I DON'T expect all of you to like all my columns. What makes me mad is when people criticize me without bothering to understand my arguments. Being a columnist has taught me to actually read or listen to people's arguments before criticizing, even if I know we have different perspectives.
WE'VE ALL seen it. We've all stood in the stands and watched as athletic trainers knelt by the side of a 250-pound lineman who had been reduced to a scared boy who can't move or feel his legs.
AFTER speaking with, writing to, e-mailing and phoning thousands of fourth-year students, we've heard all the excuses: I'm not rich; I pay out-of-state tuition; I don't have a job; my gift won't matter.
BY MAY, circuit court judges in Philadelphia will have made a decision on the federalgovernment's newest attempt to restrict Internet pornography available to the public.
AS GRADUATION approaches, those fourth-year students who are not drowned in their theses can take a moment to wonder what their diplomas will mean.
IF THIS University is subjected to yet another Cavalier Daily column that points out the "unfairness" of some of the fliers posted around Grounds, I may just be sick.
SEX SELLS. In the case of Judith Levine's new book "Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children From Sex," sex is not so much selling as it is surrounding the book with scandal. Levine's book argues that America's youth isn't receiving proper sex education and that parents and educators alike are striving to present an unrealistic view of the horrors of having a sex life.
SINCE Ariel Sharon marched upon the Temple Mount with an army of Israeli troops behind him 20 months ago, the Middle East has witnessed a humanitarian nightmare.
I HAVE made it through almost the entire year without jumping into an in-depth analysis of anything in the opinion section.
ALL RIGHT, I am warning you. Some of you super-liberals might want to sit down before you read this.
I AM NOT a pessimist by nature, but now that President Bush is sending Secretary of State Colin Powell to the Middle East to "help quell" the escalated Israeli-Palestinian conflict, I must implore you all to not give a crap, and go about your everyday lives.
A STUDENT at the University of Maryland-College Park recently died due to acute alcohol intoxication.
IT SHOULD be simple enough, right? Your band director or debate team coach hands you a little plastic cup, you fill it, a few minutes later you're back to practice, and a few days later, everyone knows you're clean.
AMERICAN history is littered with frivolous lawsuits. A Virginia inmate once sued himself for $5 million because he got drunk and violated his religious beliefs, causing him to commit a crime.
THE DEPARTMENT of Government and Foreign Affairs at the University is now the Department of Politics.
YOU DON'T have to live at the University for long before you see that drinking, for better or worse, is a cornerstone of University life.
FROM BEING allowed to form their own judiciary committee, to being treated leniently by police, fraternities and sororities always have received special treatment.
THE TIDE is turning in American politics, according to the Associated Press. In a poll conducted last week, they revealed that 80 percent of Americans think tax cuts are helping "someone else." Additionally, 72 percent of those polled would rather vote for a congressional candidate who vowed to balance the budget rather than one who would cut taxes.
THIS YEAR marks 150 years of fraternities at the University. During this period, a small system has flourished into 63 fraternity and sorority chapters under four Greek governing councils.
A RECENT decision by the Supreme Court means that there may be a way to rid the University of the person making the bomb threats - send him to California, where the "three strikes" law may be repealed.
