THE ACHIEVEMENT gap -- the difference between school performance of low-income and minority students versus middle-class white students -- may soon take the back seat to a traditionally less-publicized education issue currently gaining momentum: the teacher gap.
On Wednesday, France and Germany released a joint statement denouncing American plans for war with Iraq.
There are a lot of things 17year-old boys cannot do. They are finally allowed to see R-rated movies -- which doubtlessly makes the producers of Arnold Schwarzenegger movies very happy -- but that's just about the only privilege they win upon reaching their seventeenth birthday.
Change isn't always bad. But when it comes to changing of banks on Grounds, it's worse than bad, it's unacceptable.
THERE are two different kinds of discussion sections for classes in the humanities. One discussion entails a constant dialogue between the TA and students, and is a supplement to the lecture and readings.
AN 'A' JUST isn't worth what it used to be. Often it's worth more. Grades exist to provide an objective measure of student performance in the classroom.
ABORTION. It is a word that has been on the lips of many individuals in the last few weeks, both at the University and throughout the nation as a whole.
STARTING on January 30, the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) will require universities around the nation to submit detailed information about their foreign students, particularly those of Arab descent.
HOSTILE dictators are a puzzle for America. Everyone knows they're dangerous and everyone wants to be rid of them, but sometimes the removal process is more problematic than the initial threat they pose.
DAVID Kay, the former chief weapons inspector of UNSCOM, the U.N. Special Commission on Iraq, wrote a piece in The Washington Post last Sunday about the current search for a "smoking gun" by weapons inspectors in Iraq ("It was never about a smoking gun," Jan.
THE UNIVERSITY feels the University of Michigan's pain this month, as President Bush petitions the Supreme Court to strike down race-based admissions policies at the law school and undergraduate colleges.
POP QUIZ: When does life begin? A. At conception B. At the fusing of the spinal cord (about 10 days after conception) C.
BLINDING headlights reflect in your rearview mirror. You can't see over the vehicle in front of you, and can't predict when you'll need to brake.
LAST WEEKEND, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg sent a uniformed squadron of police officers to interrupt The Rolling Stones in the middle of their HBO-televised concert at Madison Square Garden.
THE CURRENT traffic study being conducted to examine potential delays around the new Emmet Street parking garage is a positive step, as it actively includes city officials and seeks to assuage the concerns of residents of Lewis Mountain neighborhood.
LAST WEDNESDAY, the California Supreme Court began a hearing for a teenager who claims his rights to free speech have been violated.
YESTERDAY was a national holiday, but one could bet that everyone, except some faculty of the University, completely forgot about it.
COLUMNS that claim to be an affront to something that is biased, one-sided and non-factual should at least be factual in content.
BLAME IT on Southern pride. Look at it as a slight resurgence of that "Southern aggression." Whatever the reason, though, a recent proposal to erect a statue of one of America's most hallowed presidents, Abraham Lincoln, in Richmond aggravated more than a few residents south of the Mason-Dixon line.
THE APPROACHING war with Iraq could enter our homes in more ways than one. There's talk of the U.S.
