JOHN ASHCROFT, the favorite bogeyman of liberals, is once reported to have said, "There are two things youfind in the middle of the road: a moderate and a dead skunk." While most Americans profess to abhor such naked partisanship, it may be the cost of greater civic engagement.
THE HONOR Committee is once again the center of controversy and buzz as the upcoming spring elections rapidly approach.
OTTO VON Bismark once said, "Laws are like sausages; it's better not to see them made." If that's the case, Student Council endorsements are probably like Newcomb's vegan chicken nuggets.
FOR THE first time in recentmemory, a reasonable decision involving race was made at the University.
IT'S NOT uncommon to hear allegations from free-market advocates that Europe still suffers from a good deal of lingering sympathy for the defunct ideals and policies of socialism.
BY AN overwhelming 32-7majority, Virginia's representatives in Richmond passed a bill less than two weeks ago making ours the first state to ban cell phone use in cars for drivers under 18.
COLLEGE Dean Edward Ayers' decision to remove PoliticsProf. James Sofka as dean of the Echols Scholars program continues to be a hot topic in the pages of The Cavalier Daily. Senior writer Chris Wilson reported Wednesday ("Policy may afford Sofka future hearing," Feb.
ALTHOUGH Americans are constantly being subjected to the economic theories of politicians and talking heads, we rarely hear about one ofthe biggest threats to the nation's economic future.
IT IS FORTUNATE that instances like the recent controversy between College Dean Edward Ayers and former Echols Dean James Sofka are rare occurrences at our University.
THE CONCEPTS and purposes behind justice and punishment are often blurred and their complexities taken for granted.
SEVEN YEARS: That's how long it would take to pay off a credit card balance of just $1,000 given a standard 19 percent interest rate and making the minimum 2.5 percent monthly payment.
LAST FRIDAY night, the Jefferson Society hostedHousing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson, who spoke about President Bush's innovative concept of an "ownership society." While Prof.
A RECENT survey of high school students has confirmed what most Americans already know -- the Pacific Ocean is somewhere south of Miami, where the Prime Meridian divides westward flowing rivers from the Sea of Japan.
UNIVERSITY attempts to access personal information are sometimes intrusive and unnecessary -- Social Security numbers are our identities on Grounds and the University has access to most students' bank accounts and financial information.
ON SATURDAY, Jan. 22, the nation marked the 32 anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision which legalized abortion in the United States.
AS PRESIDENT Bush takes the stage tomorrow night for the State of the Union speech, many will look for him to flesh out the soaring oratory from his forceful inaugural address two weeks ago.
AS I stood at the back of a crowded lecture hall amongthe huddled masses of wait-listed students yearning for a spot in class, it seemed as though something wasn't quite right.
A SCHOOL district in Pennsylvania recently made headlines by becoming the first to require the teaching of the intelligent design theory in biology classes as a possible alternative to Darwinian evolution.
LET US not miss this opportunity. Though the University is now abuzz with gossip over the shakeup of the leadership of the Echols program, melodrama is fleeting.
THE CAVALIER Daily reported on Jan. 20 that Associate Dean Richard Handler would replace Politics Prof.
