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.
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.
