WHEN I worked at The Cavalier Daily, writing headlines was every associate editor's least favorite task.
THE CLOSE of another semester has once again arrived. With the lingering excitement of Thanksgiving on our minds, students are preparing for exams while simultaneously packing to enjoy that month-long break away from the University.
WITH A week of classes left before the fall semester ends, students are left with the daunting responsibility of studying for all of their final exams within a short amount of time.
I REMEMBER visiting Johns Hopkins University on my grand college tour of the East Coast. I remember thinking the dorms felt like army bunkers.
As a graduate of the University of Virginia and former member of the Greek system, I am troubled by the University's response to the incidents of this past Halloween; specifically the lack of response to the Nov.
WITH SO many students and administrators throwing out the words "racist" and "racism" around Grounds, I think we all need to take a step back and look at the meaning behind the words we use so freely.
LAST TUESDAY Student Council passed "A Resolution Recommending the Creation of a Range Community." The resolution's endorsers hope to see the Range, single-student rooms running parallel to the Lawn behind the gardens, transformed into a housing area similar to the Lawn in its philosophy and purpose. Fostering a sense of community among neighbors is an admirable goal, but the proposed method for achieving this goal is flawed.
LIKE IT or not, we are at war - a war where the front line lies right on American soil. In this "War on Terrorism," all Americans are vulnerable and involved with the enemy.
IT'S ALMOST that time -- the culmination of the semester marked by the end of classes and the beginning of exams, dates which come close to overlapping each other.
THE HOLIDAY season is fast approaching. This week it's Thanksgiving, next month it's Winter Break, and in a few more months comes Spring Break.
LAST WEEK, The Cavalier Daily broke a big story. On Tuesday, it reported that two University fraternities, Kappa Alpha and Zeta Psi, had been suspended from the Inter-Fraternity Council and were the subject of punitive action by their national organizations following the discovery of party photographs of guests in racially offensive costumes. The Washington Post covered the story the following day, citing the CD, and The Associated Press also picked it up.
WITH WEAPONS inspectors on the ground and American forces readying for action, war with Iraq is a subject at the forefront of American minds.
LAST WEEK, the Texas state board of education approved the history books that it would buy for its 4.2 million public school pupils.
THERE is a word floating around the University that has been on the lips of out-of-state students for years.
COLLEGE is often referred to as a time for young adults to be wild with few enduring consequences before they must go out into the real world, get jobs, have families and become responsible citizens.
MOST students would agree that ISIS is something like the bastard child of the McDonald's drive through window radio and an ATM machine, but complaining isn't getting students anywhere.
DISSENT IS PATRIOTIC. The fliers are plastered throughout the University. Professors are making announcements in class, and e-mail lists abound with reminders to their members.
It's almost funny, the things people think it's acceptable to say to their co-workers -- particularly their female co-workers.
Maryland, Maryland, Maryland. From the snipers in October to an upset gubernatorial election in November, the state has been a hotbed of controversy and media attention lately.
Citizens of the state of Virginia are legally allowed to carry concealed handguns so long as they are at least 21 years old and a judge has decided that they do not have a history of violence or irresponsibility.
