ONE OF the major problems with writing for a student newspaper is that every once in a while, that little thing called "schoolwork" interferes.
ON THURSDAY, April 7, Jalal Talabani was sworn in as Iraq's interim president. This week, his government plans to fill the remaining Cabinet positions, most importantly the defense minister, who will help coordinate the transition of security responsibilities from U.S.
SCREW you, world. This is the message that President Bush has conveyed in his selection of nominees to fill high-level intelligence and security positions.
WHEN YOU think about it, the human capacity for inaction in the face of violations of the principles we say we cherish most is quite astounding.
WHEN it comes to guaranteeing equality for its citizens, the Virginia General Assembly fails dismally.
RECENT community discussions and several articles about racial incidents at the University have suggested that many students don't know how the University responds, where to report incidents or where to turn for support.
WHEN GOVERNMENT officials misbehave, the media should report on it. This is a no-brainer. However, when our beloved Fourth Estate decides to cover one side of the story, instead of seeking out all the facts, it moves from being a news dissemination business to a propaganda spin machine.
AS I WAS enjoying the beautiful weather last Sunday, it was the simple click of a link that brought down the proverbial rain on my day.
THE NATIONAL Cherry Blossom Festival came to a head in Washington, D.C. this weekend with the blooming of the trees surrounding the Tidal Basin.
LAST WEEK marked a week of awareness for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence with Take Back the Night programs at the University.
IN 2003, the Supreme Court upheld but restricted the University of Michigan's use of race-based affirmative action.
PUBLIC relations and journalism are intertwined in today's capitalist-driven media industry. Media products, like newspapers, rely on paid advertisements for financial support.
AFTER 24 years of service to the 57th District, Del. Mitch Van Yahres, D-Charlottesville, is retiring.
WARREN, Burger, Rehnquist -- just three men representing fifty-three years of jurisprudence while over the same time span ten men have filled the Oval Office.
FOR US political junkies, there is no state quite like Virginia. It is a rare place in America that never has an off year in politics.
IT SEEMS the Rock the Vote people have decided to make it their perpetual task to take something old and decrepit and pass it off as cool to America's youth.
JUST WHEN you thought the practice of collegiate branding had been forever buried in the dingy frat-house basements of the past, our Board of Visitors has brought it back.
FROM THE abandoned factories of the American rustbelt to the neglected fields of the developing world's unemployed farmers, globalization's losers are clearly on display.
THE MANAGING Board usually uses its lead editorials on the Opinion page to, well, express an opinion. The Board found a different purpose for its editorials on Monday, instead introducing readers to a series of news articles ("A series on sexual assault," April 4) and a new type of columnist ("Contributors," April 4). Both features have so far proven themselves worthy of the special attention the board devoted to them. The series The four-part series of articles, which ran Monday through Thursday, documented one former student's experience of accusing a fellow student of sexual assault.
LIKE ALL successful institutions, great universities must have distinctive identities. Harvard and Yale have their Ivy League pedigrees; Berkeley has its counterculture past; North Carolina and Duke have their great basketball teams.
