CONTRARY to the perpetual grumbling of those who consider themselves too practical to spend their time thinking deeply or abstractly, philosophy courses are consistently among the best that any college or university has to offer.
THERE has been a lot of talk recently about what has not been found in the newly liberated Iraq. Unfortunately, some people are entirely too quick to criticize the president and the actions of this nation and look past what has been found in Iraq.
INCLUDING a note from its editor, Whitney Garrison, the new Health & Sexuality page debuted last Monday with an open and honest voice that is refreshing, especially when these topics often can be difficult to broach.
WITH ALL the enthusiasm of a dog forced to take its eye medication, President Bush announced last week that he would order the creation of an independent commission to investigate "intelligence failures" leading up to his administration's decision to go to war with Iraq.
LAST YEAR, I took a class on sexual assault from the SWAG department. And I was struck by the one certainty with which I completed it: No man who chose to take that class would ever commit an act of date rape.
I LOVE Valentine's Day. I can already hear the cries from those unfortunate students who have stubbornly conditioned themselves to despise the heart-shaped, candy-coated, red-and-pink happiness that is Valentine's Day.
When Admissions Office Dean Blackburn reads this year's batch of regular decision applications, he presides over injustice.
THE MONTH of February can tend to be slow at the University. The madness of rush is long over; the honeymoon of new and different classes has faded and the dreary gray days offer little incentive to spend time outside.
INSECURITY. Not a word that you would typically associate with black men, but after a deep discussion with some of my fellow brothers here at the University, young and old, the word insecurity best illustrated why so many of us black men portray ourselves the way we do: as men without fear.
WHAT DO the words "mayday," "bomb" and "Christianity" have in common? They'll all cause people to freak out if you say them out loud on an airplane.
MEDIA critic Howard Kurtz wrote in his column, "I guess we know who runs the country" referring to the media's role in the Democratic primaries (The Washington Post, "Kerry Runs Media Gantlet," Feb.
AS THE fallout over Janet Jackson's breast-baring incident at this year's Super Bowl halftime show continues to pile on, one must ask what the big deal really is.
RICHMOND -- With Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., leading in the polls in Virginia and Tennessee several days prior to the primaries, John Edwards, D-N.C., and Gen.
FAIRFAX -- Winning an impressive majority yesterday in the Virginia primary, as well as a strong showing in Tennessee, the John Kerry cruiser is all but certain to have a successful return voyage to Boston for the Democratic convention.
LAST WEEK the Virginia state Senate narrowly rejected a proposal to designate April as Confederate History Month.
Last week, President Bush likened his bipartisan panel on weapons of mass destruction intelligence to the Warren Commission.
WITH THE issuing of decisions on who and who will not be on the Lawn last Friday, there are now some jilted third-year students who will be seeking out housing this week. If you know one of these people, wish them good luck.
THINKING back to my eighth-grade civics class, one thing that I clearly remember is the concept of "glittering generalities" -- that is to say, a political statement that is so generic and sounds so good that no one could possibly disagree with it.
THERE'S a lot that Democratic frontrunner John Forbes Kerry doesn't want you to know. Sure, there are those famous initials, the decorated combat tour in Vietnam and 19 years in the United States Senate.
ON SUNDAY, the Honor Committee considered a proposal to remove the seriousness clause from its constitution, which provides that acts of lying, cheating and stealing must meet a certain standard of severity in order to be considered honor offenses.
