PROTECTING public higher education in Virginia is a team effort. With a reputation as one of the nation's strongest public university systems to preserve, much is at stake in the coming years as state budget cuts promise tuition increases, pressures to reduce programs for students and increase tuition costs.
UNIVERSITIES should not give preferences to some students and discriminate against others on the basis of skin color and the countries their ancestors came from. That simple proposition should not be controversial.
AS THE summer approaches, all eyes are on the Supreme Court as it decides the fate of affirmative action for higher education.
In a comic strip titled "Secret Asian Man" on March 28, The Cavalier Daily published a comic that relied on a common stereotype of Asian Americans for its humor.
EDLF 555, better known as Multicultural Education, is in dire need of funding. With a waiting list of over 200 people, there are simply not enough sections available to meet the high demand created by this class.
With both American and Iraqi casualties mounting in the Middle East, the past four weeks of Operation Iraqi Freedom have proven without a doubt that war is a terrible thing.
Every year when the weather warms up and the winter jackets are finally stowed away, it seems like the amount of activity on the South Lawn multiplies exponentially.
Howard Dean is my hero. And if you are, like me, dismayed by the direction the country's been going in lately, he should be your hero too. Conservative Republicans have been steering the nation ever since the 2000 election fiasco, and the past few years haven't been fun for those of us who are frustrated at the course they have chosen.
So what's the purpose of a college newspaper, anyway? Is it meant to compete with professional newspapers?
THREE short years ago, the Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, was widely referred to by the Conservative right as the Clinton News Network.
ITHAS my father glued to the television every year. My brothers refuse to leave their houses while it's on.
ALTHOUGH the new primetime series "Platinum" is breaking ground bringing the world of hip-hop into the mainstream television line-ups, the breaking down of television's traditional barriers may lead to the inclusion of some controversial dialogue as well.
THIS WEEK an embarrassing incident at the University created yet another negative publicity situation for a Greek system that continues to strive for a positive image on Grounds.
I'm not good with numbers. I figure, however, that if you were to come up with an equation to predict a nation's willingness to go to war, a proportion would be involved that would go something like this: The more the sacrifice entailed by war is spread out among a nation's populace, the less willing to go to war a nation's people will be.
Even as the last major battle in Iraq came to a close with the surrender of Tikrit to American forces, thousands of protesters who proudly declare themselves "liberals" and "humanitarians" converged in cities around the globe to protest and advocate for a policy that is distinctly anti-liberal.
Something important has been missing from the affirmative action debate ever since three white students filed suit against the University of Michigan in 1997 -- something that is dreadfully obvious yet has been ignored consistently by both sides.
As jubilant Iraqis danced in the streets of Baghdad last Wednesday, hawkish Americans could be forgiven a moment of smug satisfaction.
Benjamin Franklin once said, "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." Today, Americans are reminded of the unfortunate accuracy of Franklin's words as millions rush to file their personal income taxes.
THE MINISTRY of Doublespeak has been working overtime lately. Propaganda has long been a useful tool in the arsenal of militaries worldwide.
THIS PAST Wednesday did indeed mark the passage of the 55th anniversary of the Jewish-Arab battle at the village of Deir Yassin, but it was not, as some propagandists like to claim, a massacre.
