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.
PLANNED Parenthood's emergency contraception van made a trip to the University last week, partially to raise awareness of a bill before the House of Delegates that would have banned Virginia schools from offering the product.
THE UNITING and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, better known as the USA Patriot Act, is undoubtedly one of the more controversial pieces of legislation to emerge in the post-Sept.
IN YET another sign that the death of personal responsibility is at hand, a Nevada woman filed a lawsuit against the Coors Brewing Company last week, claiming that its promotion of "youth, sex and glamour" was at fault in her son's death two years ago.
THE SEMESTER is winding down, and that means it is time to take a retrospective look at our fine University over the past couple of months and offer my sincerest congratulations to several very deserving parties. -First, a heartfelt congratulations to our Student Council President-elect Noah Sullivan for demonstrating an ability to "bring something new" to the Council.
THE MINIMUM wage is an enduring legal monument to a time when Americans were really concerned about poverty.
ONE WEEK ago today, a large audience gathered in Rouss Hall at an event featuring Barbara Ehrenreich, the author of the New York Times best-selling book, "Nickel and Dimed." Ehrenreich is an impressive writer and a powerful social critic who, like so many starry-eyed college students throughout the country, is a true believer in the power of big government to cure the diverse maladies of America's working poor.
LAST YEAR, a lawsuit against retail chain Abercrombie and Fitch introduced a new "-ism" into the American lexicon of prejudice: lookism.
BACK IN his super-earnestbleeding-heart-on-his-sleeve days, the young Bono sang, "I can't change the world, but I can change the world in you" (this being years before he actually went out and tried to change the world), and, in a way, that's what I've tried to do in my year as ombudsman.
FEW SOCIALLY progressive measures have been met with an opposition comparable to the remonstrations against affirmative action.
AFTER the past few "Good Guys," one might actually believe that Gus Blagden, the University student for whom the award was named after in the 1960s, was a strong and faithful Christian black man.
