WHILE the Bush administration touted the Iraq war as part of the war on terror, it was also proposed as a means of liberation for an entire nation brutally oppressed for decades.
WITH ABOUT a month until Election Day, Americans are at once faced with a stark contrast between the two major parties and very little understanding of what they stand for.
Everywhere you look these days, whether on Grounds or on MTV, there are commercials, organizations and movements to encourage young voters to participate in the upcoming election.
AS A columnist with The Cavalier Daily, I get a lot of e-mails. Some agree with something that I wrote.
WHEN Washington Post assistant managing editor Bob Woodward came to the University to speak last Thursday, I have to say I was in a bit of journalistic awe.
"WE'RE LOSING our culture. We're losing our identity as a people." These were the words spoken to me Thursday night by a member of the local Tibetan community as Iserved as accused counsel at the University Judiciary Committee's first open trial.
The director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives came to speak at Jefferson Hall on Friday night, but not about politics.
LAST WEEK graduate student Richard Felker made the bold decision to open his University Judiciary Committee trial for misconduct to the public.
THE CAVALIER Daily found itself embroiled in a controversy last week, rather than covering one. The controversy centered on the newspaper's lack of coverage of the racially motivated vandalism of fourth-year student Amey Adkins' car on Sept.
THE SETTING is familiar, predictable like a bad horror flick: A racially-charged incident occurs, massive community outcry ensues, condemnation rains down from all corners and renewed calls for tolerance resound.
REPUBLICAN party lingo these days seems to be rather interesting. A carefully thought-out change of position after many years of consideration by a senator, for example, is a "flip-flop," while a president who changes positions within days of polls showing his position unpopular is a "wise, open-minded leader." At the same time, a senator sticking to belief in policies that have never been given a chance to work or which have actually worked in the past is using "the same old tricks and politics," while a president stubbornly sticking with policies that have failed is a "strong, decisive leader." But mixed in with Republican half-truths and doublespeak is something even more disturbing.
THERE'S a classic line in the political comedy "Bulworth" where protagonist Sen. Jay Bulworth offers an untraditional solution to the issue of race in America.
FREEDOM of expression is perhaps one of the most coveted of civil rights in the free world. As Americans, however, we are quick to take our First Amendment rights for granted.
LAST YEAR, the homecomings tradition was revived by an ambitious and determined University Programs Council in the form of Madbowl Madness, which featured Sister Hazel, a pep rally and an attendance peak of 3,500.This year's homecomings event, extended to cover an entire weekend (appropriately named Homecomings Weekend), featured last Friday's pep rally, which was relocated to Memorial Gym due to unfavorable weather conditions.Regardless of temporary setbacks and short-term student apathy, homecomings can -- with the help of a University-wide effort -- become an exciting and anticipated tradition here in Charlottesville. For a University-wide effort to be initiated, the University as a whole must be convinced of the potential that lies within the social spirit of a school homecomings.Although the pep rally was by far the largest project, students should not forget that Homecomings included many other successful events, such as Pancakes for Parkinson's, which raised a whopping $5,000 in a matter of three hours.
ON DEC. 16, 2003, George W. Bush told an interviewer that he doesn't read newspapers. Instead, he relies on his aides to digest the news for him.
IN THEIR never-ending crusade for "diversity," the academic, political and social elites are making America increasingly less diverse.
THE LAST time I wrote a column about Sept. 11, I was pretty angry. This time around, you'll be happy to know, that is not the case. Although it was originally scheduled, the University Programs Council's Cinematheque opted not to show the controversial "Fahrenheit 9/11" at Newcomb Theatre on Sept.
THE JEWISH High Holiday season is underway and many students are still making up work from missed classes.
IT'S THAT time again at the University. Time for wide-eyed first years to gape in awe at the prospect of altering a pillar of school tradition and time for jaded upperclassmen to roll their eyes.
HOOS AGAINST the single sanction? Not the Students for Preservation of Honor, that's for sure. While the Honor Committee engages in a contentious internal debate over the future of the single sanction and the honor system as a whole, students have begun to assert their opinions.
