AS THE foremost superpower, the United States has unparalleled potential for promoting international cooperation and improving human rights.
IN PENNSYLVANIA last week, the State Senate unanimously passed a bill that requires students in private and public schools to sing the national anthem or recite the pledge of allegiance.
I WALKED into the Educational Testing Service center last Friday to take my Graduate Record Examination feeling a little disoriented.
DURING a first-season episode of "The West Wing," President Bartlet accidentally confuses the University with West Virginia University while questioning his daughter's new Secret Service agent.
The Supreme Court announced last Tuesday that it will intervene in a dispute concerning free speech on the Internet.
The only staff-generated business story in last week's paper appeared on the Life page. Wednesday's Focus page consisted of a giant graphic, and there was no Health & Science page on Thursday. Previously, I've only touched on problems in the paper's weekly sections in passing.
Over the years the attention given refugees from other countries has been standard media fare, especially when the journey of those refugees seeking political and social asylum is classified as unconventional.
The Democratic Party must prepare for war. Not a war with bombs and missiles, but a political war against its arch nemesis, the GOP.
Last weekend, the debut of "8 Mile" reeled in $54.5 million, the second biggest opening for an "R" rated movie ever, and had critics whispering Oscar (though under their breaths). The movie's star, Eminem, is also today's best-selling solo rapper: his latest album and the movie's soundtrack grabbed two spaces on this week's Billboard charts.
"DO YOU think girls have anything to offer the boy scouts? We have the right to choose and associate with who we please." These are the words of Hootie Johnson, chairman of Augusta National (the golf club where the Masters are held every April), in response to the accusation that he believes women have nothing to offer his golf club.
THE COLLEGE application process is an indescribably stressful time in a high school student's life.
CHARLOTTESVILLE residents can expect a nasty surprise when they look at their water bill later this month.
AFTER NEARLY two years of silence on the issue, Student Council announced this week that it will begin new discussions of a proposal to eliminate first-year housing choice in an effort to promote greater diversity.
On Nov. 8 the U.N. Security Council unanimously voted 15-0 to adopt Resolution 1441, calling for Saddam Hussein to allow weapons inspectors unhindered access to any site suspected of producing chemical, biological or nuclear weapons.
THIS PAST Sunday, "60 Minutes" broadcast a segment on the prevalence of cheating on American college campuses and the University had the dubious honor of being used as the example of student immorality.
THIS WEEK the Board of Visitors approved a rare mid-year hike in tuition to the tune of $385. Naturally, this brought screams of "foul play" from students, parents and others who have an interest in how big a slice of pie we, the consumers of higher education, should be expected to cough up.
THE UNITED States' method of dealing with Iraq has landed us in a sticky situation. Our government is weighing issues of just war and precedent-setting, the best means of protecting global human rights, and threats to national reputation and security.
The University of Michigan admitted last Thursday that several former basketball players accepted money from a university booster, which is prohibited by NCAA rules.
Monday passed with little fanfare on Grounds. As it was for the majority of the nation, Monday was just another groggy, wet day to begin another ordinary week of classes, studying and work.
At the risk of sounding like Noam Chomsky in the midst of a self-loathing binge of anti-Americanism, lately I've been growing much more wary of the United States government than I have of any terrorist anywhere in the world.
