast approaching, it seems there is no better time than the present to visit the State of the University Judiciary Committee. The 2006-2007 term of the University Judiciary Committee began with a quiet transition last April.
Regarding U.S. Rep. Virgil Goode's insistence that congressional oaths of office be sworn upon the Bible, Daniel Aaron Weir points out that the Bible itself seems to forbid this ("Scripturally unsound," Jan.
WITHOUT fail, every year a piece of legislation is introduced during the Virginia General Assembly session endearingly dubbed the "TRAP" bill, or Target Regulations for Abortion Providers.
UNIVERSITY Students eat at Newcomb. They study deep in the bowels of Alderman. They live in Page or Echols.
FOREIGN policy discussions over the past couple years have unfortunately focused more than anything on a single issue: Iraq.
IN PHYSICS, the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle states that merely by observing a particle, one changes its position.
With all the powerful thinkers and theorists that Josh Levy cited ("In defense of partisanship," Jan.
