AMIRI Baraka, a man renowned for his contributions to the African-American community, graced the Rotunda Dome Room with his presence last Tuesday night for the first installment of the Explorations In Black Leadership Fall 2002 series.
WAITING FOR that shopping spree over fall break? Think again. As students disperse next week for the Reading Holiday, the Board of Visitors again will meet to determine the collective destiny of the University.
LEARNING ISN'T always an easy thing, and University students who did not excel on the foreign language placement exam have sat through hours of the audio exercises and labs that are available in the Cabell Hall language lab.
It's coming. The ever-popular fall reading days are just around the corner. Commonly termed fall break, this weekend will provide us a four-day break from classes to use as we see fit.
Few things rile newspaper readers as much as what's printed on the opinion pages, and that's the way it's supposed to be.
Writing well -- a talent that separates scholars from the hoi polloi. The first writing requirement -- a course that most first years have to take with an incorrect assumption that they will learn how to write well. The goal of the first writing requirement has little to do with what the SAT II writing test measures and therefore the University should stop using it as a measure of exemption from their writing classes.
As part of the Virginia 2020 plan, each of the University's academic departments is conducting a comprehensive curriculum review, with general results to be announced this spring.
Sex is a hot topic among college students. Since Kelly King's Sept. 10 "Under the Covers" column, there has been a fair amount of talk about sex printed in the opinion section of The Cavalier Daily.
The business headlines over the past few weeks have centered on former General Electric Chief Executive Officer Jack Welch.
Without question, the University is diverse. No, diversity is not the many different colors of Polo shirts the boys wear or the unlimited styles of Vera Bradley purses the girls carry.
When I accepted admission here, I was excited to come to a community where -- unlike my high school -- people couldn't make outrageous claims without having someone demand that they answer for their beliefs.
AS HARVARD University opens its doors to the student body for classes, they also welcome a new sexual assault policy implemented over the summer.
After a month in class, and with midterms rapidly approaching, the time seems ripe for a classroom etiquette Public Service Announcement.
A free society upholds a man's right to speak his conscience without fear of reprisal, no matter how heinous, offensive or patently false his opinion might seem.
Pbs has generously chosen to re-broadcast Ken Burns' "The Civil War" over the course of the upcoming week.
Last Friday, Buzz at the club Nation -- Washington, D.C.'s longest running rave dance party -- did not open its doors to the hundreds of D.C.-area electronic music fans as it has for the past nine years.
IN THE middle of Manhattan on the lower level of Rockefeller Center, a sculpture of a dying woman was removed last week due to the fact that many passers-by deemed it to be "too disturbing." The sculpture was emotionally striking and was an accurate display of human suffering during tragedy, but Rockefeller Center was nonetheless justified in its decision.
FOR A LITTLE while, it looked like Oscar might not be the only grouch on "Sesame Street." This week, the South African version of the highly-acclaimed children's television program debuted a new Muppet -- Kami, an HIV-positive furry orphan.
FOR MORE than five years, I have been able to dodge a bullet headed my way. Bob and weave, I told myself time and time again, but even the fastest man alive can't escape life's ultimate burdens, let alone the burdens of U.Va -- where everyone knows that if you don't speak up, you won't be heard.
STUDENTS ARE being bombarded by budget cuts. First there was "Papergate," when ITC cut off free public printing privileges.
