POLITICIANS love map-drawing. It is one of those neat little perks that come along with your gold lapel pin and vanity state license plate.
CONSIDER this frightening scenario. Next Thursday, on The Cavalier Daily Opinion page, I have two columns printed, not just one.
FOR those who heard Al Sharpton's entrancing and energetic eloquence on Sunday in the Old Cabell auditorium, the public's dismal support for his presidential campaign might seem incongruent.
AMERICANS have dirty minds. Why are we so curious about the details of a sexual affair or rape accusation?
HE JUST wanted to see a Cubs game. He came bundled up in a Chicago Cubs sweatshirt and hat, hoping to see the curse of the goat finally lifted.
HOW DO you thank someone for sacrificing themselves for the good of others? For putting their lives on the line to defend their country and its ideals?
TUITION hike: Two words that make our jaws clench, our eyes narrow and our blood boil. Every time you turn around it seems the Board of Visitors is either raising tuition or contemplating a tuition hike.
IT WAS a blow softened only by the fact that so many had come before: In the eighth inning of the sixth game of the National League Championship Series, a fan deflected a foul ball from the glove of Chicago Cubs outfielder Moises Alou, denying his team the second out of the inning.
IT'S THAT time of year again. The leaves are turning their mottled hues, the air has a crisp bite to it and the Nov.
THE EXPLOITATION of hip-hop culture in the mass media is so prevalent that many people have become numb to the fact that this is so problematic.
WITH NEWS this month that the Supreme Court was accepting Newdow v. Elk Grove Unified School District on appeal from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, a case dealing with the constitutionality of the words "under God" in the pledge of allegiance, the dialogue has erupted again between libertarians and the religious right over how the First Amendment should be read.
ONE MORNING during Prohibition in the 1920s, someone snapped a photo of H.L. Mencken sitting down at a table with a newspaper and an illegal pint of beer.
THIS ISN'T your childhood Monopoly game. The top hat, the shoe and the iron have been replaced by a pimp, a marijuana leaf and a crack rock.
LET'S GET one thing straight: Michael Newdow, the father of a grade schooler in California who recently brought a lawsuit against the state of California for forcing his daughter to recite the pledge of allegiance, is probably a kook.
ONE OF the trickiest parts of reporting is assembling a bevy of information into an article that just plain makes sense.
IF THIS was an ITC lab, this page would cost you ten cents to print. Originally the pay-to-print plan seemed necessary to save us from the ever-looming budget crisis.
For many, it is common practice these days to claim that gender inequality is a historical phenomenon.
The University's medical program, ranked 27th among the top medical schools for research by U.S. News & World Report, has recently decided to switch to a pass/fail grading system for medical students in their first and second years.
Zip zip zip. Ruffle ruffle. Squeak. Onomatopoeia helps recreate the sounds of every class at 48 or 13 minutes past the hour.
MY FAVORITE bumper sticker on my car reads like this: "The media is only as liberal as the conservative businesses that own them." Some would complain that it's too verbose for a bumper sticker, but I would argue the point is so significant it warrants breaking from the traditional epigram format.
