AMID the wall-to-wall media coverage of Hurricane Katrina and John Roberts' Supreme Court nomination, one secondary news item merits significant attention: The declaration by a federal judge that the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional.
NATIONALLY, Katrina's winds have, without a doubt, blown the stubborn blanket off of race relations, exposing the lingering racism in America. Locally, the racist incidents at our University have also without a doubt stripped the same blanket off of local race relations, exposing the racism in Charlottesville.
FOR POLITICIANS, posturing is just one aspect of the political game. But one must wonder if they indeed feel as silly as they sometimes look and sound.
I CANNOT express the disappointment that I felt as I read the front-page headline of The Cavalier Daily on Sept.
SINCE entering the Virginia House of Delegates in 2002, Rob Bell, (R) who represents all of Greene and parts of Albemarle, Fluvanna and Orange Counties, has consistently prioritized tax cuts at the expense of the University and our community.
AS THE University grapples with the recent outbreak of racial intolerance, we are confronted with conundrum upon conundrum.
Last week University president John T. Casteen, III announced the choice of William Harvey to be the University's Chief Diversity Officer.
AMERICAN college students must frequently contend with puritanical legislators who wish to control their behavior long past the point where such control is necessary or realistic.
AT THE start of a new year, a series of hate incidents have once again exposed the seedy underbelly of hatred at the University, bringing about a cycle of demonstrations and vociferous condemnations against intolerance.
THIS WEEK provided some wonderful reading material -- an academic soap opera of sorts. That which seems antithetical to emotion has created a fantastic outpouring of rage, love, bewilderment and hope.
YET ANOTHER federal judge has struck down the Pledge of Allegiance as unconstitutional. U.S. Judge Lawrence Karlton's decision from last week has once again become the occasion for condemnations and outrage leaders across the political spectrum.
THE ULTIMATE endeavor at this University is without a doubt to be more like Thomas Jefferson. From student to professor to administrator, all hear and echo the cry "What would Mr. Jefferson do?" Sure enough, this is one of the central tenets of the current debate on the University's architectural plan and the effort by many of the Architecture School's faculty to have it reanalyzed.
FORTY years ago, the Voting Rights Act was passed to secure the voting rights of all Americans by preventing disenfranchisement by local, state and federal governments.
FOR CENTURIES, underpaid, rarely celebrated, but nevertheless highly trained architects have tended to wealthy and powerful laypersons.
ON THE previous three anniversaries of Sept. 11, 2001, we claimed to honor the victims through a mix of memory, resolve and a commitment to make sure that this never happened again.
"I CONSIDER a lecture to be a success if I'm asked so many questions that I can't finish." Many students of the late Stephen Innes will recognize these words to be his.
HAVING trouble choosing a major? Perhaps, like many other University students, you've bounced a lot of ideas around: first psychology, then English and maybe you're experimenting in art history while you desperately try to figure out what to fill in on your major declaration form due this spring.
LAST THURSDAY I had the opportunity to attend a welcome reception in a Pavilion hosted by the HUES Leadership Network for Women of Color.
THIS past weekend marked the fourth anniversary of Sept. 11. Many commentators have compared our response to that tragedy with the recent reaction to Hurricane Katrina.
BECAUSE of the rapid activist response to racial slurs and graffiti, it is clear that the University community will not tolerate this sort of bigotry.
