OBSERVERS of world news could be forgiven if they have been left discouraged by this year, filled with reports of bloodshed in the Middle East, nuclear weapons programs in Iran and North Korea and Marxist tyranny in Latin America.
IT OCCURRED to me, after listening to a protestor on the Lawn last Wednesday, that if I were a Christian, I might be a fundamentalist.
LAST WEDNESDAY, a plane slammed into a building in New York City. The plane was a small, fixed wing aircraft and it hit a high-rise condominium on East 72nd Street.
CONSIDERING the history of the Jewish people, I picked a pretty good time and place to be born. I can count on one hand the number of times I've faced anti-Semitism from people who actually believed what they were saying, something even my father can't claim.
ON THE surface, military efforts by the Indonesian government and the arrests of 300 militants seem to have weakened and splintered Jemaah Islamiyah -- the Southeast Asian arm of Al-Qaeda responsible for the infamous Bali bombings in the not too distant past While U.S.
THE YEARS following the collapse of the Soviet Union held great promises for the Russia's pro-democratic movement.
AFTER the horrors of the Second World War, the international community said "never again." The Holocaust represented the epitome of human evil, and one of the primary tasks of the United Nations was to prevent similar occurrences.
IN MOST colleges across the country, the rules regarding pets in dormitories or residence halls are simple: Forget it.
GEORGE Allen, in one of the more sinister moves of his reelection campaign, has asked voters to focus not on his own racism, but on "real issues." To ask for this courtesy when his own campaign continues to focus on attacking an allegedly sexist item written by his opponent, Jim Webb, in 1979, is to ask for a double standard.
IF THE words "congressional accountability" make you laugh in disgust, you surely aren't alone. Rep.
"SILENT night, holy night. All is calm, all is bright round yon Virgin Mary and child." These words from the traditional Christmas carol "Silent Night" are appropriate for Christians, but what if a non-Christian were forced to sing them?
EVERY year, around the beginning of October, students begin a mad scramble for housing, afeeding frenzy for the finest apartments and a shuffle of "who's in, who's out" to put together the ideal living situation.
LIBERALS are often shrugged off,ignored or burned in effigy bymoderates for being too "condescending." Taking into consideration the liberal mentality of "how dare you be so intolerant, you ignorant hillbilly" that surfaces whenever people vote differently than they do, it is not hard to understand why moderates tend to side with Republicans.
OPPOSITION to the proposed "de-Westernization" program has mostly centered around "anti-Southern" beliefs or "anti-Western" accusations, disturbingly similar to the Bush administration's "for us or against us" policy that makes informed debate impossible.
IF YOU perused the News section of The Cavalier Daily last Friday,you might have come across an interesting article about drinking at the University ("Report finds social norms campaigns ineffective," Oct.
WE SWING the doors open every Sunday night. And noone comes. About five minutes before every Honor Committee meeting, I get the feeling that someone is going to walk in and sit down.
IN RECENT weeks, the University's Office of Admissions decided to do away with its early decision program.
VIRGINITY pledges surfaced in the early 1990's as a way to promote abstinence among young adults.
IN LAST week's column, I talked about the utility of Wikipedia as an encyclopedic resource and its general benefits for society.
GROWING up in New York City, I learned that even with the largest police force in the country surrounding me, it was still necessary for me to take precautionary measures to ensure my own safety.
