Exercising our freedom
By Kristin Brown | January 30, 2004WELL, IT'S that time again. That glorious time that comes around every four years, when politicians across America begin the long battle to the White House.
WELL, IT'S that time again. That glorious time that comes around every four years, when politicians across America begin the long battle to the White House.
IN MY hunt to find a fine turkey to bring home to New York this past Thanksgiving, I took a few words from the wise -- the women who work so diligently day in and day out at the Pavilion in Newcomb Hall.
IN THE midst of the immense praise following its Jan. 20 debut, the Cavalier HOOps Band must have seemed like a resounding success.
PUNDITS must pray for the kind of non-stop rollercoaster that this year's frontloaded presidential selection process has become.
HOWARD Dean's second straight loss in last night's New Hampshire Democratic primary should have reporters eating crow for having fed the frontrunner frenzy leading into the election year.
IT HAS been over nine months since military operations commenced in Iraq to oust the dictator Saddam Hussein.
LEGACY preference in college admissions is a longstanding practice that has come under heavy scrutiny of late.
WITH THE New Hampshire primary set for today, I would like to reach out to my liberal counterparts and offer my humble advice in helping you decide this wide-open presidential nomination race. Somewhere between former Vermont Gov.
IN THE grand scheme of the University calendar, January 16 might not mean a whole lot. It isn't the date of exams, it isn't the date of a precious day off and it certainly isn't the date of Spring Break.
AS THE country heads into another election year, even the politically uninformed have a pretty good idea what most of this year's talk will be about: national security and the slow recovery of the economy.
VERY FEW people will complain about having too much money. Perhaps that is why you can hear so much complaining around the institutes of higher education in this state.
IN APRIL 1998, then-Dean of Students Robert T. Canevari said to hell with student self-governance and banned first years from rushing fraternities in the fall.
LAST WEEK some Cavalier Daily readers exercised their writing muscles and supplied my e-mail inbox with interesting and important comments. The most substantial came from David L.
AS IOWA demonstrated, Dr. Dean may have been too bitter a pill for most Americans to swallow. His mediocre showing in Iowa, a full 20 points behind John Kerry, has certainly slowed the pre-primary favorite down.
THE PAST week has certainly proved to be a politically thrilling, edge-of-your-seat compilation of many major events, including the Iowa caucus and the State of the Union address.
IMAGINE if the U-Hall security personnel only frisked fans who were yellow, brown or black-skinned.
GROWTH is a phenomenon that challenges policy-makers and elected officials just as it presents difficult decisions for members of the business community in the Old Dominion.
LIKE MILLIONS of college students around the nation, I've been recently finding the time in my hectic schedule to return back to an era when life seemed so much simpler.
TODAY is a day of mourning. Today we must stop for a moment in our busy lives and remember the nearly 45 million people who have been killed.
THERE are two types of students at the University. Science and math students who spend lots of money each semester on a few thick textbooks and humanities students, like myself, who fork over the big bucks on a more numerous set of cheaper books.