OBVIOUS from the first strains of a band playing thoroughly un-ironic covers of Avril Lavigne songs was the fact that the last week's release party for the University Women Center's Irismagazine wasn't about typical -- or at least not stereotypical -- feminism.
ECHOLS scholars may not be responsible for all of our class selection problems, but when small classes fill up on the first day, the impact of the program becomes clear.
IN THE past 15 years, forward strides in stem cell research have incited a vigorous ethical debate among scientists.
LAST THURSDAY the U.S. Senate added an important provision to a national defense bill allowing war on terror detainees to appeal their status as enemy combatants, but not the actual legality of their detainment.
REPORTERS are hard to rattle and don't usually scare easily. Yet so many I've met over the years are more afraid of one little word than knocking on the door of an accused killer or asking the governor a tough question.
WITH MEN becoming a smaller minority at the University and on campuses around the country, it's been easy for commentators to speak of a "gender gap" in college admissions.
IN PRINCIPLE, Daniel Gantz's Oct. 27 "Self Proclaimed" comic, which depicted an enslaved black man, should not have been offensive.
STUDENTS at the University were lucky enough to see an open honor trial for the first time in three years, and were especially lucky to see a trial in which the case was not open and shut.
IN POLITICS, there are those races that are so competitive and valiantly fought that once you finally emerge victorious from the struggle, you cannot help but feel some measure of empathy for your opponent.
LIFE AT the University involves countless exorbitant fees, but perhaps no department has been so successful at screwing over students than Parking and Transportation.
A FORTY-hour work week is meant to be the standard for full-time employment in the United States.
CONGRATULATIONS to Student Health, as last week the University hosted "Flu Fest," a day-long event to inoculate college students for a wide variety of diseases and keep students up to date on their vaccinations.
IT'S EASY to think of this as one of the more depressing times of the year -- a time when days get colder, nights get longer and desperate fourth years discover that the popular classes they always wanted to take have once again been snatched up by the supposed intellectual übermenschen of Maupin and Webb: the Echols scholars, who are given registration priority and are exempted from area requirements.
CHURCHES, schools and hundreds of cars set ablaze in a single day may seem like something out of Hollywood, but instead, this is the horrifying reality facing France.
AS UNIVERSITY students, we take on multiple identities. We are sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, classmates, teammates and pupils.
EVER SINCE the White House cut its losses, pulled Harriet Miers and nominated Judge Samuel Alito for the Supreme Court, embarrassed excuses have abounded.
IF YOU were the owner of a small business that faced open criticism for its ample profits, satisfied customers, ever-expanding facilities and novel approach to sales, how would you respond? At a conference last week, Public Policy Prof.
RICHMOND -- IN A RACE that was thought to be a statistical dead heat up until the time the polls closed, the results proved to be quite surprising -- a sound defeat of the top of the ticket for the Republicans, a victory for the Republican lieutenant governor candidate and a possible recount mess for the attorney general position.
LAST FRIDAY, The Daily Progress reported that a group of students is "working with University Law professors and administrators to craft a change" that will "standardize" University Judiciary Committee sanctions against students found guilty of hate-motivated violations.
