At the University of Michigan, according to their affirmative action policy which uses a "plus-factor" system, in which points are added to application scores in order to give certain applicants advantages, minority applicants receive an overly generous 20-point addition to their application scores based solely on their minority status.
In an OCT. 7 editorial, The Washington Post reported that Yaser Esam Hamdi has been detained in the United States for 187 days without access to a lawyer and with no charges filed against him.
Picture this: A woman is standing alone at night on the side of the road. She flags down a man passing by, and offers herself to him in prostitution.
Last month, Harvard University President Lawrence H. Summers caused quite a stir when he linked anti-Semitism with the movement to get colleges in the United States to divest from companies who do business with Israel.
EVEN AT MIDNIGHT! Interstate 64 through Newport News this past Monday night went from four lanes down to one lane for construction, thereby slowing traffic to a crawl for a good mile or two.
THE GREATEST aspect of being an American is the ability to alter one's political and social decisions solely on the basis of the perceived benefit.
AMONG the duties most highly prized by journalists is that of holding influential and powerful people accountable for their actions.
IN HER Oct. 1 letter to the editor, "UJC's protection of free speech," University Judiciary Committee chairwoman Katie Graney attempts to defend two grave injustices perpetrated against students and faculty here at the University.
YOU KNOW what Cavalier football games have been missing lately? More cretinism and insolence, of course!
DURING my third undergraduate year at the University, I decided that a wonderful activity to put on my resume for law school was to work as counsel for the Honor Committee.
THE UPCOMING open honor trial has generated a lot of interest in the community, and it has raised questions about the merits of confidentiality within the honor system.
THE CAVALIER DAILY is circulated among approximately 10,000 readers within the University community, and is likely read online by a similarly significant population, making it arguably the most influential of student publications on Grounds.
They're usually a harmless bunch over at The Declaration, and it's generally understood that anything that appears on the pages of their publication is written in good fun, not to be taken too seriously.
As peer-to-peer file sharing becomes more popular among Internet users, recording companies are increasingly trying to lobby Congress to allow them to partake in active online sabotage.
Down 13 percentage points, Sen. Robert Torricelli dropped out of his re-election bid for U.S. Senate on Monday.
Last week, the University was visited by one of the most political writers of the last half century, poet Amiri Baraka.
It isn't quite that time of year yet, but in a few months, a swell of "prospectives," especially those considering early decision, will tour the Lawn and quiz University guides on the merits of new dorms versus old dorms.
IMAGINE a bank that would claim you bounced two checks when you have proof that the bank was clearly at fault.
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.
