EVERYONE from President Bush to the editorial staff of this newspaper has addressed the issue. That doesn't seem to have mattered, because all over the country, Americans have ignored the calls for clear thinking, for understanding, for the ability to see beyond dark skin and unfamiliar names. Balbir Singh Sodhi, an Indian Sikh, was fatally shot in Phoenix, Arizona.
SOON AFTER the horrific events last Tuesday morning, President George W. Bush said that "this is more than an act of terrorism, it is an act of war." What did he mean?
PRESIDENT Bush is right: The United States must now go to war. A government's first obligation is to protect its citizens.
LIFE GOES on. It must go on, and that's not something Amer-icans should feel guilty about. Most Americans didn't know any of the people who were killed and injured.
JOHN 15:13 says, "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." Many movies have a scene that is intended to touch members of the audience.
NEW YORK CITY, SEPT. 15 I DON'T know what I was expecting to see. I went to New York this weekend because I wanted to see history in the making, and because I wanted to experience the weight of the situation that I feel so detached from in Charlottesville.
SINCE last Tuesday, nothing has been the same. The terrorist attacks on the nation have not only caused great pain and damage, but they also have alerted the country to the sophistication and scope of terrorist threats.
THIS HAS been a week of shock for all of us. Like most, I was jolted by the news of the terrorist attack that claimed thousands of innocent lives.
AT AROUND noon yesterday I emerged from an office building a few blocks from Grand Central in midtown Manhattan.
THIS PAST week, I kept longing fervently for something, anything, to be normal again, if only for a moment.
WORDS have difficulty describing the severity of emotions the American public has experienced over these tragic days.
NEW YORK CITY IT STILL doesn't seem real. Even after being just mere blocks away from the ruins of the Twin Towers, and staring into the twisted ruins of what was once the pinnacle of the New York skyline, it doesn't seem real.
A WEEK ago today, the United States was a different place. In the aftermath of the tragedies that occurred Sept.
I AM NOT sure where to start. As usual, I have read the previous week's issues of The Cavalier Daily and read my e-mail with an eye toward composing this column, but this week was unlike anything I have ever experienced.
AS OPTIMISTIC fans anticipate the approaching ACC football season, there's a lot to arouse excitement.
AS STUDENTS begin the school year at Poolesville High School in Poolesville, Maryland, talk will be centered on the team's mascot, rather than classes.
AFTER coming out to his parents this summer, one University student was faced with a potentially devastating situation.
THE HONOR committee has examined recent proposals aimed at tampering with the single sanction. The most recent of these attacks came from Darden Rep.
I COULDN'T wish my cousin a happy birthday. He's two days older than I am, and we'd had the "What do you want for your birthday?" conversation during the weekend.
RECENTLY, the Honor Committee announced that it would soon be reevaluating the single sanction.
