THOMAS Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, or TJ as it's affectionately known to both current students and the 400-plus alumni who populate the University, has a problem.
AS AMERICA laid Ronald Reagan to rest, President George W.Bush spoke a eulogy on behalf of the former president, an actor whose final role was his most painful, one of 4.5 million Americans suffering from Alzheimer's.
JUST WHEN you thought your next history lesson was not until September, the powers that be have conspired to keep life academic.
WITH THE May 29 dedication of the World War II Memorial, and June 6 marking 60 years since the start of World War II's decisive battle, D-Day, the time has been ripe lately for World War II nostalgia.
EVERY NOW and then a liberal apologist will come along and try to convince the public that the mainstream American media does not present a liberal bias.
IN THE turbulent wake of the Iraq invasion, America's left-leaning squawk boxes have been hemming and hawing exuberantly over the failures -- real and imagined -- of the Bush administration's flashy foreign policy adventures in the Middle East.
LOST IN the shuffle of move-out was another unfortunate racial incident. On the evening of May 3, a Hereford resident called the police to report a suspicious-looking black man outside.
THIS SUMMER, moviegoers will have their usual fill of the crass and culturally worthless Hollywood fare.
WHILE exorbitant amounts of money are funneled into a political battle over abortion, society suffers by having to pay the opportunity cost of this ongoing dispute.
THE BOY I tutor one night brought home an assignment to write a poem. He enjoyed himself at work more than I had ever seen before.
CHARLOTTESVILLE was recently ranked number one among places to live in the United States by "Cities Ranked & Rated." While University students are fond of our college town, most would be hard-pressed to say that Charlottesville is the most exciting place to live.
I WAS sitting in my office in the Women's Center this past Friday, a glorious Charlottesville day outside my window, drifting on white lace of dogwoods, blue sky of spring.
AS THE former Chair of the Honor Committee, I have seen the best and worst of the honor system and the community of trust we live in.
WITHIN the context of its relationship with the Commonwealth, Thomas Jefferson's University is defining a new concept of "public education." A changing political landscape over the past two decades, manifested most dramatically in the ongoing budget skirmish in the General Assembly, has yielded a society in which individual interests and fiscal minimalism trump long-term community-building and public investment.
FINAL words are often haunted by lingering spirits that have not had the chance to reveal themselves.
IN THIS heightened world of political correctness, where it is considered an abomination to speak negatively about almost every religious, political and social group, especially in academia, one bloc that is exempt from an overt extension of tolerance is conservatives.
FOR THOSE of us who advocate a colorblind approach to race, the facts on the ground occasionally conflict with our ideals.
IT'S THAT time of year again -- girls, find your under-utilized sundresses, and guys, get out your shirt and tie from football season.
We have yet another racial controversy in the University community. The Charlottesville police department is currently the source of much controversy over a procedure of DNA testing, where certain black men are asked to voluntarily give DNA samples as part of an effort to catch the serial rapist.
THIS SATURDAY, thousands of people clad in their brightest pastels and whitest seersucker will make the trek down Barracks Road to the Foxfield Races.
